We’ve all heard about the kindness of strangers, but you’ll never experience it in quite the same way anywhere in the world as you would in Africa.
During my one week stay in Accra, my brother and I ended up in the overcrowded Makola market looking for a well recommended food staffs by our friends. Now anyone who has been to Makola market will know that finding a specific foodstuffs is tougher than finding a needle in a haystack.
Needless to say we were lost, and what’s more worrisome in Accra is that you are always worried that your request for directions from strangers will get lost in translation.
We had no choice but to stop someone, who already seemed to be in a rush. We asked him about the sweet potatoes and he had no idea what we were saying.
He had no clue where some were or how to get some. At this point most people would apologise and walk away, but not this stranger.
He started to walk around asking people about where the we will get the sweet potatoes and once he figured it out, he actually walked us to it!
Only in Accra do people treat stranger like guests to a home. So don’t worry about the language barrier if in Accra– the people there know how to break those walls.
Later located the actual place and we had some of the sweet potatoes. Missing again in return to our destination was something else. It was very difficult to locate our way back home but we final made it.
What a great relief when we got to the house. Dont forget to upvote and be my follower.
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