Global Cuisine and Music: Wine On Harvest Moon at Deering Estate
September
20
/ 2011
With great insight, author Kwei Quartey brings the children of Accra's streets to life in his latest book, Children of the Street. If you're like me, you haven't read a lot of fiction about or from Ghana. I'm not sure whether it was from a lack of authors that have been translated, or that the literature isn't accessible to me, but I had no idea what I was missing. Kwei Quartey, a doctor and intercultural author that delves deeply into Ghanaian culture in his books, is the real deal.
Florida Culture for the Week of September 19 by Josh Garrick
September
18
/ 2011
Weekends Away - 8 Helpful Tips for Travel
Be Part Of A Young Man’s Journey: Tshidiso Mabote’s Story
In 2008, www.explr.com’s Director & Founder, Jenny M. Buccos, met 19-year-old Tshidiso Mabote while working in South Africa. Tshidiso was one of five students from Mpontsheng Secondary School selected to participate in ProjectExplorer.org’s Student-to-Student project, a hands-on education program created to teach high school students communication and professional skills through the use of digital media.
It’s fortuitous: My first posting for Wandering Educators as the Global Cuisines & Kids Editor falls in September. Just in time for Mexico’s Independence Day, celebrated today, the 16th. Mexican cuisine happens to be one of my family’s all-time favorites. My husband spent two years in college as a service volunteer in Mexico.
As summer fades into autumn, the cooling temperatures can be quite inviting for those looking for an outdoor travel adventure.
For people with pets who also like the great outdoors, visiting a United States National Park can be a perfect destination.
Even in the kaleidoscopic pageantry of the Khumjung School Jubilee last May, the Dream Flags grabbed people's attention -- and their imagination.
