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Stunning vintage photos of Ghanaian life and style

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  • KWASI APONKYE 8 years ago

    NO WONDER BLACK WOMEN TODAY USE CARRY MY APONKYE HAIR ON THEIR HEADS AND THINK THE ARE PRETTY.

  • Milton 8 years ago

    Lol. Even back then they were not 100% Ghanaian from head to toe. From clothing to even acting, they all had elements of western lifestyle. Look at the lady with the white dolls? Seriously? How much more these days where ever ...
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  • peeee 8 years ago

    Independence was 1957 not in 1952 ,plus transition period what did you expect??joromi and black dolls?

  • Kotey 8 years ago

    I get what you're saying but I don't think there were any black dolls back then

  • peeee 8 years ago

    Is pic 4 an opel kadett or a Vauxhall viva?anyone??

  • Benewaa 8 years ago

    Why don't Ghanaians go back to calling themselves the names that they call themselves? What exactly is black anyway? I don't understand the whole 'we're all blacks there's. No, you call yourself whatever but please do not inc ...
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  • Rastafara"I" 8 years ago

    You could tell from the pictures they had middle class life...they had decent lives....

    Ghana was good before the thieves took over from 1966 to 2015...

  • Fleetwood Mac 8 years ago

    Interesting pic. Those of us old enuff remember those days.

    Black women have been obsessed with their hair since ages. They have done all kinds of things with them. Today every black woman wants long hair even though natu ...
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  • EZEKIEL 8 years ago

    ..and with that Sissal Hemp wig on the head, she thinks she looks beautiful ??? A pity for our conciousness as Blacks. WHAT IS WRONG WITH an African WOMAN keeping her NATURAL BEAUTY ???
    WE *HATE*our BEING,BUT want somebody t ...
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  • faith villains 8 years ago

    I like this forum for plain discussions.

  • LARRY OSEI 8 years ago

    VERY INTERESTING AND NOSTALGIC.

  • AKORABS 8 years ago

    Mr Osei, my greatest respect for your ever so simple and respectful comment. Those knocking the persons in these photos are themselves uncomfortable in their skin and want to deny us of our history - good or bad!

  • ???-Dede(the real deal) 8 years ago

    THE FIRST LADY IS EMP., RASHEED'S MOM AND THE THIRD IS PASTOR O'QUART'S BELOVED MOM

  • My brother's keeper 8 years ago

    Except for the two ladies in kente and native sandals these pictures could have come from Cape Town or Harlem. Nothing Ghanaian to be proud about.