I get so provoked everytime I hear people say that "this is not really Ghana" when they come over something modern, "western", something they can find back home, in the middle of exotic Africa.If you are in an Irish pub in Osu, in a Chinese restaurant in Kumasi, if you drink a caffe latte or enjoy an air-conditioned tro-tro (donated by stanbic bank), does that mean it's not really Ghana? Should Ghana stay behind, being "african", have bumpy roads, slow internet, only local foods to offer visitors, and do things only the "traditional" way? Will we then be satisfied, we stupid westerners who think of Africa still as that myth of strange people in the jungle dancing rain dances and bang on their drums?
So when you go out in your hometown drinking a cappuchino and eating at the Mongolian restaurant.... is that not really your home either?
Pic is from Frankies Salad Lounge in Osu, Accra, Ghana....the world, the universe etc.
4 comments:
Good point Yngvild!
When the rest of the world develops, we look at it as a natural adaptation to modern times but when it happens in Ghana it's considered non-Ghanaian. Ghana is evolving and it's time we all accept it!
Keep going this way, Yngvild, and you'll soon have an established school of thought with me as an avid disciple.
You are so clear-minded even when you're venting. Cool.
Thank you Maya :)
And Thank you, nana Yaw.
My school will start up in August 2009. Can you pay the school fees though? ;)
neivettuhva, nu får dem bestemme sæ for om dem vil være ordentlige afrikanera eller ikke. Ingen kompromisser! Right. Som at hvis man ska være 'ekte' norsk så må man spise kokt fisk og poteter til middag hveeer dag (eventuelt variere med litt saueskalle ...woohoo) og helst ikke befatte sæ med ting som e oppfunnet i utlandet? (tenk bare på alt man kan finne på med ostehøvler og bindersa!) Nei, takk og lov at æ kan forlyste mæ med tv-serier fra usa og tv-spill fra Japan istedenfor å skrive sosant semesteroppgaven min ferdig og at æ omsider har fått dreisen på et par dugelige indiske vegetariske middagsretter. Yumyum! Kan lage til dæ også når du kommer på besøk! snart!
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