When captured African villagers were taken to be sold into slavery hundreds of years ago, they passed through the doors of no return, but, 12 Boston Public School teachers, including myself, traveled to the motherland for a Pan African Literacy Conference at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. I believe our journey began long before we conscienciously planned it. I am just thankful we followed the rhythm of our hearts, the strength of our spirits, and the desire to feed our insatiable intellectual appetites.
I will never be the same, and hope we touched the lives of the many people we met along the way, as we visited schools,villages, homes and tribes.
Proud of you, Beverly! Congratulations on starting your blog. In addition to this wonderful trip to the mother land, you have soooooo much to share with the world. Your years of teaching can now becme a blog for the world.
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