Ghana's Afua Ansah out of 'Scripps National Spelling Bee'

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  • aikins 10 years ago

    If the economy back home will be better?

  • Sethoo 10 years ago

    Liechtenstein is near Luxemburg/Switzerland,it is one of the countries in Europe where corrupt African leaders keep their looted monies.John Mahama shd have taught this small girl the name he has his monies over there.

  • Sigma, London 10 years ago

    Congratulations Afua! You made all of us proud. What do you want to pursue in future? Good luck!

  • Nyetefetor 10 years ago

    What is a Dutch name got to do with a a spelling contest in English? Cultural supremacy and bias.

  • ghanaman 10 years ago

    She must be praised for the by no means humble feat. What's needed now is for her to work even harder to climb higher next time.

  • YAA-YAA 10 years ago

    May the Good Lord hugely bless you...

  • Yaw 10 years ago

    Congratulations Afua. ...people let's not put too much pressure on our kids, and folks who compete internationally. What is all this representing Ghana and the whole of Africa business - that's to much pressure. She's our ow ...
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  • BERN 10 years ago

    Liechtenstein is Deutsche word hard for English speaking to spell.Lie.ch.ten.Stein.

  • Putin 10 years ago

    With the evident european bias, she has acquitted herself rather well! Congrats.

  • Villager 10 years ago

    Even you have spelt the name wrongly too. It is BUNKPURUGU (10 letters and not 9)

  • GHANABA 10 years ago

    She lost!

  • Odikro 10 years ago

    The spelling bee competition in the United States is so names because it is sponsored by the E. W. Scripps Company, an American broadcasting company founded in 1978. Why are we calling the Ghanaian version Scripps? Does Scrip ...
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  • DHURUWAH 10 years ago

    What is a 49 year old doing at a Spelling Bee?

  • Appiah Kubi 10 years ago

    I don't think Afua is 49 years old. Rather, 49, is her identification number. All the participants in the contest are identified by numbers and not their names.

  • Brofo 10 years ago

    Ghanains dont read... and if they do, they dont understand...lol

  • SAINT 10 years ago

    Even the reader could not spell his country's name right,gyimiii, what is Ghanains?go sleep fool boy or praise the girl mr empty headed foul cryer!!! hihihi

  • Brofo 10 years ago

    You got it all wrong, my message was in support of the smart young lady, I was rather bullshiting the guy who said she was 49.