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Mice

These are what Gifty uses to study reward seeking behavior at her lab in Stanford.

Journal

This is what Gifty begins writing in when her mother tells her she should try to write to God. Gifty continues to write through various times in her childhood through her adult life.

Soccer

This is the sport Nana played and their father loved, until Nana decided to quit right before a game in Nashville.

First Assemblies of God Church

This is the all-white church Gifty’s family attends in Alabama. Gifty was pious as a child but began to question religion and felt she did not believe in God after her brother died.

Koko

This is a Ghanaian dish that was Gifty’s favorite as a child and also one of the first things her Aunt Joyce feeds her when she arrives in Ghana.

Ghanaian Funeral Clothing

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