Afihyipa ohhhhh

Afi si seie na...

I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. For those praying for more money, husband/wife, career goals, etc., send me ur prayer request and I will forward it to Pastor. I ahve submitted mine, quick quick! In the meantime, have a wonderful holiday and make sure to call me to your house to enjoy whatever omotuo, aponkyi nkrakra, or whatever else you have cooked.

Talk to u in 06!

Ghanaians and the English Language/Insults

Ghanaians take the English language very seriously. Therefore, things that we may say "by the way" here in America or take very lighty can cause great offense. For a example, never tell a Ghanaian that he/she is foolish. Kai! Kataka will definitely burst. According to Wikipedia (whose defintions are now under much scrutiny but anyway....we will proceed) the actual definition of foolish is:

silly or not wise. A fool is a person who is stupid or easily tricked.

The response is usually, "withdraw your statement" or "ohhhhhhhh, so you are calling me foolish, ehn?" This insult is not take lightly so try to reserve it for serious times. Being stupid is not taken lightly by Ghana peeps.

The next insult is "Go a you," often used to make one feel stupid and to want to disappear. It is prolly equivalent to "go to hell, " "get out of my face" and the like. If you ever hear this, have no doubt that the user intends to insult you well well.

Another thing that Ghana peeps might use to make you feel stupid is "who sent you?" Here is a scenario:

You have done something which results in negative repercussions. You go and talk to
someone hoping for sympathy. Depending on your level of involvement in reaching the
negative end result, the response might be, "ahhhhhhhh, but who sent you?"
Dang, if you did not already feel stupid, you will at that point.

Hwoo!
This is only a sound effect but it speaks volumes. This is often used to signify that your foolishness is beyond words it is often worse than words. It often accompanied by the roll of eyes and maybe even a turning of the body in disgust.

Please add more in the comments section with your big heads!

Ghanaian Church

Okay so I begun attending a Ghanaian church (Bible-based ministry) almost 2 years ago and let me tell you, it is like nothing else. Actually I think most African churches operate rather similarly but I will address the one I know. Before I begin I must shout out the church mothers, the Sunday school teachers, the prayer warriors, the prayer towers, the women who always dance harder than you even do at the club during praise and worship, and the evangelists who can tell you what is going on in your life by praying a little with you. For those who are lost, it means you have never been to an African/Ghanaian church. It is not what you see at your traditional Catholic or Episcopalian church ohhhhh. Let me school you on what will happen and what you can hope to gain (the key words are bolded):
Whatever devil has been walking with you, they will rebuke it and cast it out quick, quick;
Whatever ancestral curses and covenants have been made on your behalf, must be aborted;
You will learn the meaning of POWERFUL PRAYER--as my pastor says, when we are PRAYING, we are PRAYING--not all that whispering and somber prayer ohhh, you must do battle. You will bind things on earth, you will come against principalities, Chaley, it is not easy;
You will begin to feel guilty about committing any sin because you will always hear the repercussions ringing in your ears;
You will know songs like Ogunchola (It'a a Miracle), My Oga Jesus, Awuradi A Ye A Ma Mi, and Me Huri So;
You will have a chance to become more local; and, you will praise and worship like you never have in your life.

It is great, I love going to church and aside from the fact that more people might be in your business and any "uncle" or "aunty" can call you out, it is wonderful.

Visit your local (no pun intended) Ghanaian church!

For those who want to experience this feely feely kadochi (for yourself), hit me up...I will make arrangements for you and we go dance and sing...
WE CONQA SA-TAN, WE CONQA DE-VIL...
AT THE MENTION OF HIS NAAAAAME, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW...
FAYA BURNIN IN MY SOULLLLLLLL, HOLY GHOST A FAYA EHHHHHHHHHH, PENTECOST A FAYA EHHHHHHHH

You are very serviceable

How many of you ladies have been told this? If you have not then you might be in trouble ohhh. This is a guy's way of saying good traditional Ghanaian girl, i.e., you cook well, you serve well, and you may even clean well. Apparently, it is even more shocking to find a serviceable Ghanakat woman (Ghanaian woman who grew up in Yankee (America) or Bylon (London) or Gemain (Germany)), so to all you serviceable Yankee, Gemain, or Bylon based women out there...take a bow. To the rest of you, your best bet is to make one good pot of rice and stew or better yet any soup and fufu. Charley you will see as they will begin to say, "you dis girl, you are very serviceable ohhh." Buahahahahahahahhahahahhah

CAVEAT FOR THE LADIES
Do not start being serviceable too soon in a relationship ohhhhhhhh, otherwise you might as well change your name to Serwah (abi, na housegirl). You will never see the inside of Cheesecake Factory or Houston's if the proper balance is not followed here. Kai!

Shout outs

I would like to thank Abs, Efua (Maifren), Angela and all the others who thought I was local (I am not bush ohhhhhhhh) enough to start a blogspot. We were hanging out one night and I kept saying things like kai, chineke, ottolegge, aboaa kokontibaa, etc. Also, I knew most of the latest hip life and slang terms and they were like you dis girl you are too local, you should start a blogspot and share your foolishness...I mean knowledge. That is how it all started. So shouts to my Ghana, Ghanacat and other African peeps! Agro na so (the game has started).

Favorite Links

Official Government Website
http://www.ghana.gov.gh

Get Your Money Right
http://ameripriseadvisors.com/kojo.d.gyabaah

Music Videos
http://www.ghanamv.com/
You can watch the latest music videos...even otoolege is there:)
P.S. sometimes it is "unavailable." Maybe too many pressed peeps like me viewing the videos at once:)

Live Radio
http://www.akasanomaradio.com/
They play gospel in the morning (Ghana time) so afternoon time for us and then they play all the latest hip life also. The commentary and the DJ's are really funny...they sometimes sing along to the songs. LOL.

Entertainment Sites
http://www.robdefinitions.com/
He posts pictures of events...mostly events in the DC metro area. If you were at an event and you told your girl you were studying that night...you will call akoko allolo when she sees you tweeeing some girl on the site. Kai!

http://www.100degreez.net/
They host events in the DC metro area and are even hosting Akon in Ghana this Christmas. They also post pics so I hope you were where you told people you would be. LOL.

Informational Sites
http://www.ghanaweb.com/
Compilation of several websites, includes postings of events.

http://www.ghanaforum.com/
Even has a dating part...so start posting and you might find your boo.

Eti Sen

Hello to my Chefs, Kalas, and DadaBas...
I decided to start this blogspot for those of us outside of Ghana so that we can keep up with the latest in Ghana...the slang, the music, the movies, etc. So yen kasa...