Great video tim, im in the uk and long discussions, debates or interviews aside between ghanaians and black diasporans wishing to relocate this type of video is engaging, fun, lighthearted as well as educational. Its a video like this that can help bridge a gap more for diasporans wishing to settle or assimilate into the ghanaian society. A refreshing and fun video this was
I read somewhere that left handed individuals are generally more creative and have higher IQs. So I can see where that was somehow stripped away with a notion that somehow it's disrespectful to use your left hand. But this "Boss" and "Boy's Quarters?" "Master Bedroom" The original meaning behind these things are soon to be revealed.
@@akuastruth I would say that now ghanaians are not that strict on those who use their left hand. Those who are naturally left handed are not forced to use the right hand . The truth is most people use their last hand to do all the other stuff like wiping their asses and so using it to take things from people as well as eating seems disrespectful
@@akuastruth i think those words "Boss" "Master's bedroom" etc are terms that my fellow African Americans don't actually find appealing because of what it actually meant back in the days of slavery and I think they should be changed
The lady is over-generalising and self-projecting her own cultural back ground . Ghana is very diverse in terms of culture with regard to ethnicity , language , religion and the very idea of Ghana as a country itself . This cultural should be respected otherwise you risk becoming part of the problem . Not every Ghanaian I would agree with these tips .
In Zimbabwe if you receive a gift from your parents, you accept it with both hands,if you use one hand, they will pull it back, until you use apologize and use both hands .I remember when my father bought my first pair of football boots aged 10,he made sure I used both hands to accept the box of boots,or else he would not give them to me.
Based on my personal experience, especially Accra, most of what she said is on-point. However, I would not say that some of those things have anything to do with morals (i. e., using left hand instead of your right). A moral issue, for me, would be lying about the price of goods or services, charging me more just because I am a foreigner, or perceived to be. It happens a lot in Ghana. Ghanaians call elders mummy (mommy) daddy , aunty, uncle a 1:011:01 lot; and they call peers chale, boss, masta (I don’t care for that at all), aunty, uncle. refer to elders as madame, or sir, never mummy or daddy (I am an elder myself). A few who know me call me Mr. (insert first name), but mostly Mr. (insert last name. One small (they prefer to use small over little) boy felt so comfortable with me that he thought it appropriate to say: “What’s up, my N-word”? tome. I was both shocked and highly offended. I read him the riot act, needless to say.
A lot of African American cultural norms came from West Africa along with our ancestors. You simply don't argue with senior citizens. Whatever they say, goes. You greet them first; don't interrupt their conversation. I understand the part about saying "please"; basically you are asking permission to speak, to be considered. It's respectful! That putting a 'handle' on the name of an elder is serious business! I have cousins who are old enough to be my parents and I grew up addressing them as "Cousin __________"; never by their first name alone. A sign of affection and acceptance into one's extended family is to call an unrelated elder, "Auntie" or "Uncle". Since my grandfathers were both deceased by the time I reached two years of age, I called the grandfather of a childhood friend, "Grandpa". That was considered a high honor.
It used to be that elders "knew best" because they have more experience. In the modern age in America, the elders are outdated. Technology has left them in the past. Their experience no longer applies. Maybe that's why the honor for elders has changed?
Man, I can continue to realize that Africa is all connected! As strange as it may sound, the respect rules said by your guest are all almost the same in Angola. Well done!
This is correct and yes we have these practices in our homes as African's here in the UK also. She is correct regarding the dressing and attire, something that we were taught growing up also. There are many practices that we have here in the UK in African, Caribbean, Asian and my white friends homes especially people I know. African's and Caribbeans have always been seen as the strictest parents, in fact we have a show called strictest parents abroad, and growing up I truly respected that. We couldn't say swearwords in our home either. Under immense distress alot of people are saying alot of words to avoid criminality. I would prefer that to be honest until such a time that things are resolved and they return to themselves. It releases pressures that could otherwise be very damaging. Thank you for this, this reminds me of my entire upbringing, that I truly appreciate and respect. P.E.A.C.E
Elders in Ghana don't greet young ones but rather ask how are you doing? It's a great disrespect for a young person to ask an elderly person, "how are you doing". It is believe that elderly person can give care to you but not the other way round.
No. It's a culture of not making a nuisance of yourself to inconvenience others. Everyone is doing it so as you're pleasing others others are pleasing you too. That's how we learn to be civil and peaceful and not selfish pursuing only what makes you 'happy'. Society is a living organism. One person out of tune destroys the rest. We have seen what your pursuit of 'self love' and 'be yourself and don't care what anyone thinks' and YOLO is doing to western society. We want no part of it. If it works for you fine. This is what works for us too. Everyone should stay in their lane
For you greeting and elderly when he or she enters your space I think it depends but from my personal day to day life people older than myself always greet me when they come into my space
This is also in the southern states of America culture, our elder taught us this we must speak, if children didn't do it they are in trouble.The southern states have this culture because this is were the slaves were in the southern states of America,This is our African culture here in America
When you go and visit a friend or relative, and you want to go to the loo/bathroom, you don't greet, you ask for permission to use the facility, then greet after you come back from the loo. The reason being that, some greetings are elaborate, and you may be dying to go to the bathroom, but it would seem rude to interrupt mid greeting to rush off to go and do number 1 or 2. greetings. Direction of greetings; I think it's right to left, I stand to be corrected
I am capable of being ambidextrous when necessary, but am massively left-handed & left-footed.... Slightly less than 10% of HUMANITY is left-handed - is there no cultural acceptance for how one is born?
There're lots of left handed people in ghana. Heck majority of my maternal family is left handed. In ghana lefthanded people are trained to use their left hand when they're doing things for themselves and use the right when working with others. For example in class, you can't raise your left to answer a question and a left handed Ghanaian child knows that.
Speaking from a Nigerian context there's some "finessing" that comes into play that she can't really explain, you just have to know it. Not that you can't disagree with an elder... more so like you can't argue or be combative with an elder. You more so have to "acknowledge" what they're saying and then respectfully state your own point. In more formal things, let's say you're before a chief, then you have to make sure your disagreement is conveyed via the acknowledged emissaries (e.g., maybe an elder advocating for you etc.)
You don't disagree, wealthier they are wrong or not just say yes Sir this is respect, young girls our clothes had to be respectful, this is same in America in the southern part, now in the northern part of America it's different, the people in the United states in the Northern hemisphere they don't greet each other more as we do in the south of America
If you’re Ghanaian and have different cultural norms then tell us instead of the gibberish people are spewing. The guest was spot on on most of the norms. However, there’re times an elderly will enter your space or pass you by but then greets you first and you’re expected to respond respectfully. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong. I live in America and the cultural norms here to me is not the best. I see young people calling elderly people ‘hey.’ Not good at all.
NONSENS. What's gibberish about having different point of view. Is it a force to greet somebody you don't know? or can i not say to an elderly person to stop if he or she is doing the wrong thing? Our culture and believes systems are taking us back and making us tamed dogs. i was born free person and no one can tell me what i should or shouldn't do culturely.
@@hawkermbgjro4034 Exactly! I guess the host's next topic should be "what cultural norms and traditions need an overhaul to be abreast with current challenges?". I am not a traditionalist, because I find a lot of our so-called traditions and customs retrogressive. Worse still, people tend to use the so- called traditions and customs as a silencing mechanism even though they need to be dissected and revised.
@@XtaC78 you can always smell an American or UK or Canadian born African and a black diaspora miles way. Translate his or her statement and this is exactly how it sounds. I am going to do and act whatever I like when I travel to the Philippine or Indonesia or Malaysia or Tibet or even to Italy . I tell you men. You can always smell a westerner miles away. Until they get to the actual destination. Then when in Rome you do as the Romans do kicks in 😀😀
Tim , I think you do a good job in delivering consistently good quality content . However , I think you and your guests often fail to acknowledge and respect the cultural , ethnic and linguistic diversity in Ghana . Ghana is not a cultural monolith and there are many different cultures in Ghana .
Lol. U get used to it. My grandma, uncles, cousins, bestie and now my son are all lefties and doing great in ghana. They learned to use the right when interacting with others
Therefore being exalted to the RIGHT HAND of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. Acts 2:33 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the RIGHT HAND of the LORD doeth valiantly. Psalm 118:15 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the RIGHT HAND of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; Hebrews 8:1 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the RIGHT HAND of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven Mark 14:62 Both left and right handed people are created in the image of God.
For the public PDA, something funny happened to a son of my friend in 1998 when he went to Ghana from Canada. The boy got himself a girlfriend and one day they were outside when the boy tried to kiss the girl, the boys around that time jump on him and beat him , then took him to the police station accusing him of trying to kill the girl by sucking her blood out of her.
Esewoara 😂😂😂😂 you mean even if they don't kiss, Ghanaians hadn't even seen kissing on TV or movies to know it when they see it in real life? Either you're a terrible liar or your friend was doing something else.
clearly, a very stupid culture. Being a proud Ghanaian myself, I have suffered immensely due to the cultural backlash. I am saddened and disappointed that despite the passage of time , there's been no cultural evolution. This is truly sad! How can one have a discussion or conversation without disagreement?
The lady explained, that you can disagree with an elder but it should be done in a respectful way, by pre-fixing it with please I hear what you are saying but I don't agree with you, and this is my opinion. She probably did not explain herself well.
They are not colonial, they are cultural, and our culture existed even before the arrival of the colonial masters. We should respect and accept others' culture 🙏
@@amadovia2790 i'm a ghanaian and some of those practices are not my culture. Besides culture Changes overtime. A culture of pleasing others is not my culture period. I don't give a damn what people might call me respectfull or not i don't care.
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What do you think about these cultural tips?
Great video tim, im in the uk and long discussions, debates or interviews aside between ghanaians and black diasporans wishing to relocate this type of video is engaging, fun, lighthearted as well as educational. Its a video like this that can help bridge a gap more for diasporans wishing to settle or assimilate into the ghanaian society. A refreshing and fun video this was
I read somewhere that left handed individuals are generally more creative and have higher IQs. So I can see where that was somehow stripped away with a notion that somehow it's disrespectful to use your left hand. But this "Boss" and "Boy's Quarters?" "Master Bedroom" The original meaning behind these things are soon to be revealed.
@@akuastruth I would say that now ghanaians are not that strict on those who use their left hand. Those who are naturally left handed are not forced to use the right hand . The truth is most people use their last hand to do all the other stuff like wiping their asses and so using it to take things from people as well as eating seems disrespectful
@@akuastruth i think those words "Boss" "Master's bedroom" etc are terms that my fellow African Americans don't actually find appealing because of what it actually meant back in the days of slavery and I think they should be changed
The lady is over-generalising and self-projecting her own cultural back ground . Ghana is very diverse in terms of culture with regard to ethnicity , language , religion and the very idea of Ghana as a country itself . This cultural should be respected otherwise you risk becoming part of the problem . Not every Ghanaian I would agree with these tips .
In Zimbabwe if you receive a gift from your parents, you accept it with both hands,if you use one hand, they will pull it back, until you use apologize and use both hands .I remember when my father bought my first pair of football boots aged 10,he made sure I used both hands to accept the box of boots,or else he would not give them to me.
Same in my tribe in northern ghana both hands be used
Based on my personal experience, especially Accra, most of what she said is on-point. However, I would not say that some of those things have anything to do with morals (i. e., using left hand instead of your right).
A moral issue, for me, would be lying about the price of goods or services, charging me more just because I am a foreigner, or perceived to be. It happens a lot in Ghana.
Ghanaians call elders mummy (mommy) daddy , aunty, uncle a 1:01 1:01 lot; and they call peers chale, boss, masta (I don’t care for that at all), aunty, uncle. refer to elders as madame, or sir, never mummy or daddy (I am an elder myself). A few who know me call me Mr. (insert first name), but mostly Mr. (insert last name.
One small (they prefer to use small over little) boy felt so comfortable with me that he thought it appropriate to say: “What’s up, my N-word”? tome. I was both shocked and highly offended. I read him the riot act, needless to say.
A lot of African American cultural norms came from West Africa along with our ancestors. You simply don't argue with senior citizens. Whatever they say, goes. You greet them first; don't interrupt their conversation. I understand the part about saying "please"; basically you are asking permission to speak, to be considered. It's respectful! That putting a 'handle' on the name of an elder is serious business! I have cousins who are old enough to be my parents and I grew up addressing them as "Cousin __________"; never by their first name alone. A sign of affection and acceptance into one's extended family is to call an unrelated elder, "Auntie" or "Uncle". Since my grandfathers were both deceased by the time I reached two years of age, I called the grandfather of a childhood friend, "Grandpa". That was considered a high honor.
It used to be that elders "knew best" because they have more experience.
In the modern age in America, the elders are outdated. Technology has left them in the past. Their experience no longer applies.
Maybe that's why the honor for elders has changed?
@@T1Oracle Hmmmm - how about an "elder" who is very computer-literate, has 2 PhD's+, and an IQ over 160?
Man, I can continue to realize that Africa is all connected! As strange as it may sound, the respect rules said by your guest are all almost the same in Angola. Well done!
I really like your content, you're really immersing yourself into the culture of our noble beloved Beautiful country Ghana.
This is correct and yes we have these practices in our homes as African's here in the UK also. She is correct regarding the dressing and attire, something that we were taught growing up also. There are many practices that we have here in the UK in African, Caribbean, Asian and my white friends homes especially people I know. African's and Caribbeans have always been seen as the strictest parents, in fact we have a show called strictest parents abroad, and growing up I truly respected that. We couldn't say swearwords in our home either. Under immense distress alot of people are saying alot of words to avoid criminality. I would prefer that to be honest until such a time that things are resolved and they return to themselves. It releases pressures that could otherwise be very damaging.
Thank you for this, this reminds me of my entire upbringing, that I truly appreciate and respect.
P.E.A.C.E
That BEACH part was hilarious 😄🤣🤣🤣
This lady told it well. Ghanaians respect so we use please a lot
Elders in Ghana don't greet young ones but rather ask how are you doing?
It's a great disrespect for a young person to ask an elderly person, "how are you doing".
It is believe that elderly person can give care to you but not the other way round.
May Almighty Allah bless you abundantly amen my dearest brother
Hey Tim I need you to start selling some of the shirts you wear
Finally! Stuff that’s important to know. Thank you very much.
ghanaian culture is a culture of pleasing others.
No. It's a culture of not making a nuisance of yourself to inconvenience others. Everyone is doing it so as you're pleasing others others are pleasing you too. That's how we learn to be civil and peaceful and not selfish pursuing only what makes you 'happy'. Society is a living organism. One person out of tune destroys the rest. We have seen what your pursuit of 'self love' and 'be yourself and don't care what anyone thinks' and YOLO is doing to western society. We want no part of it. If it works for you fine. This is what works for us too.
Everyone should stay in their lane
My man Tim Swainnnnnnn!
She is right about that
Always Tim 🙂👍
For you greeting and elderly when he or she enters your space I think it depends but from my personal day to day life people older than myself always greet me when they come into my space
Great job
Great job you guys are turning Ghana in to a tourism destination from these videos
Learning and enjoying learning more about Ghana
This is also in the southern states of America culture, our elder taught us this we must speak, if children didn't do it they are in trouble.The southern states have this culture because this is were the slaves were in the southern states of America,This is our African culture here in America
THIS GIRL IS ON POINT BRAVO TIM YOU DOING A GREAT JOB GOD BLESS YOU 👍
Good job Tim
When you go and visit a friend or relative, and you want to go to the loo/bathroom, you don't greet, you ask for permission to use the facility, then greet after you come back from the loo. The reason being that, some greetings are elaborate, and you may be dying to go to the bathroom, but it would seem rude to interrupt mid greeting to rush off to go and do number 1 or 2. greetings. Direction of greetings; I think it's right to left, I stand to be corrected
Same as living in the south
Please, Mr Tim, register your logo as soon as possible. Can you put or write T.S on the background of your logo? Just wondering
Never ever I mean ever Use your left hand in Ghanaian culture I mean ever 😅
😄 that's on the top of the list of "disrespect " lol
It's the same in Zimbabwe too.
I'm left-handed sooooo guess I'll be considered disrespectful a lot there 🤷🏾♀️😂
I am capable of being ambidextrous when necessary, but am massively left-handed & left-footed.... Slightly less than 10% of HUMANITY is left-handed - is there no cultural acceptance for how one is born?
There're lots of left handed people in ghana. Heck majority of my maternal family is left handed. In ghana lefthanded people are trained to use their left hand when they're doing things for themselves and use the right when working with others. For example in class, you can't raise your left to answer a question and a left handed Ghanaian child knows that.
Nice one
Not only in Ghana it's all over Africa mostly west African countries
Really? Cos I've seen a lot of Nigerians surprised a out the use of please and the left hand in ghana
Speaking from a Nigerian context there's some "finessing" that comes into play that she can't really explain, you just have to know it. Not that you can't disagree with an elder... more so like you can't argue or be combative with an elder. You more so have to "acknowledge" what they're saying and then respectfully state your own point. In more formal things, let's say you're before a chief, then you have to make sure your disagreement is conveyed via the acknowledged emissaries (e.g., maybe an elder advocating for you etc.)
agreed
u are right
What if you left hand5 what then there's to life to worry about. Everything that has been discussed is boiled down ethics and courtesy.
Authentic! Please remember the symbolic "anklets" unless it's a cultural/ puberty rites
Tim the PDA. It depends on where you do it. If it is genuine it is seen as loving each other. Only wet kissing should be limited.
You don't disagree, wealthier they are wrong or not just say yes Sir this is respect, young girls our clothes had to be respectful, this is same in America in the southern part, now in the northern part of America it's different, the people in the United states in the Northern hemisphere they don't greet each other more as we do in the south of America
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The volume on your videos is always so low... Can anything be done about that? Thanks
If you’re Ghanaian and have different cultural norms then tell us instead of the gibberish people are spewing. The guest was spot on on most of the norms. However, there’re times an elderly will enter your space or pass you by but then greets you first and you’re expected to respond respectfully. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong. I live in America and the cultural norms here to me is not the best. I see young people calling elderly people ‘hey.’ Not good at all.
NONSENS. What's gibberish about having different point of view. Is it a force to greet somebody you don't know? or can i not say to an elderly person to stop if he or she is doing the wrong thing? Our culture and believes systems are taking us back and making us tamed dogs. i was born free person and no one can tell me what i should or shouldn't do culturely.
@@hawkermbgjro4034 Exactly! I guess the host's next topic should be "what cultural norms and traditions need an overhaul to be abreast with current challenges?". I am not a traditionalist, because I find a lot of our so-called traditions and customs retrogressive. Worse still, people tend to use the so- called traditions and customs as a silencing mechanism even though they need to be dissected and revised.
@@hawkermbgjro4034 I like your gusto. Do that wen you get to the chiefs house. Hope that gusto comes out 😀😀
@@burntbronze.9082 😂😂😂
@@XtaC78 you can always smell an American or UK or Canadian born African and a black diaspora miles way.
Translate his or her statement and this is exactly how it sounds. I am going to do and act whatever I like when I travel to the Philippine or Indonesia or Malaysia or Tibet or even to Italy . I tell you men. You can always smell a westerner miles away.
Until they get to the actual destination. Then when in Rome you do as the Romans do kicks in 😀😀
what you're describing is a older culture in transition to one more relevant to modern times. "Seen it before happens all the time"
Tim ,
I think you do a good job in delivering consistently good quality content . However , I think you and your guests often fail to acknowledge and respect the cultural , ethnic and linguistic diversity in Ghana .
Ghana is not a cultural monolith and there are many different cultures in Ghana .
I think this are the common ones that are found in almost all tribes, because they are the same with us here in Namibia and Namibia is far from Ghana.
Gilbert, I think Tim ain't stupid not to know that GH is made up of multitude of ethnic groups,
No hope for us lefties 😞
I know right! I'm a lefty too 😂 Guess I'll just be considered disrespectful... 🤷🏾♀️
Lol. U get used to it. My grandma, uncles, cousins, bestie and now my son are all lefties and doing great in ghana. They learned to use the right when interacting with others
You even say please, when you are insulting somebody, ie; Akwapims
The use of "please" is mainly among the Akuapim people. It's not everywhere in Ghana that they use please in many sentences
Not true. Asantes and Fantes also speak this way. If you ask me the lady giving the tips was spot on
I thought it was just a misunderstanding of the original English translation
Sis, you are exaggerating on some stuff. HUG?
Therefore being exalted to the RIGHT HAND of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
Acts 2:33
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the RIGHT HAND of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalm 118:15
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the RIGHT HAND of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Hebrews 8:1
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the RIGHT HAND of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven
Mark 14:62
Both left and right handed people are created in the image of God.
For the public PDA, something funny happened to a son of my friend in 1998 when he went to Ghana from Canada. The boy got himself a girlfriend and one day they were outside when the boy tried to kiss the girl, the boys around that time jump on him and beat him , then took him to the police station accusing him of trying to kill the girl by sucking her blood out of her.
Lol, stop it
Esewoara 😂😂😂😂 you mean even if they don't kiss, Ghanaians hadn't even seen kissing on TV or movies to know it when they see it in real life? Either you're a terrible liar or your friend was doing something else.
clearly, a very stupid culture. Being a proud Ghanaian myself, I have suffered immensely due to the cultural backlash. I am saddened and disappointed that despite the passage of time , there's been no cultural evolution. This is truly sad! How can one have a discussion or conversation without disagreement?
go and ask your grandfather
Honestly speaking some should be change. but as my bro said go and ask your grandfather for the rest
The lady explained, that you can disagree with an elder but it should be done in a respectful way, by pre-fixing it with please I hear what you are saying but I don't agree with you, and this is my opinion. She probably did not explain herself well.
Self degradation
@@klaw1425 sure bro, that's why our politician fool around and the youth can question them .
These are primitive and colonial days mentality
They are not colonial, they are cultural, and our culture existed even before the arrival of the colonial masters. We should respect and accept others' culture 🙏
@@amadovia2790 i'm a ghanaian and some of those practices are not my culture. Besides culture Changes overtime. A culture of pleasing others is not my culture period. I don't give a damn what people might call me respectfull or not i don't care.
@@hawkermbgjro4034 Are you an Ewe, or probably from another minor tribe!?
@@hawkermbgjro4034
Where are in Ghana are you from?
Aboa