June 2018 – Norpart project NTNU

Update from Ghana

This is a short update from the 13 NTNU-students currently staying in Ghana, and taking the course Atlantic History and Heritage at University of Education, Winneba.

We have been here for almost two of the total four weeks, and our stay has so far been packed with new knowledge and cultural encounters. With us is also 14 Ghanaian students taking the same course. The entire course is based on sharing knowledge and different perspectives, so we have been traveling and working together.

There are a few pictures attached to this update, and we hope that they give an insight in what we are experiencing here in Ghana.

We went to visit a former slave fort in the town of Elmina

From our guided tour at Cape Coast Castle

Outside a building connected with the Asafo company in Elmina

Some of us held a presentation during NORPART Intercultural Historical Studies Workshop

The beach in Winneba, which is located only 2 minutes away from our hotel

Late Lunch with NORPART

Friday 8th June, NORPART invited the Department and our students to a late lunch. We celebrated the NORPART project first turnaround with students with this lunch. Five students from Cape Coast University were about to leave Trondheim, four archaeology students from University in Ghana, Legon arrived in Trondheim for a month of internship. Thirteen students from NTNU was also ready to leave the North for the sunny University of Education in Winneba.

PhD student Bruno talks about his stay at NTNU Photo: Kristine Graneng

The first semester is done, four MA-students and one PhD student in history from Cape Coast University have been in Trondheim for five months. When they first arrived, the city was covered in snow and ice. When they left, the city was green and the sun did not set for the night. We at the Department of Historical studies hope they went home with more than 30 credits from NTNU. We hope they filled their backpacks with study skills, memories and cultural knowledge about another country. We wish you the best of luck in the future.

Bruno, Paul Kofi, Kingsley, Justina and Julian from CCU Photo: Kristine Graneng