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What is Accra Pictures by Day and Night?

Accra is the capital of the small, West African country of Ghana, which achieved its independence in 1957 from its colonial master, the United Kingdom. It celebrated 50 years in 2007, and is projecting itself fast and furiously as "gateway to West Africa".

It's an exciting city, with its unique problems, but with it close to the Atlantic ocean, and many beaches, who can resist coming here?




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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Policeman Stops Tro-Tro...on Spintex Road


Looks like someone's going to have a bad day. I'm thinking it's the tro-tro driver whom I presume is in the green t-shirt.

Scenes like these are common Ghanaian currency, especially in the mornings when Ghanaians are going to work. Tro-tro drivers often capitalise on the chaos of traffic to do all sort of unconventional things, such as driving on shoulders and whatnot. Occasionally, a hawk-eyed police officer will put paid to such antics! The other side of the coin is that the police officer will necessarily stop a tro-tro driver, knowing he can extort money from him!

You pick your choice;-)

4 comments:

Annie said...

Is a Tro-Tro similar to a taxi or a bus? This is an interesting photo of an interesting problem. Congratulations on 50 years of independence. I have enjoyed looking at your blog today and looking at your photographs.

Emmanuel.K.Bensah II said...

Annie--hi! A tro-tro is like a bus, but eis the cheapest on the market of transport availability

Emmanuel.K.Bensah II said...

many thanks for visiting--and ur comments!!!

[G@ttoGiallo] said...

Hi Emmanuel,
So a tro tro is sort of a bush taxi ?

Uh oh! last sentence reminds me of naija police's bribes, or worse...

Good work anyway.

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