This is short report, with some impressions from a recent staff visit to the Dept of Archaeology and Heritage studies at the University of Ghana in Accra (Legon campus). This Dept will be the main partner for exchanges involving archaeology students during the NORPART project.
The aim of the visit was to meet our partners from the staff at the archaeology program at UG. In addition it gave us an oppurtunity to discuss our research interests and focus and explore the possibilities for future collaborations. This kind of interaction is important for a successful joint planning of future courses and exchanges.We also wanted to get some impression of the campus and fascilities that will be available for NTNU students during their NORPART exchanges to UG at Legon.
During the visit to the Dept we had the opportunity to visit the library, labs and museum at the Dept, but also the dorms. bookstore and main library on the the university campus at Legon. The campus at Legon is very comfortable, offering a wide range of different facilities for students and staff. We are sure that archaeology students from NTNU will enjoy their stay at the Dept and at Legon.
There are also many interesting and stimulating places to visit beyond the campus. During our short visit, we received a guided tour of various archaeological and historical sites in and around the Castle at Osu/Christiansborg. We also manages to squeeze in a visit to the wonderful Aburi Botanic Gardens.
We are very grateful to our hosts at the Dept for their kind welcome and hospitality and especially to Wazi Apoh for taking such good care of us. We are looking forward to this collaboration and to carrying out many successful student exchanges together in the future.