FREEDOM OF SPEECH & PROSTITUTION IN GHANA!

FREEDOM OF SPEECH & PARTICULARLY FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS DEFINITELY IN FULL EFFECT IN GHANA! IF THESE PRESENTERS/JOURNALISTS WERE IN THE USA –THE FCC WOULD BE EXHAUSTED WITH FINES!

IT SEEMS LIKE THE RADIO STATIONS & NEWSPAPER JOURNALISTS ARE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OF THE REAL ISSUES IN THIS COUNTRY & CRITICIZE IT. THE TOPIC OF PROSTITUTION SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE FAVORITE TOPICS TO SPEAK ON. PROSTITUTION MIGHT AS WELL BE LEGALIZED & CONTROLLED FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. EVEN IN THE TRAGICALLY DISASTROUS ERA OF H.I.V & A.I.D.S, PROSTITUTION IS VERY MUCH A BOOMING INDUSTRY IN GHANA! LET’S BE FRANK –IT’S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BOOMING INDUSTRIES NOT ONLY IN GHANA, BUT IN THE WORLD.

IT ANGERS MY HEART TO SEE HOW MANY EUROPEAN MEN BASICALLY PREY ON THE DESPERATION, POVERTY, LACK OF EDUCATION & SOMETIMES JUST THE SHEER GREED & WANT OF MATERIALISM OF SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN HERE, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SATIATING THEIR EGOS, FANTASIES & PERVERSIONS. I ABSOLUTELY HAVE VERY LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THOSE SAME MEN WHO END UP WITH SAVVY GANGSTA PROSTITUTES WHO BASICALLY TAKE ALL THEIR MONEY & LEAVE THEM IN UNEXPECTED COMPROMISING POSITIONS, AS IT CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED. WHAT PRICE CAN ONE PUT ON THE WORTH OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING? I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY GOTTEN PAST THAT PART OF OUR HISTORY BY VOWING- FORWARD EVER BACKWARD NEVER LONG AFTER THE THE SLAVE TRADE!

IT IS DEFINITELY NOT ONLY EUROPEAN MALES UTILIZING THESE VERY AVAILABLE SERVICES. AFRICANS, AMERICANS, LEBANESE, CHINESE, INDIANS AND THE MANY OTHER NATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO FLOCK TO THESE DOORS ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE OWNERSHIP & A TASTE FOR A PRICE. I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED A GROUP OF EUROPEAN MEN TALKING ABOUT THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE SERVICES IN THE SAME MANNER AS DISCUSSING WHICH RESTAURANT THEY SHOULD GO TO ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. AS WE WERE FILMING AN ARTIST & THE NAMIBIAN SOCCER PLAYERS ON THE BEACH, A GROUP OF ARAB & EUROPEAN MEN QUICKLY BECAME VERY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT NOT WANTING TO BE CAUGHT IN OUR SHOTS, AS I AM SURE THEY DID NOT WANT ANYONE KNOWING WHAT HONORABLE DEEDS THEY WERE DOING IN GHANA!

I WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO TODAY & HEARD, WHAT IS KNOWN HERE AS A PRESENTER (RADIO PERSONALITY), BASICALLY TALK FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES ABOUT HOW THE PROSTITUTION BUSINESS WAS BOOMING AFTER NIGERIA’S WIN YESTERDAY, IN THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS! HE WENT AS FAR AS TO GET ONE OF THE PROSTITUTES ON THE PHONE TO TALK ABOUT JUST HOW MUCH BUSINESS WAS BOOMING. SHE TALKED OF HOW SHE HAD ABOUT 10 INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS IN ONE NIGHT, HOW SHE HAD MANY OF THE FOOTBALLERS AS HER CUSTOMERS, WHILE TELLING THE PRESENTER THAT SHE COULD SERVICE HIM TOO. THERE IS NO ALLEGEDLY'S NECESSARY JUST RAW TALK WITH A LOT OF HUMOR SO WE CAN SWALLOW THE THE OBVIOUS BITTER PILL THAT SUSTAINS US. THE PRESENTER EVEN WENT AS FAR AS SAYING THAT HE COULD HURT HER WITH HIS LARGE PENIS. IT WAS BASICALLY A” HOWARD STERN” STYLE RADIO SHOW IN GHANA. REALITY WITH A DOSE OF SICK HUMOR !

There isn't any real sense of the malaciousness in it's delivery because this is a country of real & deep politness amongst its generations. The only real maliciousness is that we can not recognize our own power to motivate & make change & remain melancholy in recognizing that we are laughing at our inability to think & act beyond the basic level in our helplessnes!!

RADIO PRESENTERS ON PEACE FM TACKLED THE CHILD PROSTITUTION CRISIS-WHICH THEY VIEWED AS EXTREMELY UNACCEPTABLE & DID AN INVESTIGATION ON IT, TO BRING IT OUT TO THE OPEN & HOPEFULLY PROSECUTE THOSE THAT ENGAGE IN IT. I AGREED WITH THEM THAT WHATEVER TWO CONSENTING ADULTS DO WITH ONE ANOTHER, IT IS UP TO THEM TO FACE THE REWARDS & CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE ADULT DECISIONS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MINORS, THERE SHOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE NO TOLERANCE POLICY. IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT TO DEMAND & ENFORCE THE LAWS OF PROTECTING ITS PEOPLE!

THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL TWENTY SOMETHING SISTER, WHOM I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES WITH A EUROPEAN MAN THAT LOOKS OLD ENOUGH TO BE HER GRANDFATHER OR GREAT GRANDFATHER. YOU CAN SEE HER MISERY & THE EMBARRASSMENT IN HER EYES, AS SHE WATCHES THE EYES ON HER –ALL KNOWING THAT SHE IS, A BOUGHT FOR THE NIGHT, OR KEPT FOR THE MEANTIMES & IN BETWEEN TIMES WOMAN.

YOU NEVER KNOW A PERSON’S STORY OF WHY & HOW –SO I TRY NOT TO JUDGE, BUT PRAY FOR HER SAFETY & HOPE THAT SHE WILL FIND A BETTER LIFE. ONE THAT SHE CAN BE TRULY PROUD OF & RAISE HER HEAD UP HIGH, AS A BLACK QUEEN IN GHANA!
THERE IS A HUGE SIGN, AS YOU ARRIVE IN GHANA AT CUSTOMS, TELLING PEDOPHILES & THOSE COMING TO GHANA TO ENGAGE IN DEVIANT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, TO RETURN TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WELCOMED IN GHANA. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A SIGN IN AN AIRPORT AT CUSTOMS IN ALL MY YEARS OF TRAVEL. IS THIS BECAUSE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT GETS LOOKED OVER AFTER YOU ARE PAST CUSTOMS? IT’S LIKE THE SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING ON A PACK OF CIGARETTES –WE WILL TELL YOU IT WILL KILL YOU, BUT WE WILL STILL ALLOW YOU TO INDULGE IN IT & NOT REALLY REGULATE THE SOURCE OF WHAT CAN KILL YOU, PLUS MAKE IT EASILY AVAILABLE TO YOU.

THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTY JUXTAPOSED WITH HARSH REALITY IN GHANA. I COULDN’T UNDERSTAND HOW ISSUES SUCH AS THESE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING EXPOSED & TALKED ABOUT THRU THE POWER OF THE LOCAL MEDIA, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL REAL GOVERNANCE -IT GETS IGNORED. I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE MANY IN GHANA, WHO JUST LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING POWER, HAVING A SAY, FEELING IMPORTANT, BEING FLAMBOYANT, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO REALLY DELIVER ON THE TALK –YOU QUICKLY REALIZE THAT IT IS JUST TALK!

THE CLASSISM IN GHANA IS VERY TRANSPARENT. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE BREAKDOWN IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE HAVES & THE HAVE NOTS .THE HAVES DEFINITELY PREY ON, USE & FLAUNT THEIR HAVES FOR THE HAVE NOTS, WHO WORK FOR THEM OR DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TO WORK FOR THEM, WORSHIP & FANTASIZE ABOUT ONE DAY BEING AMONGST THEM !

THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE I SEE WHEN I COMPARE THIS TO THE UNITED STATES IS THAT THERE IS CLEARLY A MIDDLE CLASS THAT IS THRIVING & BRINGING SOME BALANCE BETWEEN THE POOR & OVERTLY WEALTHY. GHANA SEEMS TO BE FILLED WITH DREAMERS- HOPING, WISHING, & FANTASIZING ABOUT WHAT CAN BE , BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE FANTASY OF THEIR DREAMS CONSUMES THEM & KEEPS THEM FROM PUTTING IN THE REAL LIFE WORK NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS BY RESPECTING, APPRECIATING, HONORING, AND UTILIZING FOR THEMSELVES , WHAT IS RIGHT AT THEIR OWN DOORSTEPS!

RADIO STATIONS ARE CONSTANTLY FILLED WITH LOVE SONGS WITH PEOPLE CONSTANTLY FOCUSED ON THEIR EMOTIONS & FANTASIES, LIVING A TYPE OF MELANCHOLY EXISTENCE RATHER THAN THE REALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND SETTING & ACHIEVING GOALS!

EVEN BLACK STARS & BLACK QUEENS MUST PUT IN THE WORK & NOT LEAVE ALL IN GOD’S HANDS!