Back to Africa: How Looking for a Home in Africa Helped Us Finally Find “Our Tribe” More than a year ago, we featured Myra, her husband Del, and son D.J. in a series we called "Back to Africa." It looked at the hopes and challenges experienced by a young African-American family eager to find...
Back to Africa: Still on the Hunt for Our Home After leaving Ghana in search of their permanent home on the African continent, Myra Parks (from The Repat Diaries) and her family visit 3 more countries, carefully weighing the pros and cons of each nation...
Back to Africa: Why Ghana Can’t Be Our Home Back in February, we read the amazing story of Myra Parks, her husband and young son, who made a bold move by transplanting their lives from the US to Ghana. We followed up with Myra to see how things are...
Back to Africa: Why This Family Left Los Angeles for Ghana The dust kicked up in the market place fills her nostrils, and the beads of sweat come trickling down her forehead. The market is loud, hot, and bustling, but Myra Parks is enjoying taking it all in. Vendors...
