Still on Top

So now that I have all the major news out of the way....I thought that I'd add/update some more lists.

In honour of last weekend, the first list is the Top list of Obama Paraphanalia in Ghana. Some of this was official swag that the government had a hand in convincing people to sell, others were things people had designed and still others were normal everyday items that were either given the name "Obama ---" or they silkscreened/embroidered "Barack Obama" on it somewhere.

1) Obama Panties--These were a pair of cute flowery victorian panties with "Barack Obama" silk screened on the ass. I bought a pair for Conor. ^^

2) Child's Denim Obama Pant+Jacket Outfit--A little kid was wearing this around the Nyive trotro station in Ho.

3) Obama Wax Print-Obama's face on some wax print/batik like cloth....they do this a lot with many people's faces...most commonly (that I've seen) for people's ordinations or the arrival of a new bishop. They will have decorative cloth made out of the faces of all the bishops of the Ho diocese that ever lived. I find it weird and usually tacky, but next to the panties, this is one of my favourites. I have never, unfortunately, seen ordination panties. Many people had had formal dresses and collard shirts made out of it for the occasion.

4) Obama T-shirts-these all have Obama with one or more of the following: Pres Atta Mills, The Word Ghana, A picture of Africa sith Ghana coloured in, Ghanaian independence monument and/or Ghanaian or American flags.

5) Obama Hotel (Hotel in Accra...I suspect that the biblical shop name trend may be coming to a close while Obama remains popular.)

6) Obama 5-minute-hawker-name-bracelet-these are a little nifty, but the aggressive pestering of the hawkers decreases what little interest their products might give.

7) Obama billboards- these litter Accra and CapeCoast...sometimes sponsored by the government or large businesses like MTN

8) Obama American Flag

9) Obama Picture Frames

10) Obama Meat Pies-people wandered around the compound while we were waiting selling meat pies off their heads yelling "Obama Meat Pies". This was not limited to meat pies but was quickly taken up by all the head food sellers. "Obama Yogourt! Obama Chocolate! Obama Spring Roll! Obama Fanta! Obama Bo Froot!"

11) Obama buttons-pins with pictures of him (and maybe his family)


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The next list is an add on to my previous list of favourite signs. We always pick out more when we travel.

1) Evergreen Haircut
2) Still, You can Fly One Day Too
3) Trust Nobody Footwear
4) Welcome to Boy's and Girl's Lovers (I don't know what this place was....but it was a small booth that looked like a chop bar or a place to buy tools. (A chop bar is a place to buy food))
5) Perserverance Washing Bay
6) Hilarious Services
7) XXX Engineers (this apparently doesn't mean the same thing in Ghana)
8) Jama Maternity Clinic, Delivery Day and Night
9) Virgin Kids and Junior Secondary School (Your guess is as good as mine)

This is it for now!

Ciao,
-the Jessicat