Happy Thanksgiving!

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Ghanaians do not celebrate Thanksgiving. But lucky for me, Thanksgiving is the biggest holiday of the year for the American-Ghanaian family I live with!

This is how we celebrated Thanksgiving:

The table set up--beautifully done!

I love the kente style tablecloths. 

Some music before we start :-)






Dressed and ready for our skit!

Kai, playing one of the Native Americans (and looking pretty intense and serious in this picture) put the skit together. She did an amazing job. 

Baf played the King. 

And... ACTION!





The cast :-)

Volleyball, a family favorite :-)

Line up and get your food, it's time to eat!!!!

Everyone worked really hard to put this together. I am talking weeks of planning and preparation. 

What I ate: macaroni and cheese, collard greens, salad, pork, barbecue chicken, and stuffing. For desert I had coconut cake and the best banana pudding if my life!!!

The band set up. 

Music round two! We were jammin'!!!

Go Daniel! Go Ziza!

And that was my Thanksgiving. I am very blessed!

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