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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
John W. Fountain

‘Ghana is hard,’ they say. But the people of Accra are harder

A girl reclines inside a barber shop in Accra, Ghana. (Provided)

ACCRA, Ghana — Capital city. Population 2.6 million. Forty journalism students with one goal: To tell the stories of everyday people.

From bustling boisterous markets. To the relentless entrepreneurial merchants who hawk their wares in perilous streets that buzz with motorists and merciless motorbikes that dart recklessly in between traffic. To the faithful “Kayaye” — the young women who work as porters, carrying more than their weight on their heads and a small child tied in a cloth on their backs.

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