Homowo! some more libations...

Francis, our drumming teacher, mentioned a music festival somewhere on the outskirts of Accra, so Saturday I ended up getting off a tro tro right in the middle of the annual Homowo festival in Abeka. We ended up marching, walking, and dancing for a few hours to La Paz and back, through the streets, peoples yards, wherever...There were a ton of kids, musicians and the Prince of the Ga people. He took us to see the chief and we poured some more libations. It was strange to have no idea what is going on while marching around trying to avoid the giant open trenches of greyish greenish sweage and then all of a sudden villagers are feeding you palm nut soup with a pound of cassava flour. We spent the evening with the Prince. He wasn't that impressive but very hospitable. It was interesting to hear his plans when he becomes chief. Basically it is to build a new palace. The next day he invited us to come back for lunch. I think within a week Halie could be one of his wives, maybe even the favortie one.
Today is my first day of class. Really that doesn't mean anything here, as I have no idea when the classes I signed up for are scheduled or what rooms they are in. Thats just sort of how things go here so it can be totally stress free if you want it to be.
Another exciting thing is that mom told me someone from the State Dept. called. I don't know much about it yet but I am soooooooo excited. I almost hugged everyone in the internet cafe when I found out. I was really preparing myself to spend a year here and was excited to go to this crazy remote music festival in Mali in January, but now I have this to figure out. Yay!