Ethnographic Studies

The ethnographic part of my study is taking me to following the life of Dgomba women. One experience in the day of a Dgomba woman is the making of peanut oil and peanut power to sell in the market. What a hard job. You can see me helping to process the peanuts. I know now how to make peanut oil and peanut power from scratch. It is no joke!

CURFEW IN TAMALE

There is a curfew in Tamale. This is the city where the villages that I am living in and working are. I was going out to meet the Dean for the University of Development Studies and was told that the night before there had been some burning of one of the political offices and tires were burned in the city center. I knew nothing because I don't have a television, sometimes I listen to my telephone radio news. Anyways, the people are disturbed by a court ruling to release 15 people responsible for killing a chief, the main chief of the Dgomba people, (the people who I am studying). The Curfew is from 11pm to 6am. Last night someone was caught out at 4am and beaten as a warning. I heard fromthis from a witness. All is well with me and I am safe.

Shirley Sherrod Speaks

Shirley Sherrod was the keynote speaker tonight at the Summit in Tallahassee.

She decided to stay in the south to work for change.
She works on issues related to rural development.
She works on bringing women back to agriculture and is working with women in the rural areas.

She says that people can take a small acreage of land and make a lot of money.
Working together and sharing expertise is the way forward.

We must think differently.

News Flash

Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 11:30am Project FOOD will be a panelist at the

SOUTHEASTERN GREEN NETWORK

EMBRACING OUR TRADITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT

Florida A & M University

B.L. Perry Page

Auditorium C

The Panel Discussion topic is:

"Making the Change To Green": Educating Our Communities Is The First Step

along with

Dr. George Smith: Family & Consumer Department - Tennessee State University

Dr. Michelle Thomas: DATE Sustainable Classrooms -- Washington, DC

Tim Center: Sustainable Florida, The Collins Center

Don't Miss This Event