At Home! Abroad

Having lived for two years in West Africa and two years in Mainland China, this book is my honest assessment of various situations in my life and travels which were happy, sad, angry, confusing, enlightening, spiritual, awesome, amazing and educational, that I encountered while traveling throughout various regions in Ghana, West Africa. “At Home – Abroad” discusses racism and race relations in America and internationally; sexism, male/female relationships, and even polygamy. Hopefully, I will inspire Black men and women to reconnect with Africa and travel or live for extended periods of time in the Motherland.

Having lived for two years in West Africa and two years in Mainland China, this book is my honest assessment of various situations in my life and travels which were happy, sad, angry, confusing, enlightening, spiritual, awesome, amazing and educational, that I encountered while traveling throughout various regions in Ghana, West Africa. My book talks about the economic opportunities available in Africa. I share my networking experiences between African youth and their peers in America. As a single, Muslim, Black woman from America, traveling throughout Africa alone, I am presented with a different picture and different experiences than most non-Black people. Depending on where I travel, I am accepted and perceived differently, as well. As I traveled throughout China I thought, every Chinese American needs to experience this country. Likewise with Africa. African Americans needs to come and bring their children and grandchildren to the Continent. It is so much more than big belly babies and poverty. It is truly something to behold! I hope after reading "At Home! Abroad", you will make arrangements for your own life-altering travel throughout the Motherland.

Rita Muhammad, born and raised in Los Angeles, California, is the founder of an emerging company, Women United for Success, which creates a network system with American and African women for social and economic empowerment. She is an educator, who previously owned a private school for girls in California. Additionally, she spent two years in Ghana, West Africa teaching freshman and sophomore university students how to educate elementary level children. She recently returned from living and teaching for one year in the city of Yantai, in the Shandong Province of China, and one year in China's capital city of Beijing. Rita received her teaching certificate and undergraduate degree in English from Compton Community College and California State University. She is the mother of two adult sons and eight grand-children.