"Any necessary work that pays an honest wage carries its own honor and dignity."
-- W. Kelly Griffith
Some of the people I have come to respect most in Ghana are the men and women who sell goods from their heads. These people are the polar opposite of lazy. Every day, they relentlessly work to make money by selling, selling, selling. Survival is a great motivator. Have to sell to eat! This is grueling work. Imagine placing a large tin filled with random foods or products on your head and walking around all day from morning ‘til night, with the sun blazing down on you. Some women do this with a baby strapped to their back! It might not be the ideal life for a person, but it’s respectable work. I doubt I could survive even one hour.
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