8 Things you did not know about Ghana

 You have to know these Eight things about Ghana

Like any country ghana has it's good and it's bad, But we're here to tell you how the good far outweighs the bad forget the blackouts aka dumbsour and poor wi fi because that doesn't describe this exquisite west african country and its people

Here are 8 things you didn't know about ghana

Number One

Number One the people of ghana are a proud people and uber friendly aquaba

It means welcome and that's the feeling you'll get whenever you travel in ghana you feel welcome locals love their country and are always eager to show you around

But be wary if you're offered ekpateshi this is a local liquor which spokesman.com says tastes like fire to the uninitiated burning all the way down the throat to a nervous stomach

Number Two

Number Two ghana brought you azanto if you can stomach akpateshi you might find yourself dancing to azanto

We won't lie there's a debate about who owns azanto ghanaian rapper sarkodie claims he's its originator but the bottom line is that the popularizondo slang and dance is from ghana on a side note

The financial times reported that sarkodie is the first ghanaian to win the bet award for best international act africa

Number Three

Number Three art and death are taken very seriously, It's hard to imagine that a coffin could be a sought after piece of art but collectors around the world want to own a ghanaian coffin

Why because they are literally pieces of art fantasy coffins are carved by hand for locals they cost around four hundred dollars but international collectors can expect to pay tens of thousands of dollars expect hair dryers footballs vegetables fruit or even ladybirds as written by emma thompson for national geographic

It's much more than a status symbol the god people believe the deceased will continue their job in the afterlife and the coffin acts as a reminder

Number Four

Number Four Ghanaians name their children based on the day of their birth like most african countries there are many ethnic groups within them in ghana groups like the akan gah enzuma and away name their children according to what day of the week they were born on

They may have slight differences depending on the group but just because each person has one doesn't necessarily

Mean it will appear on their official documents according to bbc a monday birth would be kojo for male and adwoa for female and sunday would be akwasi for male and a khosua for female

Number Five

Number Five there are nearly 80 languages spoken in Ghana and one of those is ghanaian pidgin english which is also called crew english or if you're in the akan region it's known as crew brofo

This pigeon english is mostly spoken in the southern towns and in ghana's capital accra here are some of the headlines taken from the ghana page on the bbc's website

Ghana first lady go refund taxpayer allowance she collects since 2017

Gonna extend popular census 2021 after public outcry why gonna landlords away collect over six month rent advance from tenants risk jail term

Number Six

Number Six beaches in ghana when you think of ghana you don't think of beaches you're probably only realizing now that ghana even has beaches and they've got beaches that are so beautiful and so surreal that you'll never want to leave

There's 560 kilometers of coastline in ghana lobotti beach is the most popular beach in accra but to throw out a few other buttes there's cocrobite beach and cobra beach cape coast elmina and axime

Number Seven

Number Seven elementary and middle school are free and compulsory since 1995 and as of 2018 high school education is also free but it's not as clear cut and simple president nana akufo addo promised tuition free high school education when he became president in 2017

The only way to make this work was to adopt a double track system basically not all students go to school at the same time this free education was so popular that classrooms were overcrowded

So now students take turns going to high school as reported by the new york times the government is unwavering in its support of the new system saying it delivers adequate education to more children

Number Eight

Number Eight ghana's national food became a tick tock trend it's not a challenge that sat well with everyone but it certainly brought fufu to the table

Fufu is a dough made from boiled or ground cassava or plantain which is a fruit similar to a banana it's generally eaten as a side dish or with stews and saucy meals

The challenge was called hashtag fufu challenge where tick tockers would record themselves buying the staple and eating it many made highly derogatory comments about how gross the food was but as highlighted by miss forsen on twitter so is the whole point of the fufu challenge to be disrespectful to african culture

Because why are people going out of the way to buy food taste it spit it out and call it gross it's okay to not like something but to use it to disrespect people's culture shake my head