“Akua, Akua! Is your name Akua?”

Someone is shouting my name at the market. I turn around and see a laughing woman.

“Yes! Yes, my name is Akua. How did you know?” I respond.

She just smiles and tells me that her name is Akua too.

You see, here it’s not important on which date you were born, but on what day of the week that you came to this world. I was born on a Wednesday, and therefore my name is Akua. Since I found out about this there’s been more than one lady calling me by my Akan name without me telling them about the day that I was born. Maybe it’s just something they can sense and feel, the people of Ghana.Or maybe I just really look like a Wednesday.

Tonight we had language class in Fanti and I loved it. It’s so nice wherever you go in the world to just know a few words in that tounge, even if you’re not expected too. It works as an ice breaker and you’ll receive a smile and a little bit more respect every time you say meda ase instead of thank you here. I’m sure some of it will be useful for tomorrows field trip that we’re doing. We will leave early morning to Norpalm, a Norwegian company that produces Palm Oil. We’re also gonna meet with some of the small-scale local farmers that will show us the traditional Ghanian way of producing palm oil. We’ve today prepared some questions for tomorrow and hopefully it will be a rewarding day. You’ll here about it soon.

Different palm tree, but still. Every day view at Brenu beach.

DAYIE! (Goodnight in fanti)

Elin