Monday, June 13, 2011
Cheating Nature in the City of Accra
A woman-beggar haunts the 37 intersection, especially at night. She does not cadge the Cedis directly - she uses children for emotional blackmail. She must have a foolish frau somewhere ‘lending’ her the little darlings (I have seen different ones) to bore a hole through your heart and your wallet. What she did last Friday, however, won the pitiful prize. She was hip-hoisting a 10-12 year old while wincing 'neath the wily weight. Mehhhhnnnn!
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Makes me wonder if finding out how much she makes a day would decide if I should be upset with her or not.
ReplyDeleteSome people know how to dramatize whiles others have made it a profession. i just hope they get attention soon so they leave the steets coz of the kind of danger they are exposed to on daily basis.
ReplyDeleteIt's big business. They take generous people for suckers.
ReplyDeleteI think I know exactly who you mean. I stopped giving her any money (or sympathy) when I realised her toddler was suddenly a baby again. Hey, maybe that toddler is the 10-year old you saw? :-)
ReplyDeleteThats Ghana for you. frankly i believe "land of opportunistic" is what majority of Ghanaian gathered from "freedom and Justice".
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