My whole life, as person and as student, educator and publisher has involved investigating transitions, sounds, and choices. I have done this primarily as a historian and publisher, one who is well versed in all areas of the social sciences. I have had the good fortune and privilege to pursue my studies all over the world, but especially in a community in northern Ghana in West Africa. Here I conducted research for my doctorate in African History.

School is hard and I am sensitive to the fa...