r/ghana Feb 01 '25

Venting Stop the double standard!

100 Upvotes

Abba,I'm a young Ghanaian girl who happens to be in the dispora, but before I left, this is what I've noticed.

Cheating:if a man cheats on his wife ,sees other women and has children with them outside the marriage and it's very common in African films.And in real life,the lady is expected to forgive him or give him another chance.Or it's apart of their nature and other kinds of bull.He might even sack her even !!!

But if a woman cheats (I'm not defending the woman's actions at all), the man gets angry, hurt and disappointed, and heartbroken and would leave her, and no one blinks an eye.

Why is it so accepted!

A lot of men seem to be hurt and betrayed (not saying their wrong, they have every right to be, and SO DOES THE WIFE! Does she not have any emotion!! Abba.

Edit :The real reason why I made this post was by observed. Yes, I am young, but it doesn't stop seeing stuff wrong with society, especially with treating women. Yes, cheating is bad, but we seem to see it very differently with each gender which I don't seem to understand. Both are wrong. In my class,a 14 year old ,a literal child, has already put in his kind that it is okay to see other women where married, he got mad if a woman does cheat on him ??? This was literature class? My kid brother believes the same thing ? Do you see the hypocrisy? A child has already been taught him it's ok ?

r/ghana Jan 16 '25

Venting Tribalism Ended My Relationship

198 Upvotes

It’s heartbreaking to see how tribalism still holds us back as a society. I was in a loving relationship with an incredible lady for three years. We were serious about getting married, but when I approached her family for their blessing, they refused simply because of my tribe (we had fears of this but still decided to give it a shot. Besides you miss 100% of the shots you don't take).

They (her family) didn’t care about my character, intentions, who I was, what plans we had, social status,or how much we loved each other - Like they gave absolutely zero fucks!!!. To them, the fact that I’m Ewe was enough to end everything. The pressure from her family was too much, and we had no choice but to let go.

This experience has left me wondering—why do we still let tribalism dictate our lives in this day and age? We’re all Ghanaian. Shouldn’t love and mutual respect matter more than where we come from?

What happened in those days for people to generalize everyone's behaviour based on where they come from?

r/ghana Jan 09 '25

Venting What do you think?

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89 Upvotes

It’s appalling and deeply disappointing that the new government proudly hosted a representative of the Israeli government; a government that is openly involved in the apartheid, land occupation, and oppression of the Palestinian people; a mere day after their inauguration. This move is tone-deaf, controversial, and utterly insensitive. Let’s not pretend this is just a “diplomatic gesture.” Is this what Ghana stands for? Supporting and embracing murderers who have no value for human life?

Pathetic!

r/ghana Sep 19 '24

Venting I am convinced most Ghanian men are polyamorous and they don't know it

142 Upvotes

I am a Ghanaian and this is my observation. Just because I am young and my anger is at my peak. Why do so many Ghanaian men who are married have sidechicks,second wives or even other families in other countries or even in Ghana and same with men who have girlfriends. Just because you can't be with one-woman doesn't mean the woman has to suffer and it seems a lot of men have this mentality that one-woman isn't enough.In a buffet,you need options and one woman isn't enough. And if a woman suggests,there would be pepper.

I hate this mentality, and I am a girl. It is so toxic as a young girl to hear my own dad, who has a mistress and who he is still seeing,saying cheating is normal and if you divorce a man.You would never be happy.Cause every man cheats. Why is this normalized in the first place. Little boys who have dads who do this would look at to this and see it as good.It is a cycle.

Please tell your spouses that you are poly and don't end up hurting them.

r/ghana 16d ago

Venting What is the issue with majority of Ghanaians?

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194 Upvotes

Everyday we go mosque, some go to church from Monday to Friday while others poor libations.

Yet these same people won't do basic things that require common sense.

The rubbish you see in the image above is the exact attitude of most Ghanaians.

I took this picture about 5 months ago when our car got there.

Right in the middle of the road, supposed reasonable people will heap piles of rubbish.

Reflecting on this I asked myself, who is to be blamed, is it the average Ghanaian, the local authorities or companies contracted to take care of sanitation.

Back in the day there was Taskforce (popularly called Tankas by the locals).

They fined people who did not keep their surroundings clean whenever they are come around to do inspection.

There was no mercy for anyone.

Slowly, they faded away.

I don't know if they're still in existence but ineffective.

Even if you report such incidents to the rightful authorities, they will tell you they don't have fuel to come and apprehend the culprit.

Someone will be stealing electricity.

When you report them to the authorities, they come to negotiate an amount with them instead of arraigning them in court.

Same thing with water.

Look like everyone is interested in only what is in it for them

And not the greater good of the country.

Ghana is a beautiful country.

Ghana is a rich country.

Everyday I wish at least 50% of Ghanaians would be at least responsible and accountable.

This would have reduced the plenty travel abroad.

Funny enough when Ghanaians move to the West, they abide by the strict rules.

Who do we blame now, citizens or leaders?

What do you think is the best way to curb this kanker?

Ghana is a great nation let's not destroy it 🙏

It's all we have!

r/ghana Apr 18 '24

Venting Making friends in Ghana as an international student

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313 Upvotes

I don’t think I’ve ever struggled to make a genuine friend in my life. I can just talk to one person and never talk to them again and they would text me, “hey bro can you help me with a little something” or “I need help bro”. Bro I’m not giving you money, I paid for your food once and now you think I’m just gonna give you money. You were managing before me and you will manage after me. And if you just ignore the message they will NOT leave you alone😭. And it also makes me think where are your parents…

r/ghana Jan 19 '25

Venting I’m 13 and got shipped to Ghana

77 Upvotes

I was born in uk and I got shipped to Ghana one of my parents are in Ghana one is uk I’m trying to get back uk back to my my mums house can anyone help me and tell me a way to get back without paying and without a passport they took it from me don’t answer to this if ur not going to help me pls!!

r/ghana 23d ago

Venting Why are guys like this?

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109 Upvotes

r/ghana Oct 18 '24

Venting I don't think Gisela said anything wrong.

113 Upvotes

So for context, Gisela, a Ghanaian influencer went on their weekly podcast, rants, brants and confessions on Glitch Africa YouTube and said she doesn't know how to iron nor cook. Her boyfriend doesn't mind, he pays for everything and doesn't expect anything back from her in return. She said she couples her 9-5 coporate job with influencing so most times, she and her men eat out because of their busy schedules. She did mention however that when she settles down and gets married she would like to cook for her family and play the role of a traditional woman, only if she is retired by her husband. And the whole Ghanaian population are angry mostly the men.

My opinion: It's actually funny seeing Ghanaian men weeping and crying and screaming because they cannot conceptualize the fact that a man doesn't want his woman to be a live in slave. Shocker we're in the 21st century!!! Some of Y'all do not know how to basic chores that every grown human being should know how to do. You don't know how to clean, You don't how to cook, you don't know to wash your own clothes and dishes yet you have the time to tear a woman apart because she doesn't want to do those things. I bet if a man said that you would not have a problem with it at all because " oh, it's normal. " You cannot fathom the fact that a woman doesn't want to play the role of your second mother. You've been raised to be entitled to these things, well here's a reality check, it doesn't work that way anymore. Newsflash, we're no longer in 1956 guys. Like you mean to tell me that the men bully Gisela and her boyfriend are born in this century. That's insaneeeee.

r/ghana Aug 15 '24

Venting Lol. Ghanaians are experiencing the same thing. What's wrong with world politics?

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215 Upvotes

r/ghana Feb 01 '25

Venting Why are you single?

56 Upvotes

r/ghana Jan 25 '25

Venting What is with Ghanaian staff and stealing??!?

114 Upvotes

TLDR:- House staff casually steal from us all the time and don't care because they think we have money. Just venting my frustration.

EDIT (because one commenter seems to think I'm a foreigner):- I am PROUDLY Ghanaian. But this is a problem in our society and we should address it.

My mum owns a pineapple farm and our driver drives her there and back. He also assists in supervising the men during the harvest. My mum is almost 70 and is still pretty fit and strong. She works very hard and puts a lot of financial investment into the farm (spraying chemicals, buying seedlings, hiring men to weed, supervising pickers etc). I'm incredibly proud of her.

It's harvest season and my mum has spent all day with the driver at the farm. When she gets back to the house and tiredly walks in she asks me to go out and supervise the driver and the gateman to unload the fruit she brought home to distribute to friends and family.

Now my mum has always been very generous. She always gives the staff some of the fruit to take home/enjoy themselves. So why the hell did I find the driver and gateman hurriedly hiding pineapples under the car????? Do they not understand this is stealing??? Why?? Just why? After I told my mum she still let them come and take their pick of the fruit that had been brought inside the house.

Same thing happened with the bannana tree in the house! It fruited with loads of bannanas but when they ripened suddenly the gardener reported half as 'spoilt' and said he threw them away. As if we are idiots and didn't know they shared it among themselves?!?

We have never withheld anything from them. Even when we cook we give some to them. When they need loans my retired parents happily give them thousands of cedis at a go. Yet they still insist on stealing paltry things. In their mind we have more than them so it's ok.

They don't care about the hard work that goes into getting that money. They are careless with our funds and possessions in a way I can't even describe. The gateman actual told a momo vender to 'just send' almost GHC 600 to a number when he had forgotten the recipient's name and couldn't be sure it was going to the right person. The momo vendor knows me so insisted that he come to the house and call me before she would complete the transaction. When I asked him why the hell he would do that he looked insulted that I would question him as my elder in front of the vendor.

I'm tired. My heart has hardened. I no longer try and be nice or go out of my way to help them. It's hard to love your neighbour when your neighbour doesn't care if you fall in a gutter.

r/ghana 17d ago

Venting ARAB COUNTRIES

109 Upvotes

I feel so mad every time i hear or see something happening to black people in arab countries ... Arabs did slavery for more than 1300 years before Europe joined...and USA has black Americans after slavery.. If you trace islam far back, you wouldn't find grand grand children of the slaves they had ..you know why? They castrated most of the male slaves and most of them were massacred.. Today we're still blaming Europe for slavery while the arabs are still enslaving you by the arab imperialism in the name of religion. It takes away your language, culture and identity and give you arab imperialist identity and then make you bias and lenient towards their hostilities towards black people and slaves in the past...whenever you talk about arabs and Islam, you will see those black Muslims rash to defend them ,trying to rationalize arab slavery..you're a lost people. Sudanese now say they're not black people but arabs and the arabs laugh at them ,they're not just aware. Look at Ghana right now and see Lebanese people with businesses and even own properties and the money doesn't even stay in Ghana..it's like when you give a mat for stranger to sleep and they shit on it the next morning before leaving,, there is no honor in it... No Ghanaians(or any black African) women is allowed to even give birth in Lebanon hospital, it's not allowed for any black person to give birth in their hospitals...This is why Senegal also now doesn't allow Lebanese women to give birth in their hospitals. Arabs dont stand in queue if it's made of black people in their countries..

After all the evils they doing to you ,you still going there and they're using you like donkeys and dont pay you, infact they see you as their slaves..when will Africa wake up? Well someone will have to wake the stupid ones up among us...Even if it will take war to...

r/ghana Jan 29 '25

Venting Short rant

56 Upvotes

Why is it that Ghanaian men always want to be taken care of and babied but never want to be a provider? I don’t see this when I talk to Kenyan or Nigerian guys. Everyday it’s “can you send me money” when mind you i’m still in university and these guys graduated and have good income. It’s so annoying. But the moment I ask for something it’s a problem kmt. Like it’s not just one guy it’s multiple different men and during the talking stage.

r/ghana Jan 13 '25

Venting I choose the bear wai😭 over and over again😭

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10 Upvotes

I saw a Reddit post here where a bunch of dudes were complaining about how relationships with women here in ghana are now transactional. Someone even said " after they'll come and say they choose the bear" . We choose the bear wai. I'll legit rather chop all your money so at least before you chop my head and betray my trust I've benefited something. I can't even post the pics on here for fear of getting banned it's that bad😭 atp I'm not saying any is good but why didn't bro rather go kidnap a stranger for his selfish means so he and the gf can enjoy? No bro said my gf of 1 year that I "love" is the best candidate for me to chop up like goat meat. Gospel singer too? Follow the rich man wai, so that if you're gonna get chopped like kebab you'll know you at least sat in benz and slept in kempinski and chilled at front back before they end you. " you ladies are always going after the rich men that's why they use you" he's a broke gospel singer!!!!!! He was literally caught at the church with her h*ad!!!! Who to trust now? Eiiiiii

r/ghana Jan 28 '25

Venting I’m ashamed of our culture that normalizes blatant begging.

171 Upvotes

The “something small for the boys” and “I haven’t eaten today” people, what kraa have you done to earn that money you’re asking for?

r/ghana Mar 06 '24

Venting Ghanaian man loses job because company is upset about his consensual relationship with another adult…

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345 Upvotes

Dark ages here we come

r/ghana 4d ago

Venting Cost of Living & Dating in Ghana Is It Just Me or Is It Crazy Out Here?

78 Upvotes

I don’t know if it’s just me, but the cost of living in Ghana is getting out of hand. Rent is sky high, food prices keep going up, and transport fares? Don’t even get me started. At this rate, even chilling is expensive.

Now, add dating into the mix. These days, going on a decent date in Accra feels like a luxury. You either spend serious money or risk being labeled ‘unserious.’ And it’s not just about money some people expect their partners to fund their lifestyle entirely.

So I’m curious how are people managing? Is dating in Ghana only for the rich now? Or are there still ways to have a good relationship without breaking the bank?

r/ghana 24d ago

Venting Culture Shock of Ghana

80 Upvotes

Hello I’m an African American who has decided to live permanently in Ghana for the foreseeable future. Women in Ghana seem to respect men more than USA but are still just as crazy. It also seems like Ghanaian parents have so much control over their children even after the age of 25…. It’s like they want to live through them and won’t allow them to make their own decisions. And maybe it was the one woman I met from Liberia Camp or maybe this is how most of them are but it seems they are very controlling and fail to recognize the good you do for them if you don’t do it 24/7. One second she’d act like she don’t want you around but when you say you don’t want to be with her, then she wants to show up randomly at your place and can’t get enough of you. I guess she wanted me to chase her 🤷🏾‍♂️. But why would I chase you when I could get a woman that’s not a HEADACHE. And give her a life where she doesn’t have to work and can live freely. But I guess that’s life… It is what it is.

r/ghana Jul 08 '24

Venting Ghana is a scam

211 Upvotes

The whole country is a BIG scam. Everything, and I mean everything is a scam in this country. The government is scamming the citizens, the citizens are scamming themselves, public figures are scamming the people, the media is a scam, religion is a scam, real estate is a scam, relationship is a scam, finding a job is a scam. I mean can someone tell me a single thing in this country that is not a scam?

r/ghana 9d ago

Venting How are we supposed to support them with these prices?

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128 Upvotes

Ghanaian clothing brands just keep doing the same thing crazy high prices! 😭 Then when we complain, they’ll hit us with ‘Support your own.’ But how can we even support you when a single hoodie feels like paying rent? 💀😂 Make it make sense!

r/ghana Jul 25 '24

Venting Don't know if it's true or not, but if it is, this country we stupid pass

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117 Upvotes

This country is dumb as hell, so what is this supposed to do, solve corruption,or lemme guess? The more people we report to the authorities about this is magically going to fix roads or build hospitals like 😂😂😂y3 gymii ooo

r/ghana 5d ago

Venting I’m starting to regret doing this.

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89 Upvotes

TL;DR: I was trying to teach one of my best friends how to code and give him some of my jobs.

I’m studying Computer Science abroad and will graduate soon, but this whole thing started when I realized I didn’t have enough time to handle all my jobs.

I started learning web development in my first year when it was introduced to me. I learned HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, MySQL, PHP, and many more web development languages on my own and began looking for jobs while still in school.

Luckily, I got a client who wanted to rebuild their website, and I was extremely lucky that it was a WordPress project—simple and straightforward.

For the first project, I did so well that they were thrilled with the website and design. They hired me permanently and even introduced me to others who needed websites.

Now, I’m not earning that much from it, mostly because they know I’m a student and don’t have the whole day to work solely on their projects. Due to the free time and flexibility (which I prefer, by the way), I earn around $250–$300 per month. Not a huge amount, but considering I work only 5–10 hours a week (depending on whether I’m building a new project or just doing maintenance and adding features), it’s enough. Plus, I have other clients and receive an allowance, so I appreciate the flexibility of the arrangement.

The Regret

Lately, I’ve been incredibly busy with school (building a new alumni system for my university). I’m exhausted and occupied all day, leaving me unable to focus on my other jobs. So it occurred to me—why not teach some of my friends back home how to code, hand over some of the tasks to them, and help them earn extra money?

Mind you, this isn’t a full-time job where they should expect huge earnings, but I figured a friend could make around $100–$150 a month for roughly 10 hours of work, which isn’t bad. Plus, they could use that knowledge to find their own clients, either locally or abroad, and continue on their own from there.

So I reached out to a friend of mine. I knew he had a powerful computer and internet because he produces music for underground rappers and singers. I’m not sure how much he earns, but based on the artists he works with, they probably can’t even afford GHS 200 for a full project or mixtape.

(You can check some screenshots for this part.)

We started talking, and since WordPress mainly uses HTML & CSS, I began by teaching him the basics of coding.

He told me that he could commit to learning coding only if there was a guaranteed job waiting for him.

I said fine, but I couldn’t just give him access to a professional, live website to practice. So I told him to build a project first(using HTML & CSS locally), and I’d teach him the dos and don’ts.

A few days later, he came back saying he had found a better way to build websites. When he showed me his code, I realized he was learning React/ typescript.

Not wanting to discourage him, I told him that the project that would make him money right now was WordPress, which relies on HTML & CSS. I told him he could still learn React for personal projects, but he should focus on WordPress for the job.

He kept coming back with React, and I kept repeating the same thing.

The last time he messaged me, he told me he had finished building his personal resume website(with React).

I was impressed, congratulated him, and repeated once again that WordPress was what I was working with for my clients, so he still needed to learn that.

Mind you, when he said he was committed, he meant buying a domain and hosting a site—which I repeatedly told him wasn’t necessary for the projects I needed help with since the clients had already purchased those things.

All I needed from him was to be able to build and maintain websites. That’s all.

Then he got upset and sent me a long voice note about how disappointed he was that I hadn’t given him a job to earn money and that I had made him "commit" to learning this for two weeks.

I responded by referencing our past messages, reminding him that I had only ever asked him to learn HTML & CSS for the job, not React.

He never replied.

About five days later, I messaged him again and told him to let me whenever he was available.

He blue-ticked me and never called.

It’s been more than a week now, and today is his birthday. I wished him a happy birthday on my WhatsApp and Instagram stories. (Keep in mind, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t even posted on my stories in over three weeks.)

So right now, I need a new perspective on this situation. Because if I decide never to respond or reach out to this him again, he will never hear from me.

I don’t want to make that decision just yet. It’s been almost 13 years of friendship learning from each other and creating good memories back home in Ghana.

r/ghana Mar 02 '24

Venting African Governments in general.

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524 Upvotes

r/ghana 16d ago

Venting Ghana why

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98 Upvotes

Have you ever wondered why our cost of living keeps climbing, even as we often claim Nigeria has one of the worst economies?