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Ghanaian Cultural Practices: An American “obroni” Observations

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  • TSALA. 9 years ago

    An American, thank you for your observation and comment. That's the way our life is.

  • AKOLOGO 9 years ago

    YOU WANT A PASSPORT, A BIRTH CERT, YOU HAVE TO GIVE A BRIBE.
    OUR OFFICIAL ARE SO CORRUPT.
    THIS MAN IS BEING VERY NICE.

    YES, IT S TRUE THERE ARE POSITIVES BUT THERE ARE NEGATIVES THAT WE GHANAIANS HATE. TRUE, GHANAIANS AR ...
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  • SKILLO 9 years ago

    How many marriage proposals did you get? Hahaha.. Thanks for stopping by, Obroni.

  • Egya Morkeh 9 years ago

    ... The most disconcerting cultural practice of Ghanaians is when people walk up and down the very busy streets to sell you their wares as you sit in a vehicle. In the United States this wouldn't be allowed and never happens. ...
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  • Queen 9 years ago

    'Has did & they we'll water & stolen items at on the street'? Mtweeeeew, wo brofo kankan

  • CITIZEN ONE 9 years ago

    The man is just being kind. I am a NATIVE of Ghana, and an American Citizen. I have lived in America longer than I did in Ghana. I love Ghana more because it is my home, but I hate just about everything within it.

    This so ...
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  • Egya Morkeh 9 years ago

    Fool typo error. If u don't understand my reply go f&&k yourself. If the guy saw all these happenings in Accra, is the city the whole of Ghana. New York is the biggest metropolitan sized city in terms of population.

    We are ...
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  • HolyGhost 9 years ago

    And in NY try asking for directions on the street and no one willl even look at your face.

  • Kwaapong 9 years ago

    You are just perpetuating a lie. New Yorkers will go out of their way to help. I don't know which part of New York you live......

  • Botha 9 years ago

    The moron is a pretender. He has never been anywhere in America.

  • Botha 9 years ago

    You are fucking lying . You are trying to sound like you know new york when you were deported from germany.

  • Akos 9 years ago

    This article is written by a Ghanaian and not American. This is Ghanaian english (good english)but this is definitely not an American style of writing. Just saying...

  • XYZ 9 years ago

    My thoughts exactly. Thanks for exposing the joker!

    And by the way, for all this ghost writer's fuss about street vendors in Ghana, well New York had it's squeegee windshield wiping bums until Giulani made it a crime!

  • Captein 9 years ago

    This is an apt observation and an honest appreciation of the nature and practice in the separate countries and that is why every country is different and need to stay different provided all peoples live a fuller, rewarding an ...
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  • crorkz matz 9 years ago

    KyzJiU Really informative post.Much thanks again. Really Cool.

  • crorkz matz 9 years ago

    qrsjhn Great, thanks for sharing this article post. Awesome.

  • Sarah Boateng 7 years ago

    This is a ridiculous and shallow interpretation of this topic. I'm an American woman married to a Ghanaian man and I have very profound experiences of the differences of these cultures. I wish you would have written somethi ...
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