The Experiment: Ghana Internship - Contemporary Art & Culture

Experience West Africa through the lens of Sankofa, a Ghanaian concept that links the past with a sustainable future. Working with a local organization, you’ll learn to appreciate the importance of Africa’s tangible and imagined histories as you earn college credit and prepare for your future career.

Deepen your understanding and immerse yourself in local culture by becoming part of a community for four weeks through your group internship, host community activities, and community projects.  You’ll gain a new perspective on Africa as cosmopolitan, which counters Eurocentric narratives of deprivation and backwardness.  Undergirding this program is the concept of Sankofa, which encourages a strong engagement with the past to ensure informed and sustained progress into the future.  Enhance your critical thinking, time management, and intercultural communication skills through your internship with a local community or research organization, business, or international NGO.  You will also be introduced to hiplife music, media houses, and institutions across the country that highlight Ghana’s position in a hyper-globalized world.  Expand your knowledge of present-day Ghana through discussions on politics, democracy, human rights, gender justice, and environmental challenges.  The Experiment strives to center diversity, equity, and inclusion in program design and delivery and the internship program is a unique opportunity to work in partnership with local communities.  Therefore, the internship work is determined by the needs identified by the local communities.  This may involve supporting the administrative, archival, curation, and center guidance of the local arts and cultural centers.  Upon successful completion of this program, students will earn three college credits through The Experiment’s accredited partner institution, School for International Training.