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My Marvellous Mundane

South African expat writing about living in New Jersey, USA and Accra, Ghana while 'marvelling at the mundane'. Adventuring. Choosing Joy. Photographing. Travelling. Thriving post cancer. Living. Loving.

Category: Local Ghana festivals, culture and life

In this category I write about local Ghana culture like the Posuban Shrines and Asafo Flags, the ladies who work as Kayayei carriers, and the men and women who work as seamstresses and tailors sewing on the road side. I also blog about some of the local festivals I’ve been lucky enough to attend like the Jamestown Twin Festival, the Millet Festival and the Bakatue Festival.

Red and yellow plastic Clonette Dolls stand alongside Ghanaian wooden figures
April 28, 2021February 14, 2022

Clonette Dolls – the colourful Ghanaian dolls with the name Auntie Dei Dei

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September 18, 2020February 14, 2022

Seeing double at the Ga Mashie Twins Yam festival in Jamestown Accra

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June 15, 2020February 14, 2022

The peculiar Posuban shrines and fanciful Asafo flags of the Fante people of Ghana

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May 19, 2020February 14, 2022

Kayayei – the carrier girls of Ghana who bear the load of goods that they will likely never be able to afford

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February 5, 2020February 14, 2022

A shared Love of Stitching – the seamstresses and tailors of Ghana

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November 6, 2019March 12, 2022

The Carnival of a Lifetime at the Elmina Bakatue festival in Ghana

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