When we were in Accra, we were passing by a government building and were called over by the police. I felt a little nervous, but not very because in my experience police often use their position to strike up conversations with interesting passers by, and as two (young and marriageable) obruni (white people) we usually qualify.

Sure enough, the police officer told us that his boss wanted to see us, and when we got to the boss, he struck up the usual conversation: where are you from, what are you doing here, are you married? I replied that I was married and my friend had a boyfriend, and he asked me to find him a wife. I told him that I’m a little older so, so all my friends are married, but I’ll look for a wife for him if he wants. He replied that he wanted an older woman, a divorcee from Canada, who was stout and strong with wide hips. She should be 40-50. She should send her picture and then he will send his picture, and she can come to Ghana, and he will show her around before they travel back to Canada.

So, if that sounds like you, and you want a Ghanaian husband, leave a comment and I’ll send you his address (he specifically wanted Canada, but I’m sure he’d take a wife from America or the United Kingdom as well).

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