Ghana in Focus: Relationships in Ghana Part VII Why some marriages in Ghana are breaking up

Ghana in Focus this week dives into the complex landscape of modern marriage in Ghana. The episode addresses the mounting pressures that are reshaping the institution of marriage, focusing on both cultural expectations and economic realities. 

In Ghana, marriage is not just a personal affair but a societal expectation. Traditionally, individuals are encouraged to marry by their late 20s or early 30s. However,  this timeline is increasingly challenged by the financial demands associated with weddings and dowries. The rising costs are forcing many to delay marriage, creating a shift in the traditional timeline that once governed Ghanaian unions.

As economic pressures rise, cultural norms are also being tested by evolving gender roles. Women in Ghana are pursuing careers and challenging traditional gender expectations. This shift is causing friction in marriages where traditional roles, such as cooking, are still expected by husbands. The Western influence on gender equality adds another layer of complexity, as many Ghanaian couples grapple with a clash of expectations. These tensions are not only leading to delays in marriage but are also contributing to the increasing rate of marital breakdowns.

The episode further explores how male behaviors are impacting marriage dynamics in Ghana. Kwame emphasizes the importance of effective communication and shared domestic responsibilities in fostering stable relationships. He highlights how some affluent men, tempted by status and disposable income, engage in extramarital affairs, leading to further strains in marriages. 

Economic pressures are a recurring theme throughout the episode, with the rising cost of living and inflation prompting some women to leave their partners in search of better financial support. This shift challenges traditional marriage vows of commitment through good and bad times. Westernization also plays a role in influencing moral values, leading to a more self-centered approach to relationships. The traditional domestic roles are evolving, with many young Ghanaian women lacking the cooking skills their mothers and grandmothers had. This dissatisfaction among men, who still expect these abilities, is another factor contributing to marital tensions.

The podcast does not shy away from discussing the role of Western feminist ideals in reshaping gender roles within Ghanaian society. While women's empowerment is essential, it should not override the core functions within the African family structure. The balance between empowerment and maintaining family dynamics is delicate, and missteps can lead to misunderstandings and conflicts within marriages.

Chapters

• 0:03 Marriage Challenges in Ghana
• 9:46 Impact of Men's Behaviors on Marriages
• 18:09 Marriage Challenges in Ghana Revisited

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:03

Waba, welcome to this week's edition of Ghana in Focus. Myself Kwame, ghanaian broadcaster, writer, journalist, podcaster and entrepreneur, and in this week's episode of Ghana in Focus, we're looking at relationships, looking at why some marriages in Ghana are breaking up Yep. So that's the topic for this discussion why some marriages in Ghana are breaking up, yep. So before we get into the podcast, just to make you aware that if you like what you hear, please share with your friends, family, social media networks, subscribe to Ghana African F Focus podcast on YouTube. We're going to try and get 100 subscribers by the end of the year. So if you're not subscribed to Ghana Africa In Focus on YouTube, please do. We're also on Spotify as well. Just look for Africa Ghana In Focus podcast on Spotify and then click the follow button, meaning that every time I upload a new podcast, spotify will notify you. All right. So we're looking to get 800 followers on Spotify by the end of the year. See if we've got 535. So I thank every one of you who have subscribed to the podcast on Spotify. And again, we do, you know, know if you want to visit Ghana, do business in Ghana by land, by property, etc. We do offer an assorted session whereby we can look at what you want to do in Ghana and we can tell you, make a package that suits your needs. So we offer a one hour consultation session for 30 US dollars or we do a half hour briefing session for 20 dollars for the half an hour. All right, so if you are interested in wanting to have a consultation with myself, then you can email me and I'll leave you my email address at the footnotes to the podcast, notes to the podcast.

Speaker 1: 2:08

All right, so let's get into the podcast today looking about how some marriages in Ghana are just falling apart. Now, as I mentioned in the, in the relationships you know and I'm going to look at it from both male and female aspects of it, you know. So we look at the men. So, as I mentioned before, marriage is self-anarchism valued in many African societies. Ghana is not an exclusion, and so in Ghanaian society, whether you're male or female, you know, whether you're male or female, you're always encouraged by their parents to get married at some point in their life, possibly the younger the better. When I mean younger, possibly late 20s, early 30s onwards, you know most guarantees you know are made by 40. But even that's not beginning to change because of the economic position that many particular Guyanese men find themselves in.

Speaker 1: 3:12

So I know for a fact that there's many men in Ghana, many women in Ghana, who are late 30s, early 40s, who are not married because of this economic pressure, cost of living crisis in Ghana and in our society, in the Ghanaian society or cultural context. If the man has to do all the wedding and the knocking and these kind of things, the dowry, in order to marry the woman and know, many men in Ghana today, in Ghana's economy today, haven't got that money in which, to you know, pose as someone, let alone get a dowry, let alone have a married ceremony, and so you know it's creating like a strange situation in Ghana, possibly the same in a lot of African countries, whereby a lot of young people between, say, 35 and 40, or between 30 and 40, are not getting married as early as their parents and grandparents did. So that could be a cause for concern, but we can discuss that, you know, at another time. But, like I say, marriage is something that is encouraged within the Ghanaian stroke African cultural setting and so, with some men, a lot of men want to get married before they're 35 and have a child and have a family before they're 35 and have a child and have a family before they're 40. But a lot of men, particularly in today's society in Ghana, they're not really screwed up because of not clued up on marriage, even though some of them may go to church or, in terms of Muslims, go to the mosque, etc. For me, I don't think they get that quality guidance from an elder, you know, in terms of Muslims going to the mosque, etc. For me, I don't think they get that quality you know guidance from an elder as to how to enter into a marriage setting and also what that marriage setting could tell as well.

Speaker 1: 5:22

So let's take an example of this. You know many men, when they get married, you know, expect a woman to cook for them. Yeah, now, I'm not saying it's a wrong thing, but what I'm saying is that you know why is this pressure being put on the women when today in ghanian society, just as the west, you know a lot of women are working now. So a lot of women are, you know, they're educated and they've got or want to aspire to a career, whether it's in engineering, being teaching, this or have you a lot of women in Ghana want to have a career, and so you know, if you, as a man, are expecting the woman to cook and you don't want to cook, that presents problems, and that's one reason.

Speaker 1: 6:12

That's one reason why some men are leaving their wives, because probably the woman can't cook properly, can't cook at all, or the man's not happy with the fact that she's not happy with the fact that she's not cooking the food that he wants, kind of thing. And so that is one way in which a lot of men are not set up to play, because, given that this drive for equality between the sexes by prison of belief in equality, because men can't do things women can do, ie get pregnant, and women can't do things that men can do, for example, ejaculate, yeah, and so this idea of equality for me is just a Western trait that many Africans are brought into. Men and women are not equal and, like I said, women can give birth, you as a man can't. So how are we equal in that regard? There's things that women can do that men can't do, and there's things that men can do that women can't do.

Speaker 1: 7:21

But back to the point about, about, about, about domestication. I think a lot of men today in Ghana. But back to the point about, about, about, about, about domestication. You know, I think a lot of men today in Ghana need to be domesticated, ie need to learn to cook, clean and what have you right? You don't need your wife solely to do that.

Speaker 1: 7:39

And this is like in Ghana, in Ghanaian society as well, they have a lot of these maids, these maid cooking, all that nonsense which, for me, is a remnant of slavery or enslavement and colonisation. You don't need to. You know, particularly as a vestibular in the West, when you live in the West, you don't have a cook or maid or a driver. But when you come to Ghana, you think you've got a bit of money now and now you want to have a cook, a chef, a maid. No, no, no. That that's the remnant from enslavement and colonialism. That that, for me, it doesn't make sense.

Speaker 1: 8:11

And so a lot of men in Ghana, you know, are not really domesticated and that puts pressure on the woman, you know, and this can lead to a situation where women are not enough and that she'll walk out of the marriage, because a lot of men in Ghana do not want to put their weight when it comes to domestication, because they have this old school mentality that you know, which is still in Ghana, that a woman's place is in the home. You know a woman's place should be looking after the children and cooking and doing what have you? You know in Ghana, like all parts of the world, times are changing, yeah, and that you know, it's not even that times have changed, but I'll come on to that in a minute but times are changing. So women want more from their men than their mothers and their grandmothers, and so a lot of men need to see this and wake up and that, not expect the woman to cook and clean for you the way your mom did to your dad or the way your grandmother did to your grandfather. Yeah, but when we say times have changed, you know that again, it can be very subjective, because African culture is in from European culture. Yeah, and like, what is good for European culture or Western culture is not necessarily good for African culture, and they see that now in some African societies, particularly those that have been influenced by the West, and you know this thing about.

Speaker 1: 9:46

You know women empowerment, you know, is something that is becoming detrimental to the family. I'm not saying that women should not be empowered, but when you have a situation whereby women, the empowerment of women overrides a key function within the African family structure, an African family unit, then it can present problems, but I'll come to that in a minute. And so, for me, a lot of men need to really get domesticated and share with the women the cooking, the cleaning, the washing, etc. Do not leave it all to the women because, like I said, a lot of women are now working, so you can't expect a woman to, or your wife or your partner to, come home from work after a hard day at work, you know, and then expect her to cook your food for you. That that that can work nowadays. You as a man got to share the cooking, so maybe you may expect it within you. You know, three times a week, you know the man cooks and then the woman cooks weekend or vice versa. But a lot of men need to, you know, step it to the plate.

Speaker 1: 10:59

In regards to the area now, another reason why you know marriages in Ghana are breaking up is because a lot of men in Ghana don't have to communicate. Communication is the key to any relationship. Yeah, and it's not just about, oh, a doc, oh a doc say, does this, no, or about love this, love that, no, you want to talk to your partner about how she feels. For example, she had a hard day at work and, like I said, you come home it's better to make her food. She probably had a very tough day at work, right, and she wants to release the energy, right, but you, as a man, you want to ask her how was the day at work, so that she can, you know, feel that you care about her and that you want to know how she got on at work. That may release some energy, particularly negative energy that is holding her. So, as a man, if you don't know how to communicate with your woman, right, then you know it doesn't bode well for a happy, stable marriage. Yeah, because it's not about money, even though a lot of Ghanaian women want money. Yeah, at the end of the day, right, you've got to learn as a man, you've got to learn how to communicate with women, very, very important.

Speaker 1: 12:11

And because a lot of Ghanaian men don't know how to communicate with women, a lot of relationships in Ghana, marriages in Ghana particularly, are breaking down. Yeah, again, another reason why some marriages in Ghana are breaking up because a lot of the men, yeah, have got sugar, not sugar daddy. Yeah, some of the men, yeah, some of the men, are becoming sugar daddies, right, and when their wives or partners find out that they've been cheated upon, then obviously they leave that relationship. And so some Ghanaian men, some Ghanaian men, particularly those who are affluent or have, you know, working, you know high-paid jobs, whether it's a government job or banking or whatever, right, you know, because they've got some quote-unquote disposable income. Now, right, you see a lot of these men in Ghana, these big men, so-called big men in Ghana.

Speaker 1: 13:10

They want to get these young girls, you know, between 18 and 30. You've got your wife, so your wife is probably about 35. But because you are greedy, right, and because you think you've got a bit of money, right, you can throw about, yeah, then you want to get these young girls. Yeah, and then when your wife found out that you've gone behind her back and cheated on her with some young girl, she's obviously going to leave you. That's just common sense.

Speaker 1: 13:39

But you see a lot of, you know a lot of Ghanaian men, you know, like to, you know, in a way, have their cake and eat it. They're married, but yet, you know, in a way, have the cake and eat it. They're married, but yet they want a piece of the action. So they think they've got a bit of money, they've got a bit of status in Ghanaian society, so they want to get some of these young girls. And some of these young girls are so dumb anyway, some of these young Ghanaian girls 19, 21, 22, like I said, a lot of Ghanaian girls are chasing money.

Speaker 1: 14:09

And so you know, if you know another place in Accra where Ghanaian girls hunt for rich men, yeah, I will name you two places in Ghana. Oh, sorry, in Accra where women go to try and find men, there's a famous restaurant in Ghana called Franky's in Accra. Sorry, franky's called Franky's, right, a lot of young girls there go to them each year, right to find rich men, right. And then there's, you know other popular joints in Accra, but that's one of them Franky's. And then you know some of these. You know other popular joints in the crowd, but that's one of them, frank is. And then you know some of these. You know you know entertainment centres. You know, like Jokers, like Hemingway, like Vineyard City. You know you get some of these young Indian girls late, not late teens, probably in their 20s.

Speaker 1: 15:05

Yeah, go to these places, these nightclubs or these entertainment centres and try and catch, you know, some rich man who's you know, you know flirting back with his money. And so you know, these young people are attracted by wealth, they're attracted by status as well, and so a lot of these guys name him, play into that and end up having these. You know, as I was saying, ghana side chicks, yeah, and obviously when your wife finds out she's going to leave you. But some women stay because maybe they value the marriage or the children. So some Ghanaian women stay, but a lot of Ghanaian women, you know, if you've heard them, some of the women right, a lot of Ghanaian women are leaving.

Speaker 1: 15:48

And this explains why, again, some marriages in Ghana are breaking up because of the playable or the promiscuity of some Ghanaian men, particularly those who feel they've got a bit of money and have got some status in Ghanaian society. Ghanaian men, particularly those who feel they've got a bit of money and have got some status in society. And the last aspect as to why, in terms of men, a lot of marriages are break up in Ghana is that, you know, money is a big thing in Ghana. I don't know why, but money being able to provide is a big thing. And so in Ghana, if you, as a man, are not seen to give your partner or your wife chock money. You know we call it chock money, bonan kuma. I don't know what that means in English, chock money or whatever, I can't break it down in English, but probably upkeep, probably upkeep is more is a more is a more appropriate term upkeep. So if you use a man, if you're not giving your wife, your woman, money or upkeeping her right, even though, like I say, in this economy in Ghana, where there's challenges within the economy and a constant living crisis, you know a lot of marriages are breaking up, living crisis. You know a lot of marriages are breaking up because of that, because a lot of women think that they're meant to be in tight, they're meant to be in syndrome, but they're not because, like I said, the economy is not good at the moment. You know they keep that a lot of women were expecting or expecting is simply not coming forth and, as such, a lot of women are leaving their relationships because and marriages, because they think that the Ghanaian men are not providing for them and they can get another man who will do that, and or, you know, they think Ghanaian men are being stingy, but the reality is, like I said, in this economy, where there's a huge cost of living crisis and a massive inflation, where there's a huge cost of living crisis and a massive inflation, those days of like you know, you know, guaranteed chop money or guaranteed upkeep provisioned by a man, those days for now, are probably gone because, like I said, ghana is hard right now. So that's on the male side. You know some of the behaviours of men that are leading to marriage breakdowns.

Speaker 1: 18:09

Now women, like I said, a lot of Ghanaian women are chasing money and so she will leave a man If she feels the man is not providing for her. So, you know, the man may be doing his best. He may have a, you know, decent job. You know the man may be doing his best. He may have a decent job. You know what have you. But because you know some of these women are high maintenance in Ghana, yeah, they overthink or over expect the man to basically give money. Not only that the man's got a family as well that he may have to look out for, and also if you've got children with a family as well that he may have to look out for, and also if you've got children with that man as well. Obviously, then also your children need to be taken into consideration. But there's a lot of women in Ghana, like I said, chasing money, and so if they feel that that man is not providing for them in terms of their own personal upkeep, then they're going to leave the man and they'll find another man who's got money, who they believe has got money, who they believe can, you know, look after them.

Speaker 1: 19:17

I know for a fact that a lot of women have left their partners in Ghana over the last two years because of the cost of living crisis in Ghana. And I'm saying why did you get married in the first place? You know what happened to for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, to death, do us part? Yeah, what happened to that Ghanaian woman? Why are you leaving your men? Because the man can't give you the money, like he was doing so when you first met. Obviously, it didn't change the cost of living crisis in Ghana, didn't change the massive inflation in Ghana in this economy. So you know, but unfortunately that is the reason why some Ghanaian women are leaving their marriages, because they think they can get, you know, a man who can give them more money and can take better care of them than their spouses.

Speaker 1: 20:14

Now, another reason why, you know, some marriages break up in Ghana from the female side perspective yeah, believe it or not, and I've seen marriages break up in Ghana from the female side perspective. Yeah, believe it or not, and I've seen this in myself in Ghana. But, believe it or not, ghanaian women my marriage ones as well they play yeah, like I told you before, right, even if she's part one or two, right Ghanaian women, you know, when they've got a boyfriend, right, they've got men on the side. They've got men that buy them clothes only. They've got men that take them to dinner only. They've got men that buy presents only. They've got men that they have sex with only yeah. So even when they get married out, some of these Ghanaian will have these little chicks, right. So Ghanaian men got side chicks, right. Some of these Ghanaian women also got men on the side. So if the partner finds out that you got men on the side, he's obviously gonna leave you. So if the partner finds out that you've got a man on the side, he's obviously going to leave you.

Speaker 1: 21:01

Because in Ghana today, because of the westernisation of Ghana, a lot of women and men haven't got the morality that our parents and grandparents had. And so a lot of women now, you know, they're becoming very, very not promiscuous, but a lot of them are becoming players and only thinking about themselves and what they can get for themselves from a man and not thinking about the bigger picture in terms of family unit and in terms of, you know, the nature and safeguarding renewances of the Ghanaian or African family. And so, because a lot of women are selfish, thinking about themselves, getting Ben Husband's back, this again results to a lot of marriage breakdown in Ghana, and we see that a lot happening in Ghana now and again. The reason why some marriages in Ghana are now Now again, the reason why, you know, some marriages in Ghana are breaking up again, particularly these young girls who get married, why a lot of them are not as domesticated as their mothers or grandmothers yeah, maybe because they didn't listen to their mum, or because they now want to imbibe the Western culture with the society, yeah, which a lot of young girls under the faith of are doing. They're not, as in quote, domesticated as their mothers or grandmothers were.

Speaker 1: 22:32

And so, like I said, rightly or wrongly, a lot of Ghanaian women expect Ghanaian men are expecting, rightly or wrongly, a lot of Ghanaian women expect Ghanaian men. Sorry, a lot of Ghanaian men are expecting, rightly or wrongly, ghanaian women to cook, at least to cook. That's standard in Ghana. That is standard. That's basic. But today's society, today's young women in Ghana, a lot of them do not know how to cook. Yeah, our African, traditional Ghanaian dishes, whether it, whether it's jollof rice, emutio, red red, you know Banquo and tilapia, you know Boudia, pestine in Kuntumbri, all these Ghanaian types of dishes, a lot of these young girls can't cook.

Speaker 1: 23:17

Yeah, and many Ghana. You know one thing about Ghanaian men they love their food. See, if you're a woman you can't satisfy your man's stomach, then you know the man's going to leave you. And a lot of managers in Ghana are breaking up because the woman can't cook and the husbands are not satisfied with their food. And so, you know, a Ghanaian man will lead the marriage, right. Why do you do it wrong? Because the wife can't cook, and you'll find a woman that can cook.

Speaker 1: 23:52

Again, another reason why marriages in Ghana are breaking up on the women's side yeah, because some women now in Ghana, today, you know, they have this westernisation of our culture. Yeah, the femininity, the feminism aspect of some Ghanaian women right, makes them not respect the man and also not respect the nuances of Ghanaian family structure or the African family structure. And so you see some reasons, right, you know, maybe the woman doesn't want a child yet, or she's thinking about her career first, or what have you right? Or she's thinking about her career first, or what have you right? Or she's just milking the man for her own self needs. That's going to end in Britain because a lot of Ghanaian men will not be talking with that feminist, that western feminist claptrap that some of our women in Ghana are bought into. And, again, a lot of Ghanaian men are family orientated. So if you, as an Afghan woman, black woman, you come with that feminist tip right and you try to incorporate that within your marriage to make the man look as if it's nothing, then obviously that's not going to work as a marriage in Ghana. And so, again, because of this westernization of our culture, and even to an extent, to a degree, is beginning to creep in now our family structure, because of all these um tale novellas that Ghanaian are watching, right, it gives them this impression that there's something better than the Ghanaian or African life, family structure. And so you know these certain influences are having a big impact on the way many of our Ghanaian women, particularly these young Ghanaian girls, think about marriage relationships, particularly from an African setting, and so these factors are contributing to marriage breakdowns in Ghana, and so I've gone over as to why some men are leaving their marriages and also why some women in Ghana are leaving their marriages.

Speaker 1: 26:10

So I couldn't say that marriage is about compromise. Marriage is not about what you as a man want or what you as a woman want. You've got to compromise. Woman want yeah, you got to compromise both. You got to compromise, yeah, and turn down your expectations, yeah, particularly when you have children, because it's not about you as a man, it's not about you as a woman, it's about the family. It's about. It's about the children, yeah, the children that you, you will have with that person you choose to call your life partner. Yeah, every marriage has its ups and downs, yeah, and it's about working them out, about communication. This is why I talked about the communication, particularly Guyanese men. Communication is an important part of relationship, and if you can't communicate as a man or as a woman, then you shouldn't get married in first place.

Speaker 1: 26:57

Yeah, marriage, again, is a very, very important part of the Ghanaian um, cultural and traditional aspect. Yeah, and marriage is taken very, very seriously in Ghana and so when you enter marriage right, you take the marriage very, very seriously, yeah, and not play about, not think that it's about you or about what you want or what I can get from the man, or what I can get from the woman. That's why it's a part, that's why that's why a marriage is like a partnership yeah, what you, as the man, bring to the table and what you, as a woman, bring to the table. That's why it's called a marriage, a partnership between a female and a male. Yeah, and so you know, I would implore you know very soon, once I get into marriage in Ghana, that you need to go into marriage right for the right reasons. Not for money, not for milking the man, not for milking, not for expecting the woman to be a servant, you know, not for the woman to be like a sex object, but you need to get into marriage for a wholesome, meaningful relationship, right, that will bring out children who you will grow up, nurture to be upright, upstanding citizens of the country. Yeah, that's what a marriage is about. A marriage is about partnership what you, as a man bring to the upright, upstanding citizens of the country. Yeah, that's what a marriage is about. A marriage is about partnership, what you, as a man, bring to the table, what you, as a woman bring to the table. And so, you know, I don't want to go on too much about, you know, marriages, because I've talked about it previously in terms of the importance of marriage in a Ghanaian and Afghan setting.

Speaker 1: 28:40

This podcast was to just give you some indication of why a lot of marriages in Ghana are beginning to break and, for me, a couple of big reasons before I go. A couple of big reasons why marriages are breaking up is because, like I said, a lot of Ghanaian men and women are pressured into marrying when they're not really ready up. Is because, like I said, a lot of Ghanaian men and women are pressured into marrying, yeah, when they're not really ready psychologically, emotionally and even probably spiritually, yeah, and so, because of the pressure from the family, you know, a lot of men and women are into marriages, right, without thinking about what they're getting themselves into. That, again, is also a big problem down the line. And, again, this is particularly in terms of the women, right, a lot of these so-called men of god, pastors in ghana are having a tremendous influence right on some of the women who are married right, and even we know that in ghana that some of these pastors, some of these so-called men of god, these criminals right at seven as men of god, some of these so-called men of God, these criminals right serving as men of God, some of these criminals right, are even dating at the back door some wives who have husbands. Yeah, and these pastors have tremendous influence, not just if you think they have influence in Ghanaian society, you know, when it comes to elections and the promises and the commissure no, no, no. They have a huge influence right in terms of even some women. Some of these partners right even tell the woman because they want them for themselves, right, even tell the woman leave your husband. Yeah, so these partners have a massive, massive influence right on some of the women in Ghana, which is leading to some marriage breakdowns.

Speaker 1: 30:23

And so I hope you've enjoyed this edition of Ghana in Focus, looking about why some marriages in Ghana are breaking up, and it's important that you understand this so that when you do particularly feel for Midaspora and you enter into Majingana to look out for some of the things I just pointed about, about communication, about the chat money aspect, about the fact that some Ghanaian girls will play behind your back. You've got to be careful about that. And if you're removed from Midaspora, that some Ghanaian men will expect you to cook and clean that kind of thing, and they don't want to cook and clean that. Some Ghanaian men, particularly the affluent if you marry somebody who's affluent, what to do? Marry a side chick at the back. These are things you need to recognise, you know, before entering into marriage within a Ghanaian context. So, from myself, kwame, and from the crew here on Ghanaian Focus, thank you very much for listening.

Speaker 1: 31:19

In part 2, in the next edition of Ghanian Focus, we will tell you about relationships, but in this regard, about relationships, should a man help a woman? And this is because Wadim Maia, who's a famous Ghanian YouTuber, famous African YouTuber, did the podcast or did YouTube some moments ago I think it was either this year or last year that he helps his wife, miss Trudy, right, and there was a lot of backlash on that that he shouldn't be helping his wife because some women are this and that. But I'll explain more next week in Ghana in Focus. And so from myself, kwame, and from all the crew. Thank you for listening and, like I said, please subscribe to the programme on YouTube. Look out for YouTube Ghana, africa in Focus and also hit the notification bell, meaning that YouTube will notify you every time I upload a new podcast.

Speaker 1: 32:14

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