We are not lazy

Caution: I write like I speak in my everyday life in Ghana. 
What you are about to read is a mixture of the English language, Pidgin, and Ghanaian local dialect.

NB: All pictures used on my canvas are by Gideon Highlander of Highlander Studioz

I sometimes listen to some people on radio and TV talk shows, and it's sad how some of them pass comments like “the youth of today don’t like work, they don’t like hard work”. Herh! This is a blatant lie. On the contrary, my colleague youth love to work, but there are no sustainable jobs out there.

In my beautiful Ghana and other parts of Mama Africa, if you want to know how willing young people want to work, just interact with some of them or count the number of young people who sell on the streets. Be very careful not to think say all of them be school dropouts oo. Oh yes! Be very careful. And even if they are; similar drop outs in other parts of the world dey make am big time. Because in Ghana, it has been a common mantra that only school drop outs end on the streets. Ebi false. There are people with professional certificates, diploma and even masters degree.

Aah! How can a young, beautiful Ghanaian lady carry this heavy and hot but delicious “Bofrot” and “Nkatie”, walk for miles to the busy Accra road in the clear glare of the dangers of being knocked down by some “Okada” or “Trotro”; and you call this person lazy?

Charlie, sometimes erh, the people who always dey amaze me bi the sponge sellers. “Aboowa”! Dem dey force waa. Because how many people will buy a new sponge every day? But this is to prove that they are not lazy. And bear in mind that the ones on the street selling and hustling are but a few. The others dey home.

Me self, my guy bi talk me say I for add am to my budget this month ending if my pay come sake of idry waaaaa. As a friend too, I for help am.

So big ups to fellow young and even old people out there who are doing their own small things. I salute you all and hail you from the Fan Milk seller to the sponge seller and the “trotro” mate – you do all. We go make am one day.