One man convinced parents to let their daughters surf. Now they are challenging and changing social stereotypes in rural Ghana.
Appearing in Surfer, the article was titled 'Africa - Home of Surfing?' and illustrated with a heavy-handed caricature of a tribesman dragging a board out of the surf.
As the article had explained, it is a centuries-old scene. But there was also something new in the images they were capturing. This group of surfers was all girls. And in Ghana that difference is making a difference."One day I went surfing and my mother beat me with a pan," says Vanessa Turkson with a smile as she swings side-saddle in a low-slung hammock.One of her friends tells how her own parents would inspect her feet for grains of sand, ready to punish her it they discovered any.
While they have prevented their girls from enjoying the beach, their boys have learned to harness the local waves, with Busua becoming one of several surf hotspots in Ghana.Kwofie saw the division that kept girls at home after school, cooking food, helping their parents and working the land, and was determined to break it down."When she passed, another woman took care of me and now my surf shop is supported by a woman.
The club is part of a scene that has sprung up after decades of lying dormant in some areas of Africa.
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