Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Nsawam Breadline
A few kilometres outside Accra, on the horrid highway to Kumasi, a ‘livelihood’ line of bread sellers stretches as long as the eyes can see. This is the town of Nsawam. Its dying buildings tackle the streets tightly, threatening to tumble any moment. The main street is a narrow tar strip with edges gobbled jagged by time, rain and native neglect. The baker’s design suggests that all the bread is baked and browned in one bakery or two. So, how does one know whose bread to buy? I’ll start with the first rustic Pretty I see with an idyllic smile. When the new highway bypasses this town, no cars will come this way. The bread line and the famous Nsawam bread will simply go away.
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That is food(bread) for thought(excuse the pun). What alternative source(s) of livelihood can the people of Nsawam venture into when the highway is ready for use? Have the residents even thought about the economic implications of that development?
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ReplyDeleteOops, Ms Cleland, I deleted the earlier one because I thought you had re-posted your comment with "squeeze". So I can't read, read, read, a thousand times. :)
ReplyDeleteTerrible 4 Nsawam.Just terrible. They would truly be in a breadline when the new highway is ready.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Kimapeak. I have been to your blog, and it is goooooood.
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