I HAD TO DROP THESE THINGS ABOUT BEING NIGERIAN 🇳🇬 BECAUSE THEY DON’T WORK IN GHANA 🇬🇭||
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2023
- Hello Friends,
In today’s, I discussed some of the things I used to do a Nigerian back in Nigeria. However, after moving to Ghana, I soon realised that some or all of those things don’t exactly work in Ghana.
Can you relate?
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Admittedly Ghanaians are not as outgoing as Nigerians. With us, just because you moved next-door does not make you a friend immediately. How do you start receiving gifts from people you barely know? However when over time friendships are formed, things become different.
Ghanaians generally do not think money is everything. We value family and relationships. Christmas, Easter, and other holidays are times to celebrate, visit, travel home, be merry, and eat with family. We will not carry on as usual. That's our culture and I am not surprised that you are surprised. The reverse may be the norm where you come from.
Kwaku summed it up perfectly. Sundays, holidays etc. are all meant to build community. Go out, chill, and make friends. That is why we like attending funerals, parties, and festivals. Community, community, community. That’s where the dancing, gossip and everything happens. That’s also where the jokes are shared.
I don't know which part of Ghana you live but Ghanaians give papa. My landlady even gives me fufu and even when I'm full she will say ooh you're a man, you should eat more😂. Plantains, yams, rice at Christmas, goat meat, etc. We do that a lot. If you are new in an area, gradually warm up to people, Ghanaians like to get to know you well before they open up properly to you, so understand it that way.
I don't know where you live but giving gifts especially when you return from the village is very normal. Especially plantain, cassava, etc .
So true 👌
Nice topic👍
Interesting Convo.
Ghanaians don’t like rush. Things used to be even more laid back than they are now. No rush! Less stress. More party.
Oh! Used to be more laid back?
What do you think changed?
@@TheJumzTV Accra has gotten more cosmopolitan.
sorry ooo. When we greet you it should relate to the activity you are doing. Like when working and you say ayeekoo, the person will respond yaaye. Apart from that good morning is cool.
Ghana is Ghana one of the calmest, laid back countries in the world. Melcom workers are also travelling in to work. That’s the system
Jumz whenever you to greet some one who is working, then you can say ayekooo n he/she will respond yaaye
I love Ghanaians 😂,🇳🇬 ❤ 🇬🇭
For the most part, we don’t like Wahala.
“Ayekoo” is like congratulating or kinda like acknowledging someone’s hard work or lemme say encouraging someone that’s working or doing an activity. Lol so if someone isn’t doing any activity it’s kinda weird acknowledging their idleness lol
You are doing awesome though! You’re my second favorite Nigerian 🤪 or should I say GhaGerian?! 😆
I like how you said ‘acknowledging their idleness’😂🤣.
Awwwn, thank you for your kind comments.
You can greet by saying a simple good morning, good afternoon, good evening....or you can just ask 'i hope your day is going well ' or have a nice day
I will take note of that 😄 so I don’t look weird.
Ayeekooo is not your usual greeting. It is said to workers. One coming back from work, or someone on a job as you pass. It's also said to students coming back from school and greeting you.
You don't just say it to anyone. That's why they responded in a strange manner. They felt they didn't deserve such praise from you. It is a form of praise for your hard work.
If anything at all, hello or good morning, etc are the normal greetings people will respond to.
We share food during Christmas and salah days but it is normally done in the villages where we know ourselves well well
Yeah, in the villages, seems everyone knows everyone.
Ayooo is used to congratulate someone who is either working well,working or has done something good and has done well e.g. a student does well you say you have done well.but we use good morning,good afternoon and good evening as greetings that was why they were not responding to you.
There are "universal" jokes and then jokes that are very peculiar to particular places and situations.
Yes they would like to make money on holidays but time spent with family and friends is everything to them and more blessing and you might never get those times back, that’s why 😊
Yes, actually, this is how it should be but then again…I don’t know🫢
Please ayekoo is for work or an activity. Finish😊. After that, good morning, good afternoon, good evening works😊
We learn everyday 😂😂😂😂.
@@TheJumzTV yes😀😀. Ayekoo basically means congratulations. You are congratulating someone for a good work done. So when you see someone working or engaging in an activity you offer greetings like ayekoo. There is "edwuma(ejuma) oo" , and you respond "edwuma ye" in Twi as well 🙏
so if you are driving and it is raining do u put off ac?
The greeting part was the funniest. I think you're might be a weirdo😅 greeting people all the time.
It’s okay to talk about your experience in Ghana 🇬🇭 as Nigerian 🇳🇬 😊. But personally I haven’t really seen much Ghanaians in Nigeria really talking about their experiences in Nigeria 🇳🇬 with so much differences and even they don’t really do that in other countries too 😊 on TH-cam or maybe others 😊
It's said that travel and see. When u travel that u see the differences between one country and other, one city, town, village or community and other. If there are no differences of culture, lifestyles and traditions, no one will ever move from one destination to another.
That culture of dashing people stuff has faded out especially in neighbourhoods where the style of living is not so much traditional.
You can't wait until some festive season to dash pple stuff and they may inturn dash you too(exchange of gifts sort of)
Oh! But why do you think it has faded?
What is well done when the person don’t know what he or she has done?
If you tell somebody well done, then there should have been something you see him or her do before you can say well done.
Well done is the same as Ayekoo in the Akan language.
You have spoken well girl. 😂❤
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It's the people you are meeting and joking with...Generally, Ghanaians know it is a joke and accept gifts from anyone, especially at Christmas.
Gifts: Christmas is a great time to give. You can always give to beggars. You can also give to your church.
Key is to build community. I hope you have found a church community.
Your coworkers can also help you connect.
Yes yes, I do have a church community.
Ayeekoo is what you need. It will work, trust me. Ayekoo also means ‘Well done’.
That reason crime rate is little low in Ghana it the everybody operates day time
Ayeeko means well done. It is normally used when someone is actively working or completed a task.
Now you know the meaning, telling someone who is comfortably standing or seated will sound weird to a ghanaian.
For greetings, the southern part do not like so many greetings. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening is ok for the day.
For the northern part of Ghana, greeting is a sign of respect so greetings are very important to them
Thank you for this explanation.
Welldone for doing nothing,for sitting or idling around is a lil wierd😊
I will say Ayeko someone when they are actively performing some task or they just got back from work.
Akwaaba if they just back from some trip or travel.
😂😂😂. Truly cultures are really different.
My sister, the competitors will also open late, its just a culture
I think most of what you’re used to in Nigeria is almost the same in Kumasi. I’m beginning to think this is why most Nigerians tend to live in Kumasi. Accra is very westernized and lack some cultural traditions.
Until you made mention of it, I’d have thought we had more Nigerians in Accra than any other Region.
@@TheJumzTV The boogie Nigerians love Accra but those that wants a normal Ghana life and also entrepreneurial are mostly in Kumasi. Yup!
That joke was actually dry😂😂.
why? does AC fear water?
Why would you greet someone who is just sitting doing nothing "well done"? What is he or she doing well by just sitting? Don't do that in Ghana. Well done or ayikoo is for working. Otherwise say good morning, afternoon or evening depending on the time of day.
😂😂😂.
Noted
Ayikoo is greeting fr someone working so jux sitting n greating Ayikoo is no
Understand you are being circumspect so as not to step on toes. That said, gift is a divine act. Jesus was a gift to humanity. Proverbs 18: 16 talks about what gift does to the giver. Drawing from these it is easy to say is universal. I'm a Ghanaian in diaspora, and I can vouch as much as my host country boast of one of the great economies, some of its citizens lives off hand out from the government. Additionally, as a Ghanaian I can say without hesitation that such act of doling out gifts is not alien to Ghanaian and by extension the rest of the world. Remember is approved by God, which means is acceptable in any human settings. This should devoid u of any hesitation to do what u deem good to your fellow human being. This priceless act !!!!
I appreciate this.
On holiday, understand what it mean, it is a holiday! Per the law, if you are working on a holiday, you should be punished. Essential services are
Exempted, and they're paid extra if they worked on holidays, this is mostly done by private sector government does not pay for extra working time anymore
Pls, if i may ask what is meaning of holiday.??
Lol😂😂.
Everyone defines it differently, I guess 🫢.
Ayeeko is for a person working, Goodmorning is Good enough
So, if you have cause to pass by the person say about 5 times, you don’t say anything? 😂
@@TheJumzTV I think we Greet paa, I don't know about your experience but it considered rude to not Greet.. Good morning, Good afternoon and your approach can be considered a lil foreign..
For an Akan "Maakye" "Maaha" "Maadwo" will do..
I don't know for others but everyone knows twi so they will respond..
"Adwuma Adwma oo" or "Me ma wo Ayekooo oo " is someone working eg : a carpenter working, someone cutting Grass and others or a seller..
Ghanaians don't greet too much like that. If you do it too much the person will get angry with you and probably you will not know. Let me tell you what a Ghanaian will say when you keep greeting, why is this person keep greeting me, what is going on or what does he or she want from me?. And for the holidays, we value our holidays and Ghanaians think working all year, why can't i stay home with my family in a time like this, and also we don't eager money that much so we take our time in everything we do after all God grace is the one that make you prosper not of once own labor according to the Bible. Again Ghanaians don't normally take gifts or things from people anyhow unless they know you. Our culture and our way of life is another reason why we have less bad name. We do things at the right time, when we're close, we're close, when is holiday we celebrate it, so that is why it does not push our youth and the young once to chase money to bring bad name to the family and the country. If you can't rest in your own country for holidays and etc because of money then something is really wrong with you and it will destroy you to the extent that you will have to do things you're not supposed to do and that's the reason why nigeria have a bad name because it look like everyone is go getters hmmmm boi, so you guys can't even rest for holidays in your own country? That's bad, is not normal.
Eager to know the 'sharp mouth tribe'...🤔🤔🤔
I didn’t say anything o😂😂🏃🏽♂️🏃🏽♂️
I know its we the Gas'
@@niiadu1983😂😂
Is really weird thing to do on and off ac
Jumz, what u do as a transplant in another country, is to learn about the domiciled country's culture. Welldone or ayeko is not the same by geogrsphical location.
Greetings in Ghana; could be good day or morning, not the same as well done. Its language by apersion. Learn the language and culture so as not to offend poeple.
Christmas? We go to church or go and party!
I know! Or sit at home and have a feast.
Nigerians are too hilarious . Is .well done a greeting ? Even thick sauce they call it soup . They don't know is called stew .
Man must rest or you can make all the money and spend it all on getting your health back.
True true.
I’m guessing some of these workaholics might have the time to rest because the body does need rest at some point.
Traffic might be the reason, they would have to wake up at 3 or something if they should be open by 6 or 7 am. That’s when they wake up at 5 they will finish everything and traffic issues and will be at their shops around that 9 to 10nish 😊😊
Yeah, that makes sense.
Jokes generally are country specific.
I kinda think so but there are some universal ones too, I guess.
You people are toooooooo hilarious .
Is this in a good or bad way?🤔
Off course, people won't get your Nigerian jokes. They can't relate to the context. That's not strange at all.
First of all MI D),GIFTING is s thing in Ghana. Its part of the CULTURE. You can always gift. However you being an Anago person must thread carefully cos of trust issues. So only gift people you know for now and they shall appreciate and reciprocate. Its not as prevalent as years ago tho,cos the Gh economy has become harder. Growing up it was everywhere. And let me tell you i grew up in the city of Accra.
Secondly your AC lifestyle is so so WEIRD. Who lied to you, lol.
Thirdly AYEKOOO must be used or is used to tell people they are doing well in an activity or an endeavor and sarcastically used on someone who is being mischievous.
And holidays in Gh are holidays period. Its a day for family and friends and to chill and relax,vibe. Listen, money for the average Ghanaian is not a do and die affair like our Alata brothers and sisters. Life is more important.
Jokes are specific to a country. What’s funny in your country wouldn’t necessarily be funny in Ghana.
Yes yes, I’ve learnt that.
We learn everyday, yeah?
So your greeting is well done and it can be 20 times. So yours is more of traditional but in Ghana it is Good afternoon or morning or evening and it can be 20 times and it’s kind of western style because majority don’t use Ayekoo 😊
Your #1 and 2 experiences or observations are very wrong.
Jokes that you have to explain means they are just not funny 😅 remember we have cultural diferences and that's totally acceptable.....try general jokes ant will do the magic ....because we actually enjoy comedians from Nigeria a lot ...so im lost i dont know what you are saying
People need to rest if they have to and they steal the opportunity to do so ....and please sunday markets exist i dont know the market you go to though ......i think you really need to explore better really
More like if you have to explain, it just means they didn’t get it in the first place. 😄
About the Sunday market, oh I know they exist and I’ve gone a number of times myself but I was only giving an example of Momo.
Maybe I should have made mention of the Sunday market.
@@TheJumzTV The joke you mentioned are so foreign to me and I think is a cultural specific.. I wouldn't get it too..