CULTURE SHOCK AS A NIGERIAN LIVING IN ACCRA GHANA
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2023
- In this video, I'm sharing a culture shock as a Nigerian living in Ghana. I'll talk about the different food, the culture, and the people.
If you're curious about African culture or curious about what it's like to live as a Nigerian in Ghana, then this video is for you! I'll take you on a journey through my life as a Nigerian living in Ghana, and share with you all the different experiences and things I've learned.
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Ghanaian pidgin is sometimes a literal
translation of a Ghanaian language
especially twi
In twi one can express his position in front of a person's gate as
I am at your gate's mouth
In pidgin it is translated to
I dey your gatin moff
Oh wooooow this makes a lot of sense to me now😁😁. Thanks for the enlightenment 🙏
Ghana we have never spoken or taken pidgin as part of our language system.
Pidgin was just a Secondary school coded language like the new language they started "migizigi" which was also a coded secondary school fun language but now everyone understands "migizigi " meaning I'm saying.
@@zigibeat3689 oh I see, thanks for the enlightenment😁
Your explanation is on point🇬🇭. You're very verse in oír broten ebgl8sh🇬🇭🇬🇭
@@zigibeat3689 masa, Ashanti region doesn’t represent the entire Ghana! Next time just say Ashanti people doesn’t speak pidgin. That Migizigi thing is only centered in Kumasi!
Ghana is my second home and I’m super excited to share this content with you all. I hope you enjoyed watching it. Please do not forget to subscribe, like and share🙏
Looking forward to your comments too😁
Since you are calm and respectful you are welcome my lovely sister
@@cindybaby7318 Thank you Sis🙏💃🏻
Welcome, you somehow look like a Ghanaian.
@@Amilyfoodie awww soo I’m been told. They say I look like an ewe girl😁
for the "please" we cant help it oo, that's how we are all trained from childhood🤣🤣
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Growing up in Ghana was a challenge because you dare not accept a gift or talk to an elderly person without saying "Me Paaky3w". 😅😊
@@Nanakay58 😁😁
The reason we say please in everything is, you may not know at that moment what the person is going through, we say it to calm the person.
Ohhh woow I love that. I agree with you that PLEASE can calm someone down. I will say it more often now.
Ghana is peaceful and a lovely place to live and I want to visit again ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 🥰
Please do🤲😁
Thank you
That's how we were brought up and had become part of us.
It’s lovely 💙
In Ghana pidgin is mostly spoken by the youth. Especially in high school and uni
Thanks for sharing the good stories about ghana 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Please let all appreciate our leaders they are trying for us
Thanks 😊
Absolutely 💯
Regarding the funeral attires, in Ghana families decide the cloth as well. It is just not compulsort everybody must wear that. The black/red is generic. If the person is very old, white is also added in the mix
Oh great, noted. Thanks for the enlightenment 🙏
But most at times close relatives are the ones who usually wear red, friends and other sympathizers will come in black or mixed black and white cloth if he/she is elderly, But Cloths families choose for funeral are usually black and white, and for one week celebrations it’s pure red and black👌🏼
But your pepper soup is soup now
Ghana does not really have a pidgin culture, it is generally frowned upon. In secondary school we may speak some but the general public does not really speak pidgin. Because it is considered gramtically incorrect and not a language to use if you are "proper"
I love your videos , they are very intriguing and also your beauty , Chale .......!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot🙏😁
It brings peace
You are so beautiful and clean looking lady
Thank you 🤩🙏🙏
😂😂😂 ur very funny 😂😂😂
Na waao; That's how some of us are in Ghana. But we used to give these extraordinary respects (me pawo ky3w) for our eleders, especially our "Akuapim" tribes🇬🇭🇬🇭
Extraordinary 😃😃
The Ghana pidgin is a literal translation form local dialect... Since you are in Ghana ask someone to translate that pidgin you said to twi... And and then you will understand.. If you understand twi, Ga, hausa, ewe... There are general standard words in pidgin spoken but different dialects can add certain words...
Noted😊
Please is a form of respect
Very insightful and very informative 😊
Thanks a lot🙏😊
I enjoyed every bit of this video
Awww thank you 🙏🙏🙏
You are very interesting ❤
Thank you dear🙏🙏
Interesting...
Thank you😁
That's genuine analysis!!! My sister, good work
Thank you😊
Impressed by your beauty ❤
Thank you for the compliment 😊
Beautiful video keep it up
Thank You 🙏🙏
You very entertaining 😂😂
Thank you and I’m glad you enjoyed watching the video😀
You've really feel and eat Ghana. Feel at home🏠 Ghana is for u
Thank you🙏🙏
Beautiful sister love you always
Thank you🤩
Please is a sign of respect
Yeaa I see
I remember coming back to Nigeria from Ghana and I got so use to the please, so I kept using it a lot and someone asked me, what's your name, I added please before saying my name 😂😂 immediately the person said we don't do that here, that was how please left my mouth o
😂😂😂 we don’t do that here😂😂😂😂🤩
@@Befe_Space at all o 😅
Nice girl. Nice video. Keep it up. Your accent both in English and Twi sounds so Ghananian.
Awww thank you😁🙏
Nigerians are well integrated in the nation you know.😊
I'm up for the pidgin challenge oo!🕺🏾💃🏾 Bring it on!
Osheyyyyy 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
I had to subscribe. I am a Ghanaian and i love your presentation😂😂
Thank you🙏🙏🤩🤩
I miss you, its been a long time
Awww thanks, I’m here now💃🏻
I’m definitely up for the pidgin challenge 😊
💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
I love you already 😂😂😂
Awww love you right back❤️😍
Great video sis. I’m from London of Ghanaian decent. I.e both my parents are from Ashanti. My wife is Igbo and I just love it that you love Ghana and your honesty about life in Ghana.
Awww thanks a lot🙏😁 My regards to your family😁
welcome to Ghana
Thank you😁
@@Befe_Space We really value your perspective and for us in Ghana we see Nigeria in us .
But most at times close relatives are the ones who usually wear red, friends and other sympathizers will come in black or mixed black and white cloth if he/she is elderly, But Cloths families choose for funeral are usually black and white, and for one week celebrations it’s pure red and black👌🏼
Hope you are doing well
Yes I am and I hope you are well too?
@@Befe_Space am fine dear
You have a beautiful skin tone
Aww thank you soo much 🙏🙏😊
MY SISTER THE PROFESSIONAL FUFU EATER. I LOVE THAT. ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you😃
Ghana pigin English is mostly speak by the secondary and University people...is not a normal street language
Oh wooow, I see. Thanks for the update
Ur English look like Ghanaian to me keep it up thanks
Thank you😁
I only heard about pidgin English for the first time when Ghanaians were repatriated from Nigeria. We are not able to speak like the Nigerians because we had to learn through the returnees.
I love this your video and I love watching , you a very beautiful lady and I wish I am young to your age
Awww thank you, you are awesome the way you are Sir or Ma😊 Age is just a number, beauty lies in the heart and you have a beautiful heart. Thanks for watching once again😊🙏
My sister try and come to Nima one day
Noted😀
Madam you can wear red and black anytime you want, the fact that they are usually mourning of funeral colors does not stopm your. In Ghana id the decease is of an advanced age the funeral colorof choice is white. Wear red and black and you will survive ok.
This question is difficult to answer ooo 😂😂😂
Ahhh I need answers oo😃😃
Another point we also wear black and white cloth for funeral. if the deceased was advanced in age.. Again in some tribes if a family loses a child for the first time, the mother wears black and white while all the other mourners wear the red, brown or red cloth.
I’m a British Ghanaian. It’s interesting to hear you share your experiences living in Ghana. In regards to pidgin, both Ghanaian and Nigerian Pidgin are similar but it has many differences. The common words I hear that we both use like sabi, dey, dem etc. I listen to a lot of Nigerian music so I understand their pidgin a little bit. Maybe because you haven’t experienced our pidgin so you can’t understand Ghanaian pidgin and you can’t come compare the two.
As a Nigerian that have lived in Ghana for over 6years in total, I have heard a lot of Ghanaian pidgin and I did my comparison based on what I have heard over the years. Thanks for your comment 😊
Nah u r Ghanaian , Brits are whites, no single black person is British no matter their place of birth, stop lying to ur self
Same here from south east london and I now live in London and Accra since 2021 after covid and the pidgin is similar but with a different accent, Ghana is the loveliest country in the world.. no 🧢
Yea I have the ECG patrol number as soon as I call they show up
me too I love Niga bidgin paaa .....I laughed a lot when watching Niga movies with lots of pidgin
If you enter I crush you 😅😅😅😅 bombastic side eye
😂😂
Is ur smile for me ????😅😅😅😅❤❤❤❤
Thank You 😀
@@Befe_Space re u on ig?
The new generation has taken this please thing too far. I am older and still dont know how to say please unless l need help with something.
I agree with you that it’s been taken too far
Your introduction left me in pieces 😅😅😅
😂😂
Watched your interview on another channel and got drawn to your channel. second video I'm watching. Likable personality.
@@kofitwum6858 awww thank you soo soo much🙏🙏
You're very beautiful, i like your colour and your hair .
awww thanks a lot for the compliment.
@@Befe_Space Are you still in 🇬🇭, or have relocated back to Naija.
@@dreamer6746 I’m still in Ghana😁
@@Befe_Space Have you ever been to Kumasi.
@@dreamer6746 No I haven’t
Interesting analysis. In London my observation of Nigerians too is that they greet you every five minutes and say well done at every turn. Why???
😂😂😂 personally I say that cause I don’t want to pass you by without acknowledging your presence especially when I have greeted you previously that day. Oya fellow Nigerians in the house come and answer ooo😂😂
@@Befe_Spacebut why do you say well done ? It’s kinda strange!
Ghanaian accent is entering you now o😂❤
😀😀
My sister you make me laugh. Yes Ghana has small-boy-thunder and Nigeria has super- monster-thunder
Oh I seee🤔🤔😂😂
Funeral regalia is a specific for ethnic groups. Black is generally adorn in times of mourning. But at the funeral itself putting on black is much more common with the Akan ethnic groups. People from the Volta region and the Northern part of Ghana chooses any fabric for funeral
Thanks for the enlightenment 😊
We the people of the North Wear black or red during funerals and same applies to the Voltarians .
We don't wear any colour for funerals.
Now building your channel, right? I see!
😂😂
Nice video...
But some of your country people do say that the Steady Light in Ghana is just an online hyping and not as real as we always brag
about it..🤣🤣 please enlighten them on it..
I no no if its envy or what...
And.. why do they still say..
Nigeria gives light to Ghana..
😂🤣🤣... l wish you could bring more about this light issue..
This matter has to come before the Court of Befe. I will look into it😂
so in Ghana the funeral cloth is mostly determined by the family of the deceased. but i general black is worn when the dead was quiet young or still had a lot of life to live .. or was a great shock to everyone or was sudden... and black with red patches or bands will mostly mean the persons death was suspicious / foul play or lacks understanding ... white is worn if person is older like 70 + or lived an exemplary life . mostly its not even a funeral but a celebration of life. hope this helps
Thank you soo much for the enlightenment
my dear sister the ecg number feel free call it cos we all call it after 30mins of light off😂😂😂
😂😂😂 this really cracked me up😂😂
Nigeria not only rain,Napa will give you headche😅😅😅😅😅
😢😢
But ur good in Twi well well 😅😊
Ahhhh then I should take my learning of twi seriously ooo🤔😃
@@Befe_Space oh yeah be serious
No is not to say pls to be respectful
We inculcate it in our life culturally as signs of humility humbleness and respect
Oh great
In Nigeria we call it Ankra or party clothes
Noted😁
How long have u been in Ghana,..?
Total of over 5 years
Most Nigerians are fair. Which tribe is most common with fair people 😊
Not a specific tribe tho but the Igbos are said to have more fair men and women
The saying of "please" , hmm, we've been saying it from childhood so it's just part of us. There is a group of akans in Ghana called the 'Akuapem's, when they are insulting u, they sometimes prefix the insult with please 😂. Eg, "mepawakywe wo yɛ abea" which translates as, pls you are an animal😂
Ahhhh😂😂😂 This is serious ooo, then I have to learn the twi fast before they add Mepacho to insult me and I will say Pacho Medasi😂😂😂
@@Befe_Space😂😂
Oh I really like you already. You've worn yourself another subscriber now. Hahahaha
Thank you😁🙏🙏
Ghana pigin is mixed up with Twi that's why it difficult to speak. Good delivery keep it up
Thank you😁
Hahahaha ur very funny 😂😂😂 u better bring ur dictionary and educate us about soup 🍲 or stew 🥘 😊
Abi oo😂😂 thanks for watching 🙏😃
@@Befe_Space pls we re waiting ooo who colonised Nigerians? Hahaha soup 🍜 is pure watery in Uk and all European countries so why Naija soup 🍲 is stew 🥘 thick 😂😂😂😃😃😃😃😅😂
Invite me for Nigeria English
Check the description box and reach out on whatsapp let’s take it up from there
Am from United Arab Emirates can I visit Ghana and be safe?
Yes you are safe over here. We will be expecting you 🤩
I have one question, why is it that most Nigerian like comparing Ghana and not other west African countries. We are just a small country.
It’s because of the English and we are closer too there’s nothing wrong with it. Be positive 😅❤
What do you mean by I don't go in Nigeria pilgin English that literally means I am not going but it means in Nigeria as I am going. How can Ghanaian understand that.
It’s not I don’t go it’s “I don go” which means I’m going or I’m gone.
Danfo carry 5 my clothes always tore
😂😂😂 pele
Professional fufu eater😂😂❤❤❤
😂😂yes oo
To understand Ghanaian pidgin .. you need to understand Ga and twi language.
Aeiiiiii🙆♀️🙆♀️
True Like the Gate ein mouth.
Is directly From twi.
And Jie is to remove in Ga.
Wearing red and black doesn’t mean u are mourning , but if u wear at a funeral, then Yes
Where ve u been?
Awww I have been off CZcams for some weeks but I’m fully back now
@@Befe_Space Noo be serious and keep ur viewers busy pls
@@sourcestvghuk9897 I promise to by God’s grace🙏🙏
@@Befe_Space I trust u hahaha I ll meet u when I come to Ghana 🇬🇭
@@sourcestvghuk9897 Thank you for believing in this channel. Will be super elated to see you when you come by God’s grace💃🏻
Kinah,
You are so hilarious. I can't stop laughing listening to your presentation. You are as funny as sister Adeola in the state of TX. I learnt from your earlier video that you attended High School in Ghana. Did you lose/drop the "wedding band" in the pool.....lol? How long do you plan to be in Ghana?
Are you taken or still on the market? Drop me a line sweetheart.
😄😄 I’m glad you enjoyed watching the video
Don't say that, Ghana pigin is difficult just because people in Ghana don't like to use as much as Nigeria use their pigin. Ghana has an Akan language which takes about the 70% of the
I did not say it’s difficult because people in Ghana don’t use it more often. I said for me as a Nigerian, it’s difficult. I only stressed on the fact that majority of Nigerians can speak their pidgin compared to the number of Ghanaians that speak the Ghanaian pidgin in Ghana.
Please u guys stop painting Nigeria black it's a great nation,I love Nigeria.
I remember the shock on Steve Harvey’s face when a Ghanaian family came on his Family Feud show. And he asked one of them if he’s married and he the guy answered by saying "No Please" 😂😂😂
Wahala 😂😂
Befe not sure if Uve been informed but over 80 yo funeral it’s usually white/ black
Ohhh thanks for the info 🙏
Don't try Nigeria road even danfo they don't even stop for traffic
You know the facts😂
Its amazing when you Nigerians talk about our uninterrupted light in Ghana, Nigerians are really suffering in their country oooo!!..
😢😢
Don't mess up with our cultural values like being polite and our funerals outdooring ect.
Understanding is very important
Visit the Volta Region part of Ghana
You will love it 😉 here
Ghanaian pidgin is just pure dictionary English language with some few slangs incorporated into it
If u can't speak good and fluent English 😂 I'm sorry your pidgin English will sound trash 🗑️😂😂 💔
Will definitely visit Volta region someday.
Thanks for the feedback about the Ghanaian pidgin😃
Did you lose your channel and now building it up?
No I did not
I'm in love with you seriously but I am broke, please what should I do to for you to love me back?
So regarding the pidgin! The ghanaian pidgin is kinda a direct translation of our twi or fanti language( l mean most our pidgin words) so like the example that u gave regarding 'mouth' The direct translation of mouth in twi/fanti is 'Ano' which means mouth and it also mean 'Front'
So front and mouth have the same meaning! The difference is the context in which they are used!
So e dey my gate e mouth(front) in pidgin english, is = saying he's standing at the front my gate!
So u don't understand twi/fante, our pidgin will not make sense or meaning to you!
Thank you for the detailed explanation
Ghanaian pidgin is not easily spoken since it's not encouraged in schools. You start dey hear pidgin for secondary schools and even that when found you go be penalized. I start dey speak pidgin the time I go Uni and one must also be well versed in the English language b4 he or she go fit speak. Wanna pidgin dey sweet pass 😂😅
Oh wooow I see. Thanks for the enlightenment 😃
Actually Ghanaians don't have Pidingin,we form our own Pidingin ooh.
Maarf
Thanks for the correction 😁
When the diseased is about 70 some families make people wear white but the black will always be present. So mostly white and black
Noted, thanks for the enlightenment
Nigeria English is easy to speak
Yeaa I think so