Producer Nora from Berlin, me and local expert Vincent (photographer Vân)Braved the Malata Market today. Actually it was much more pleasure than panic. I'll tell you this though, it didn't tempt me to give up 24 years of being a vegetarian. Fish, cow, pigs feet and mystery meat roasting in the sun, covered in flies. That aside, we had a great time, even though we were on the clock and only there for a short time. The Ghanaian people are so nice; older women, younger women, men (all seemed like in their 20s or 30s) and of course the kids. We were only there for an hour but I could have stayed all day, even in the heat. Ghana is magic. Driving around Accra in a car you might think it is just another dusty, dirty developing city but once you interact with the people, even on a superficial level like the brief encounters we had at the markets, its magic. What a wonderful people.
Vân turning the lens on the market kids.
The young woman works while the older woman in the background naps.
I can't balance a book on my head, Ghanaians can carry anything on their noggins.
These market kids seem to have a tough life but they were all smiling.
Chickens and bread; Chicken sandwich anyone?
If it needs to be carried, use your head.
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