Ghana's move to digital migration is...smart TV!!

Ghana's move to digital migration is...smart TV!!

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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Thursday, February 04, 2010

One of the Beauties of Ghana--Markets!

Although Ghana has embraced the free market model off-and-on like the occasional provision of our electricity(!), under the incumbent administration of the National Democratic Congress (that has tagged themselves social democrats), you are bound to see a fair bit of a mix of the free-market and the State protection.

Truth be told, I am talking about markets of a gastronomical kind! This picture is revealing in so many ways.

Primo, we see that even paragons of discipline like the Fire Service personnel love to patronise the market for fish; secondo, the little girl selling here at a market at Akosombo (just off in the Eastern region, and 1.5 hours from Accra), might just be too small to be transacting such business.

Where's the mother, I wonder? Although it was a Saturday, this is the reality of much of the more "rural" parts of Ghana, where children are seen at markets trying to complement the subsistence of what is most likely the mother and his/her siblings...

4 comments:

Leif Hagen said...

I always find food markets and sales to be interesting!

Ann said...

So that's a fire service uniform (I was wondering why your army camouflage was red).

posekyere said...

The sweet little things that bring out the Ghanaian uniqueness. How they make me miss home now!
Thanks EKB,for the loaded memories.

Emmanuel.K.Bensah II said...

Leif--thanks; shall post some more. Oh, and a VERY belated Happy New Year!

Ann--that would be counter-productive having red as camouflage!:-))

posekyere--any time! hope you come back soon for a while and get back again...;-)

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