Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:41 am-
Hi! I am a French Canadian (so don't except a perfect english) living in Awaso, 2 hours drive from Kumasi, and 7 from Accra. My 2 children, my husband and I enjoy life in a small community surrounded by tropical forest. We don't have the chance to meet many canadians here : we, and another family, are the only white and expat people.
I want to know how is life in Accra. Are people so respectfull of hierarchy that you feel alone in your small world? Is it easy to make friends with ghanean people? My husband is CFO for a canadian mining company, and everybody living here is working in this business. So, all relationships are colored with the job status and make it difficult. We are not free to choose. How are woman in Accra? Are they going out of their houses sometimes? In here, we don't see them : even for official dinners, they stay home. So I don't have too much friends.
And also, tell me about the golf course in Accra. Have you been there? We have a 9 hole course on the top of our small hill. We sometimes go to Accra,usually for travelling, and maybe we will try it.
You talk about deception : mine is all about schools in here. It's so poor. No water, no toilets, even no books or walls around classes. But how to change all this? It's too big for one to do. Anyway, I try to cope with those lacks and hope that children in here will find a better life.
Bye! Give some news,
africancanadian wrote:
I am a 30 year old white male living in a dominantly black culture. Ghana has become a place of eye opening respect and as well as at time deception. Coming from Calgary just 6 months ago I have learned to appreciate where we come from and what it means to be who you are. I currently work with 500 local people and enjoy the gratification that comes from helping people who really want to have a life that we have taken for granted for to long. I have yet met many Canadians since my arrival, but if you are in the area, drop me a line.Cheers!

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Hello! I am a French Canadian living in Ghana with my family.