Would you prefer to live in Ghana or Kenya for one year?
Kenya because dey love Mista White Man
>>216244514I’m Ghanaian so Ghana>>216244813They actually really do so many mixed Kenyans with British fathers
>>216244514I know Obama's father was from Kenya, Nairobi is their capital, and they sent cops to Haiti.I know nothing about Ghana.So Kenya it is, I guess.
Bonus question for French speakers. Would you prefer to live in Côte d'Ivoire or Cameroon?
>>216245821Côte d'Ivoire
>>216244514I doubt I'll feel the difference between my Bantustan and these african dumps. I looked at Nairobi on Google Street View, and it looks a lot like Bishkek.
>>216245014>I’m Ghanaian so GhanaWhy? Were you born there?
Kenya because they have giraffe. I don't know what animals Ghana has.
>>216245908Child of immigrants, I wasn’t born there but did spend a lot time there as a kid
>>216246170Do Ghanians mix with African-Americans? or are y'all snobby like Nigerians?
>>216244813>Kenya because dey love Mista White ManAre you implying Ghanaians don’t?
>>216244514Kenya by far
>>216246204I was grew in up in majority black area and school so my opinion may be skewed. I like african american culture, music and food and have had friendships and relationships with many Black Americans >>216246256I think Kenyans have us beat in worshipping anglophone culture
>>216245868Pourquoi
>>216245014>so many mixed Kenyans with British fathersI need to meet Kenyan women
i doubt i would live for a year in such places
Ghana
>>216248629What's the problem?>>216248744Voir >>216245821
>>216245821Côte d'Ivoire.
>>216248018Côte d'Ivoire is basically francophone Ghana
Killing myself
>>216250916Do the Akan in Côte d'Ivoire have contact with the Akan in Ghana?>>216249059Pourquoi
>>216244514Probably Kenya because Mombasa seems kinda nice and the landscape is cool, however Ghanaian food is superior to Kenyan food, and I think the history of Ghana is more interesting.>>216245821Cameroon is also partially Anglophone, there are a lot of Cameroonians in my area for instance but they almost always speak their local languages, and purposely choose not to speak French.>>216246357Are you from the DC area?
>>216245821There was a guy from Cameroon at my uni and their culture seems miles away from ours so I'm not very tempted to go live there. I don't know about Côte d'Ivoire on the other hand.
>>216251043Yes, I don’t know about now because of the language barrier and I’m not sure how many Ivorians still speak Akan languages rather than French but we do share cultural aspects and can mutually understand one another. There’s like of a whole branch of my family who are Ivorian>>216251300Yea you guessed it
>>216251300What is more interesting about Ghana than Kenya? The Asante Empire? I suppose Kenya doesn't have any important pre-colonial states besides the Swahili cities like Mombassa and Lamu>Ghanaian food is superior to Kenyan foodIs Kenyan food like Swahili food? It seems they have Indian and Middle Eastern influence in what they eat. >Cameroon is also partially Anglophone, tThe main language in Cameroon is French. There is conflict in the Anglophone area because of alleged French-speaker supremacy on the part of the government against Anglophone institutions and speakers and I imagine whatever Cameroonians end up in the US are from Ambazonia (the English-speaking part).It's kinda amazing how the long running Anglo-French rivalry has now been recreated in a way in Africa with second language speakers.>>216251371Qu'est-ce qu'il y a d'étrange dans leur culture ?
>>216244514kenya has the cooler flag.that's all I got.
>>216251452Are you Akan? Is there Akan supremacy or favoritism in Ghana due to them being by far the largest ethnic group and almost half the population? The other day I read that in Ghana there used to be a unification movement regarding Togo as Ewe speakers tried to unify with the Ewe in French Togoland but it failed (although the Ewe speaking areas of British Togoland did vote for it).What other ethnic groups are shared with Côte d'Ivoire? How easy is it to cross the border with other West African states?
>>216252171Yes I am Akan, Akans dominate major cities in Ghana and well as poltics and business, northerners are rising and taking more influence. They is also the GA’s who even the most akan supremacist will have to admit Ghana culturally would not be the same. Akans are discriminatory at times and this can cause fighting between groups like the Ewe, which in the past have had trouble integrating with others groups in fairly sure that if we’re able to combine togoland with ourselves it wouldn’t of panned out well. Other ethnic groups that we share with Ivory Coast are the Mande and Kur the Kurd’s are interesting they been in west africa forever. All in all akan dominance may be the cause of why Ghana is so peaceful when compared to other west african countries, like Sierra Leone and Liberia who were in ruins in the 90s and early 2000s
>>216252046I was doing a master in heritage restoration. He joined just because he wanted an European diploma and it was the only university who accepted his candidature. He was always saying that he didn't understand why us Europeans cared so much about heritage, and that we should better throw all those old stuff to the bin and tore down those old buildings. It created some funny situations with our professors. He also said that for him it was normal to beat his children and that when he was younger, he wanted to kill French people because he had been taught at school that French people were evil colonialists. I liked him though. He was always saying what he truly tought and was wise in his own way.He said that by getting older, he understood the point of view of European colons and that he would have done the same if he was in a position of superiority like them. He also kept repeating when we were visiting old European buildings that it would never be possible to build that in his country because people are too lazy.
>>216251452Are you in Nova? I’m from DC, and grew up around a lot of Africans, and it seemed like Nigerians, Cameroonians, and people from Sierra Leone were more so in MD, while Ghanians were mostly in VA, while Habesha were everywhere.>>216252046>Is Kenyan food like Swahili food? It seems they have Indian and Middle Eastern influence in what they eat.I would assume so, but from what I’ve seen and heard, it tends to be blander than those cuisines, Ethiopian food on the other hand is probably the best in Africa.>The main language in Cameroon is French.This is true, however Cameroon is incredibly diverse even for Africa, and while a French pigeon is the most commonly used lingua Franca, it’s hardly ubiquitous, sort of like Hindi in India. >It's kinda amazing how the long running Anglo-French rivalry has now been recreated in a way in Africa with second language speakers.In the case of Cameroon it likely has more to do with geographical and (native) linguistic division between Anglophone and Francophone regions, however I’m no expert on the subject either.
>>216253155No but I live around the area, yea where I live Nigerians dominate and Ghanaians were a minority and of course Habeshas
>>216252704>northerners are rising and taking more influence.What ethnic group are they? Are they Muslim? What happens in Tamale? >They is also the GA’s whoDo you mean these people? First time I've heard of them. They seem to be the original people of the capital region so I guess that's why they're important?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga-Adangbe>in fairly sure that if we’re able to combine togoland with ourselves it wouldn’t of panned out well. >All in all akan dominance may be the cause of why Ghana is so peaceful when compared to other west african countriesBut that would make the Akan more of a minority. It's interesting when there are African countries with an ethnic majority. Usually people think all African countries are senseless and random. The others I know are Zimbabwe (Shona) and Botswana (Tswana). There are others but they're small meme states like Lesotho or Rwanda. Also, it seems to me that West Africa can be divided into three regions. The Sahel, the southwest and the southeast. The southeast where Ghana is seems generally to be at least developing and had historical kingdoms like Asante, Dahomey, Benin, etc. While the southwest seems to be one of the most backward parts of Africa and it doesn't seem like much of anything happened there in history. On Google Maps it's also filled with forests still while the southeast is mostly agricultural fields. >Kur I can't find them. Under what other names are they known?
>>216252719Ma mère me donnait des fessées quand j'étais petit desu. Je crois que ce n'est pas si courant de nos jours mais il y a une décennie d'années au moins bcp de parents le faisaient encore.>he wanted to kill French people because he had been taught at school that French people were evil colonialists. Intéressant. Mais alors s'il n'y a pas de vieux bâtiments au Cameroun qu'est-ce qu'il comptait faire avec son diplôme ?
>>216253155Isn't there a group of people in Kenya that eat raw meat? Or is that Ethiopians.I also know Kenya has a lot of tea plantations and is actually one of the main producers of tea in the world. You can clearly see them on Google Maps cause they are a much brighter green than other areas.
>>216253489>yea where I live Nigerians dominate and Ghanaians were a minority and of course HabeshasPG?>>216254275I think you’re thinking of the Maasi, although raw meat is eaten all around in Africa (and globally, ie. steak tartare), Ethiopians make a dish called kitfo which is minced raw beef seasoned with clarified butter and a chile based spice mix, served with stewed greens and a fresh somewhat crumbly cheese, on injera which is a spongy flat bread with a sort of tangy taste. Here’s some I got this summer at an Ethiopian place near me, on the right is a (cooked) rib dish that my friend got.
>>216254658Yes, I know about injera. I've always wanted to try it cause the way it looks and how you eat with it reminds me of tortillas and since it's fermented it makes me think it would taste like sourdough which I like too. A lot of the stuff ppl eat with it seems to be vegetarian, too.
>>216254763Yeah, it is eaten pretty similar to tortillas, although it is very different in terms of flavor and texture, it’s thicker and much spongier. Also, dishes are also placed on top of it so that it soaks up the juices, so once you’ve finished eating the main course (also with injera of course) you get to eat the injera underneath that’s soaked up all those flavors.
>>216252046>>216253992>>216254658i haven't read a single word
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>>216253992> I can't find them. Under what other names are they known?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kru_peopleSorry a typo on my part>Tamale used to be pretty poor but has always been somewhat influential not as much as Kumasi and Accra but still. For some reason a decent amount of American spies, I know I sound schzio but I’m being truthful tend to hang around there. Yes the northerners are majority Muslims. Within Ghana Akans are majority whether it be Ashanti’s/Asantes, Bono, Adanse, Akuapem etc and within these Akan groups Ashanti’s are the most influential currently. In terms of ethnic relations Ghana has done well and avoided a lot of the struggles and violence other countries faced post independence >>216254658Don’t dox me nigga lol, yea PG
>>216254217Il a juste postulé dans toutes les facultés belges au hasard et a seulement été accepté dans la mienne parce que notre direction aimait montrer à quel point ils étaient une école internationale. Je crois qu'il ne savait même pas ce qu'était le patrimoine avant d'arriver. Il voulait juste un diplôme européen, n'importe le quel, pour pouvoir montrer à ses compatriotes qu'il avait réussi dans la vie et pour pouvoir monter dans la hiérarchie sociale.
>>216244514Kenya as my Kenyan friend is a sweatheart. So I've only had good experiences with Kenyans, although ideally not coast (where I think they have more Muslims than Christians). My friend recommended me I should eat pilau (which I assume is just their interpretation of pilaf).
>>216255337What did you mean that the Kru were older than other peoples in West Africa? In the wiki page it says they have an oral tradition that they came from the interior to the coast in the 17th century.>For some reason a decent amount of American spiesWhy are they there?>Yes the northerners are majority MuslimsIs there any religious tension between Muslims and Christians? Why are the northerners rising in influence?> Within Ghana Akans are majority whether it be Ashanti’s/Asantes, Bono, Adanse, Akuapem etc I'm curious. What exactly are these groups within the Akan? Are they clans? Or tribes? Or something else? >>216255411There are pats of the coast that are now Christian. Mombasa was historically a Muslim Swahili city but is now majority Christian
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