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Feel Like You Belong: Benjamin Amponsah–Intercontinental Bridge Builder

November 7, 20183-bottom, Citizen Journalism, Local FacesAlan Headbloom, Benjamin Kofi Amponsah, Feel Like You Belong, Ghana, International liaison, West AfricaJoanne

 

By Alan Headbloom, Feel Like You Belong

 

As a youth in West Africa, Benjamin Kofi Amponsah always knew he wanted to study in the United States. What he couldn’t have envisioned was falling in love with and marrying an American, then settling into her hometown, the father of two Ghanaian-American children. Along the way, he earned two college degrees and became an international liaison between his adopted city and the Ga District of his native Ghana. Benjamin talks with Alan of his love for two cultures and the patience needed to straddle both.

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