Road rage, man holes and driving lessons..

Hoot!Hoot! kwasiaaa!(stupid in twi).. huge pot holes that procreate everyday and become deeper and wider by the minute. In my opinion African drivers have the hardest time ever, compared to the western nations. If you think am exaggerating allow me to list the 'wahala' we go through every single day.
1. Pot holes as huge as the craters on the moon. The origin of these mostly begin during the rainy season as a result of a poorly built road.
2. Policemen on pavements for some purpose. Why don't we brainstorm to figure out what exactly they do at those unlikely curves or busy streets.. Hmm..What could that be? Controlling traffic? Yehh... rite
3. Crazy commercial drivers. Anything from tro-tro's to taxis in fact, I should have made them the first danger but they are indispensable for the citizen's transportation.
4. Heat mixed with exhaust fumes! One of the worst places any one can be is parked behind an old rickety car during traffic. If there now exists fashion police then there should also be ozone protective police and maybe their based should be Ghana seriously.
5. Road rage. It is not uncommon to see these crazy drivers hoot, shout or insult at any trivial thing. Shouting earlier puts the person in a level or superiority over the other. When things start heating up then, one can now proceed to descend from the car whilst shouting.. to cut the long story short this ends in aggravating the already existing traffic.
 The list goes on and on; hawkers, couples having intense conversations in their cars, handicaps begging for money and frustrated wifes.
As a result am not really excited about my driving lessons, am just at level 1 which is pass driving test and get license. But, even that one is a headache so imagine level 2 and 3.
Anyways am ending on a happy note as always, which is there is nothing better than cruising in your ride with your fave music blaring out the stereo. Keeping fingers crossed :)

Who said Christian guys are not romantic?

Two lovely songs I found!
                                           B.Reith- Awestruck

                                           
                                           Sho Baraka- We can be more

Survival guide to Ghanaian Weddings/Engagements.

It's July yipee! This month is so special to me cause my mum is born on this month and so am I. But, lets reverse to last month because I want to talk about weddings and June was so full of them.  I had a wedding on my agenda every saturday, it was exciting at first but later it became so tiring. As we all know weddings are  a time of gathering to celebrate two people who love each other bla bla etc. Anyways, I had a month of experience so this is what I learnt; I will categorize it in the do's, dont's and likely to happen in a Ghanaian wedding :)
 Do's:
1. Look hot. Preferably an african print dress or simple dress with heels to match.( if you're sewing something drop it at the tailor's a month before plus the engagement cloth too lol)
2. Bring a gift but better still take an envelope with money that will be much appreciated.(sat at a gift table in one wedding and the envelopes were more than the gifts)
3.Take a friend or sista. Weddings never start on time..
4. If it is a church wedding prepare two offerings one for the church and the other for the couple hmm..
5. Smile and keep fingers crossed.
 Dont's:
1. Do not go empty handed! Plan B- envelopes..
2. Do not look like a peacock(overdressed,underdressed or show too much skin)
3. Do not wear a nice white dress to a wedding it's believed you will be stealing the attention from the bride.
 Likely to happen*
1. Annoying photographers snapping shots of you and expecting you to pay later.
2. Hugging and kissing loads of people.
3. Feeling underdressed cause Ghanaian chick can dress!
4. Being called to help serve,usher,pop champagne without prior notice
5. Meeting really nice people.

P.s follow these rules and you will become a conoisseur of Ghanaian weddings.

African Renaissance is here to stay!

There is this resurgence in African identity and am wondering is it due to Obama, the return of Fela, Africans in the diaspora or the modernization and impact of globalization on Africa. It is now common to see words like Afropilitan, Afrocentric, Afro- couture and seeing  African prints on major fashion shows.
La vie est en rose! Me thinks is the best time to feel African( I dont mean it was worse before) but mentalities have changed and the youth is embracing our culture with a tinge of westernization.
I have been obssesed with some blogs and I find myself reading more than writing. Silence is golden, right? So am going to share some of the blogs I have been following religiously :) and the common trend is that they are all written by Africans in the diaspora on culture, arts, relationships and a whole lot of things. You will surely leave these blogs with knowledge on a variety of things.
Goodluck!
  Humor-      http://fuckyesafricans.tumblr.com/archive
  Fashion-     http://www.hautefashionafrica.com/
 Music,Arts& culture-  http://www.harlemloves.com/    http://thatgoodgoodblog.blogspot.com, http://themusingsofondolady.blogspot.com .http://www.msafropolitan.com
  Photography   -  http://nanakofiacquah.blogspot.com  , http://spaceshipgeorge.blogspot.com