If you are a Ghanaian and not a Ga, you might have heard this statement ‘eat more Ga kenkey if you want to learn how to speak Ga”. I was about 8 years old when I heard this statement. That was the time my family had just relocated to Accra from Offinso. We happened to find ourselves in one of the Ga speaking communities, and as newcomers to the community, we always had to battle with the language whether in school, church, asking for direction or even buying something on the streets. As a little child, I needed to keep up with my new friends since I always got lost in a lovely conversation on our way to or from school. Whenever there was an open conversation, the only way of telling was by their responses, gesticulations of laughter or anger, nods, and shrugs. It was so distressing, and I needed a way out, but guess what? I didn’t want to ask them to teach me. I sought to portray an attitude of a smart girl and secretly learn the language and surprise them. As
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