Did you know? The main thoroughfare
of Victoria, Douglas Street, is named after the Governor of Vancouver Island
in the 1850s, Sir
James Douglas, who in 1858 became the first Governor of British Columbia.
He was of African and Scottish descent.
Several students asked me why
I chose Obo as the community to study for my PhD. Bit of a story
in that. I wrote up the tale and added it to the Akan studies site.