Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Rear Window

Ghanaians like to profess their feelings to the world, using the back windows of their cars. You are likely to see on the rear of any taxi or tro-tro (micro-bus) a decal of words or phrases. Sometimes they are in a local language, but frequently they are in English. They seem to run from religious ("praise God") to rude ("shut up") to narcissistic ("darling boy").

Yesterday I saw a new one:



Then there were also some of the classics:



Some others seen in Accra include:

Still Wonderful Jesus
Pray For Life
Rock Fella
Showers of Blessings
Show Boy
In Jesus Name
Psalm 121
Don't Rush
Trust & Obey
Life is War
God is God
Say Yours
Still the Boy
God's Property
No Jesus No Life
Your Time Go Come
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