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hide for where?

it's not our fault eyes blinded by hate can't see.

there is a time for everytime. there comes a time when grown men suit up and talk business.

Of the 3 Johns

John Rawlings almost always wears traditional wear. But even he knows when to suit up

John Kufuor admitedy liked his suits (and why not. As a big and tall man, he look resplendent in suits) but he mixed it up nicely

John Atta Mills seldom wears a suit.

Ghanaian leaders don't wear traditional?

Ok. Let's put this nonsense of Ghanaians not being proud of our culture to rest. Our presidents don't wear traditional wear? Let me post some pictures.

Kwame Nkrumah - i won't even bother with this one. How can the godfather of panafricanism be accused of being unafrican?

For those of you who don't know, Ghana is the spritual home of pan-africanism. Today we are being accused of not being proud to be africans? what nansense.

the reason ghana became poor in the 60s was because Nkrumah used Ghana's wealth to facilitate pan-africanism and help other african countries achieve independence (after we got ours first) this includes Nigeria. today these very people are accusing us of not being proud to be african. what rubbish.

the kente cloth (of Ghana) remains the attire most associated with africaness in the entire world. In America, every self respecting african american has a piece of kente cloth in their home.

Nuff said.

"ghanaians are jealous of us" "this song is a tribute to nigeria" bla bla bla

and yet, any topic with Ghana in it makes the homepage of Nigeria's favorite nairaland.

who is in love with who?

Who is Tom Ford? One gay man's opinion cannot sway a whole country's thinking. We in Ghana like to make our own rules.

Why be a copy-cat? Karzai wears traditional wear everywhere so my president must also wear traditional wear everywhere?

we in ghana like to think for ourselves. Our presidents( and indeed all citizens) wear traditional when it's appropriate, western when it's appropriate.

Kai, Ukrumah must be writhing in his grave! I always admire the guy in his kente cloth and that wrapper slung over his shoulder!

don't try to sound smart when you are not. who is "Ukrumah"?

Did Nkrumah never wear a suit? google pictures of him. Ghanaian Presidents have always known how to dress for the occasion. From Nkrumah to Busia to Limann to Rawlings to Kufuor to Mills. And even all the military guys in between.

what is wrong with wearing a suit to an internation business function?

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Only a daft chap would consider the display of inferiority complex below to be "satire" . Who born D and G in an age when Nigerians are innovatively leading the charge towards self-discovery and pride in our own music, fashion, entertainment etc?

You can always trust Ghanaians to be the opposite i.e eager to display their slavish love of everything from the West while pretending that it is Nigerians who have a problem because they have a culture they are proud to display and celebrate before the entire world. OBJ and Yar Adua were resplendent in Agbada while GEJ dey strut him George. Meanwhile Kufour used to look like he was about to pass out in the "Armani" (or is it D and G) suits he wore "everywhere". Atta-Mills in a suit ? Don't even go there !! Dude looks like his much taller Oyinbo boss 'dashed' him the suit !!!!!!   Satire Ko awada ni .
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you are foolishly doing what you are knocking someone for doing. the same generalizations you are fuming about, you are partaking in. And you are the smart one. You mention Kufuor and Atta Mills. Kufuor always dressed for the occasion. He wore the appropriate attire for the appropriate occasion. google pictures of him on his state visit to the UK and see what he was wearing. And yes, he wore suits when it mattered. why not. How many times have you seen Atta Mills in a suit? Do you see the Japanese Premier or even their emperor wearing a kimono on an international business trip? Is there any people prouder of their culture than the japanese?.

Make no mistake, the reason obasanjo did not wear suits was to hide his gut and bald head. not for any love of culture. the reason Jonathan wears those ridiculous hats is to hide his bald head, not for any love of culture. What is african about that ridiculous looking cowboy hat he wears around.

think before you talk. you are not arguing with market women here. you can't bulldoze  your way with insults.

Ghana people.
No time.

jet-black, hairy and penny-pinching, Lidl-scrambling boneheads.
baggy trouser wearing wannabe dumbf.uxcks!
Accra is a village and kumasi?. . . pswhwww.

Arrow bags.
let me hear you say :sanday, manday,ather
dumbheads.
f.u.xck off.

song hit a little too close to home did it?

you are what we call a class A 'suwegbe' . Your silly and unintelligent attempt at spin won't cut it with anyone because, from below, everyone can see that the songwriter is advocating that Nigerians should wear Armani instead of traditional wear.  Like I said before , satire should demonstrate wit. It should not make the user appear ignorant, uncouth and bush. In any case what does your bush fellow man mean by "Armani" anyway ? So If you wear Armani Y-front underpant alone to a party instead of an Immaculate Agbada , then that is acceptable to your 'olodo' brother?  



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Always in traditional wear everywhere
Haven’t you hear of Armani wear

i am genuinely astounded by your stupidity sometimes. "always in traditional wear everywhere. haven't you hear of armani wear" - the always and everywhere is what he is poking fun at. now go back and read my last reply to you. maybe this time you will comprehend. seriously, there is no excuse for stupidity in today's  age of information.  

what the hell are you talking about underpant? like huh?

The "truth" or blind apology for odious rants from your fellow haters? Above , you claim the song is satirical . Do you know the meaning of satire? Is satire meant to portray the user as ignorant , foolish and laughable ? If This guy is displaying wholesale ignorance by advocating Armani , to Africans , ahead of traditional African attire , how on earth is that "satire"?

i was almost forgetting why i usuallly ignore your posts. But i've quickly been re-acquainted with your s tupi dity. do YOU know what satire is??

what is wrong with advocating armani to africans? Did he say african should only wear armani? exclusively? they are poking fun at what they consider nigerians  ALWAYS (this is where the satire part comes in. google it) african wear. And they are suggesting you mix it up with some western wear (read global fashion)

Me hater? how? I tell the truth. Which you mostly don't like to hear.

I like Ghanians, my uncle even married one of them! But these ones are just bunch of illiterate Ghanian youths. You guys are sayng they are equating yorubaland to Nigeria, but I say NO! those fools are equating Lagos to Nigeria, Oregun to Ikeja is only Lagos state. They should have said 'Lagos to Kano, Sokoto to Port Harcout'. And they are complaining about the Yoruba accent! Have they ever listen to an Indian, a Chinese or even a German speak english before? They should have question the grammar rather than the accent and hear them ',  a Nigerians', is that the correct grammar? Bunch of fools.

you think the average ghanaian knows about  sokoto or port harcot? actually these boys tried to even know oregun or ikeja. i for instance had never heard these two cities before.

Most of what the average ghanaian knows about nigeria is what they have seen in nollywood movies. And the lyrics to this songs prove this.
and before you whine about that  too, consider this; the alternative would be what they have been told by ghanaians who've lived in nigeria. i.e. the ghanian returnees. you can bet that is not good stuff. lol.

That wasn't a grammatical error. I only typed a couple of words twice. And I modified it the moment I realised it. lol

lol actually your spelling of 'ghanian' was wrong. It's ghanaian.

i didnt meant to be picky but you are the one who raised the issue of grammar. lol.

lol Gbawe and his nonsensical rants concerning anything Ghanaian.

100% endorsement? I am ghanaian and i had never even heard of this song until i saw this thread.

it's a satirical song. meant to poke fun.

rule number 1 of satirical comedy is you extreme examples of an impression of someone or something you think you see and poke fun at it. [b]It is not to be taken literally.[/b]If a satirical cartoonist is drawing a cartooon of Obama, you can be sure the ears will be impossibly big. Are Obama's ears that big?

Please has anyone in here tasted a ghanain dish!? OMG! That is the worst thing to do. Their soup will make you throw up! No joke, their food is horrible.

The only thing i respect about ghana is how easily you can bed their girls;-)

bitter much?

it's ok son. let it all out. therapy is for white kids. lol.

The thread is full of inferiority complex is full of inferiority complex and grammatical errors.

Thank God we are not a Ghanians!! Queen Elizabeth would have banned us by now.

speaking of grammatical errors. you might wanna look over your own work above lol

Some of you seem too worked up about this song? i wonder why? hits too close to home?

ghanaians are envious of us, ghanaians are placcid white arse lickers, ghanaians speak in fake american accents, ghanaians this, ghainaians that.

what is the difference between the above statements you are all repeating and the lyrics of the song you are so worked up about?

Hilarious stuff. especially the reactions of you folk here. Get over yourselves.  First of, this group like to induce comedy in their songs. Especially Wanlov. It's called satirical rap.

Second of, we have a saying in Ghana. "if a foreigner learns to insult very well, a local must have thought him" think about that.

Rubbish.

Nobody put Mubarrak in a cage. The cage was built for the security and protection of all the defendents. Mubarrak included. Remember this was a public trial. Open to the public. And Mubarrak is so vilified in Egypt right now that it wouldn't have been unthinkable for someone to attempt to physically attack him. So the cage (for lack of a better term) was a good idea.

Mubarrak coming in on a hospital bed was the idea of his lawyers. Trying to court public sympathy for the despot.

How come this man was walking around briskly claiming to be healthy and fully incharge of Egypt's affairs. One of the protestors' charge was that he was too old to run Egypt's affairs properly, leaving the nation's affairs to a cabal of miscreants. Mubarrak denied this and said he was full of vitality and fully in charge. So then how came just mere weeks after he is overthrown, he wants the world to believe he is lying on his death bed?

Hausas and Fulanis were nomadic tribes. These two groups should not be thought of as originating from any of the countries in modern day west africa.

The reason is that these two nomadic tribes were spread across the entire region immediately south of sahara desert. When the europeans divided the region up, these Fulanis and Hausas became a part of whatever country the area they were living in became.

So it is incorrect to say the Hausas or Fulanis of Ghana originate from Nigeria or vice versa. They are just members of the same tribe who happen to have been caught up in different countries as the europeans divided the place up. Hausas and Fulanis are pretty much the same wherever you find them. Language, culture et al. Much like the Roma people of Europe. They are one ethnic group, no matter where you find them. It's incorrect to say gypsies of Bulgaria came from Romania.

The Hausa/Fulani influence is also why citizens from these two countries will find so many similarities between the two countries. For example, if you came to Ghana and you were served a dish of Tuo Zaafi, you might be tempted to say aah, that is a nigerian food or they copied this from nigeria. When infact, it is just a Hausa dish present in both countries because of their significant Hausa populations.

The Hausa influence is felt across ghana. Hausas are very well travelled within ghana (remember they are nomadic). There is a "zongo" in every major ghana city. So people coming from Nigeria will see a lot of similarities in ghana purely due to the Hausa influence.

ps. there is no language called Anago in Ghana. "Anago" is a slang term in Ghana used to refer to Nigerians as a whole. Like "Alata". But Anago is meant to be derogatory. So you won't hear it much in modern day ghana.

The Ashantis and Igbos have no historical links beyond what you would expect from two african tribes that live in the same region of Africa. The reason parrallels are drawn between the Asantis and Igbos is because, Like the Igbos, the Ashantis are renowned for their love of money. They control business and commerce in Ghana. And are generally regarded as greedy, shady, people with an insatiable lust for money who will no hesitate to screw you over for money. Ashantis are the tribe everybody loves to hate in Ghana.

But unlike the Igbos of Nigeria, Ashantis are also power brokers in Ghana. I mean political power. This goes way back to colonial times. Ashantis provided the strongest resistance to british colonialism and were british subjects only from 1901 after loosing the 3rd anglo-ashanti war. and in less than 40 years, they led the ghanaian push for independence. Ashanti land is also home of majority of Ghana's gold reserves. So in Ghana, the Ashantis are a powerful tribe. Politically and economically.

The Ga-Adangbes, a small tribe only significant because theirs is the land on which the Capital Accra is built, are said to have moved to their present location from the Yoruba region of Nigeria. They walked from modern day sudan, through Nigeria, to their current location in ghana. So they are said to be related to the Yoruba people of Nigeria.

Bros,
The answers to you question is very easy and simple.
1. In 2001, Kuffour declared Ghana as HIPC- Highly Indebted Poor Country (they are still on that list till now). This resulted in Debt cancellation and they were to pay only the capital.

2. The same Kuffour approached Nigeria to borrow a hugh sum of money to revive the dying economy. OBJ gave out this loan without National Assembly approval (Remember when the National Assembly wanted to impeach him-during Okadigbo regime?)

3. The same Kuffour was getting 20,000 barrels of crude oil per day from OBJ. Ya'adua increased this to 30,000 barrels per day,

So to ansa your question, Nigeria-the Giant of Africa is responsible for Ghana's survival, till date,

Complete Nonsense.

How did you draw the bolded conclusion from those 3 points you listed above there?


1.Did Nigeria invent the HIPC inititiativ? Was it Nigeria who signed Ghana up for the HIPC initiative? Is Nigeria even a party to the HIPC intiative?
the answer to al these questions is no

2. That 45M USD loan Obasanjo's government gave to Ghana was solely to finance Ghana's portion of the West Africa gas pipeline project. That project meant to sell Gas from Nigeria to the rest of West Africa. It was as much in Nigeria's interest that the project was completed, as it was in Ghana's interest. If not more.

You think 45M USD is what transformed Ghana's economy?  that's quite silly. What is 45M in the grand scheme of things? I don't even know why Nigerians keep mentioning this. I've met more than a few nigerians who have brought up this 45M loan issue. In Ghana, this barely made the news. Infact only the very informed ghanaians, those to take an active interests in current government affairs would know about this issue.

3. Nigeria sells (I emphasize SELLS, not "give" oil to Ghana. At normal prices might i add. So does, Angola, So does Saudi Arabia, So does several other OPEC countries.  What is magnanimous in that arrangement? (on nigeria's part) Nigeria sells oil to the US too, to China too. Are you responsible for China's economic growth?

If you don't understand economics, just stick to discussing social factors

@Sheshi. If you say  indigenous Yoruba dont exist in Ghana, then you dont know Ghana. Though minority, they exist and are called 'Anago'

are you going to argue with a ghana boy about who knows ghana better? "Anago" is a derogatory slang term used to refer to nigeria as a whole. Much like "Alata" But unlike Alata (which is a benign term) Anago is malicious, and intended to be offensive. So if you go to Ghana and someone refers to you as "Anago", be offended!

I repeat. There is NO Yoruba speaking group in Ghana. The Ga-Dangbe Tribe (a small tribe only significant because theirs is the land on which the capital Accra was built)  are the ones said to have moved to Ghana from the Yoruba area of Nigeria. They originally came from East Africa (around modern day Sudan), stopped over in Yorubaland for about half a century and Moved on to their present location, in Ghana. They don't speak Yoruba. They speak Ga.

Interestingly, the Gas have the same reputation in Ghana as the yorubas have in nigeria it seems. On the negative side, Gas are regarded as lazy, dirty, and untrustworthy. On the plus side, they are well educated.

Nobody in Ghana speaks Yoruba. that's a FACT. Hausa on the other hand, Hausa people are spread all across west africa and are their language is something of a lingua franca in west africa.

btw, why does everything here turn into an 'we're better than you guys' contest.

this is something i've been noticing more and more over the last few years.
It used to be that the standard for guys to aspire to was a beefcake physique. bulking, muscle-bound. Failing that it was okay to be a "man of substance" (i.e. more than a few extra pounds)


but you look around these days and things are looking quite different. just look around tv, men's magazines, everywhere. the anchor men are looking rather 'trim', the male models these days are botherline anorexic (there's even such a thing as manorexia these days), even the sportsmen are looking more and more trim. the fashion trends for men are all about skinny. skinny jeans, trim suits, form fitting shirts, form fitting pants,
WTF is going on?

I see what's going on. It's the women driving this. They are bitter that society requires them to be skinny to be considered attractive and now they are trying to do the same thing to us guys. This is the work of the womenfolk.

We must fight it. asap.lol. I can't give up my beers.

Interesting.

Next time a ghana bashing thread comes up, remember this.

Another batch of 21 Ghanaians has been deported from Nigeria, bringing the number so far deported on the orders of Nigerian two state governors to 45.

The Nigerian High Commissioner in Accra, Mohammed Musiliu Obanikoro, has however frowned upon the action, promising to wade into it immediately.

Earlier on July 14, 2011, 24 Ghanaians were arrested and deported to Ghana - unable to pick their belongings before the unexpected action. The batch was made up of 21 men, 2 women and a girl.

In both instances, the deportations were ordered by state governors in the most populous African country which runs a federal system in which foreign affairs, defence and internal affairs are the preserves of the federal government in Abuja.

Details available to Daily Guide suggest that the latest bout of deportation saw the rounding up of 21 persons upon the orders of the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, in Western Nigeria.

The deportees were arrested on July 16, 2011 and kept in confinement without allowing them to pick their belongings until their final forced exit from Nigeria a few days ago.

With the thought of leaving their belongings behind pinching them, the deportees were taken to the Nigeria/Benin border by road and handed over to the immigration authorities of that country.

The Beninois authorities then moved the deportees to their country’s border with Togo, Hilla Kondji, from where they were transported to the Togo/Ghana border of Aflao and handed over to Ghanaian authorities.

Daily Guide learnt that the deportees at this point were handed over to National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region.

Here, they were registered and taken through the standard procedure for deportees. It has emerged that no reason was proffered for their arrest and subsequent deportation to Ghana.

Ironically, more and more Nigerians, most of them without valid travel documents, continue to troop to Ghana for the purpose of mostly sojourning here.

Regarding the earlier deportation, Daily Guide was told that the Kwara State Governor who ordered the arrests did not also give any reason for the action he ordered in the state capital of Ilorin.

The treatment meted out to this group of Ghanaians was no different from the one they received at the hands of the Ondo State government in Akure, the state capital.

Observers of the relations between the two countries are apprehensive about the backlash of the Nigerian action which is in total contravention of ECOWAS Protocol.

In the 80s, the two countries were engaged in a reprisal action which saw each of them deporting aliens to their countries of origin.

Nigeria had also undertaken a mass deportation of Ghanaians from that country in a spree which earned the notorious mantra of ‘Ghana Must Go’. So many years after the unfortunate diplomatic incident, the mantra has refused to go because a bag has been named after it. The bag was the most preferred by Ghanaians returning home from Nigeria at the time.

It was Nigeria which started the deportation after demanding that every Ghanaian entering Nigeria should provide proof of possessing an amount of $50. Failure to provide led to outright deportation.

Ghana retaliated by also making similar demands, leading to the two countries engaging in a messy diplomatic row.

The authorities of the two countries sought an amicable solution to the diplomatic row which saw the withdrawal of the worrying trend eventually.

Until now, the ECOWAS protocol has held sway with citizens of each country, availing themselves of the opportunities thereof.

Ghana is home to third generation Nigerians completely assimilated into the mainstream citizenship of the country.

Descendants of Captain Glover’s 600 Hausa soldiers deployed to the then Gold Coast formed the Gold Coast Constabulary, a nucleus of today’s Ghana Armed Forces and police service.

Most of them married here after disbandment and have been finely assimilated into the country. It is therefore absurd when the two countries engage in such nasty diplomatic reprisals.

Ghanaian authorities might not want to go the way of their Nigerian counterparts but if they do, the repercussions could shake the foundation of ECOWAS.

Both countries, previously part of the British colony, spent same currency under the British West African monetary system.

The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Alhaji Musiliu Obanikoro, in an interview with Daily Guide, condemned the action of the governors, describing it as the work of overzealous public officials.

He promised wading into it with the view to reviewing the trend. “If it really happened, we would take action to remedy the situation. Ghana and Nigeria cannot afford to return to the old days. Our relations have improved so much that we cannot afford to allow a few officials to cause friction between us. I would take action. I condemn it in totality and would get to the bottom of it,” he said.

Regarding the suspicion that the governors were responding to the danger posed by the extreme Islamic grouping, Boko Haram, he said Ghana does not have Islamic extremists.

http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201107/69860.asp

i think i'm with the get a hooka school of thought.

but in any case, i don't think 27 and virgin is any great cause for alarm. it's only kinda strange b'cus of how hard you say you've been trying to break it and still no luck.

but ya, i'd say get yourself a working girl to break you in and you'll have climbed the biggest hurdle. good luck.

i don't think she's hot at all. she needs to get a nose-job like asap. and her body is not off the chart either.

quite average. and that goes for her education as well.

empty barrells always make the most noise.

^^ fulani man by any chance?

sorry but the truth sometimes hurt. im only telling it like it is. this is not peculiar to ghana by any means. it's the same in most other west african countries.

history is history whether we like it or not.

It is only in Nigeria that the fulani man enjoys such a lofty status.
i wonder why
fulanis are present in most if not every west african country and they don't enjoy this status anywhere else.

in ghana, they are looked down upon and used to be viewed with absolute disgust. true second class citizens (not that i support such) The ashantis for instance subjugated the fulani men for hundrends of years until they signed some kind of protectorate agreement with the british. they used to castrate fulani men before they were made house-boys, perfoming such tasks as bathing the ashanti man's wives.

the fulanis benefited the most from the arrival of europeans to west africa. they quickly signed protectorate agreements (to protect themselves from other tribes) but in the end, it is they who were captured, mostly by other tribes and sold to the euorpeans as slaves. most african americans today can trace their ancestry to fulanis. a trained african eye can still see the characteristics in the not-so-mixed ones.

what are these warrior traits among the fulanis you speak of? i believe they are a minority in every country they are found in. i don't know how the fulani came to enjoy such a priveledged position in nigerian society but i suspect the british had something to do with that. certainly not any superior military might of the fulanis.

the only thing fulanis are known to have are beautiful women. which is why they are tolerated most places they go. this is certainly the case in ghana.