The Ghana Rural Library Project

obruni→ White person.

football→ Called “soccer” in the USA.

jollof rice, banku, fufuo→ traditional Ghanaian foods. Banku and fufuo are types of strange paste made from corn or rice or something. I don’t know. They’re usually eaten with a stew, either with fish or goat meat. The texture is the difficult part, it’s kind of sticky and soft, and it slides around in your mouth… I don’t really know how to describe it.

Trotro→ van-like vehicle with about 16 seats including the driver, available for rent as a sort of private taxi for transportation throughout Ghana. Seatbelts are not required.

Chop bar→ small bar on the side of a main road where sit-down meals can be purchased and eaten.