HABESHA Black to Our Roots Program

The Black To Our Roots Educational Tour is a spiritual, cultural, and academic experience where youth of African descent learn about themselves. 15 students have been selected to participate in the Black To Our Roots program, where they spend several months learning about Africa in general, and Ghana specifically, through workshops, fieldtrips, fundraisers, and community service projects.

Black To Our Roots assist youth in recognizing and reclaiming their African identity through extensive research on African history and culture that they will be able to apply directly while on location in Ghana, West Africa.

Black To Our Roots culminates with graduates spending several weeks exploring the beauty of Ghana, to gain first hand experience about its culture, history and rituals.

HABESHA, Inc. is planning the 3rd Annual “Black To Our Roots” Educational Tour to Ghana, West Africa. Youth will be selected from an African History Essay Competition. The essay topic is “What Africa Means To Me”

Each youth writes a 500-word essay which answered the following questions:

• Who Am I. (50 words)
• What I know about African history and culture. (200 words)
• Why I want to go to Africa. (200 words)
• What I expect to learn. (50 words)

Students also submit two letters of support, one from an educator and one from a community member.