Tuesday, October 23, 2007

The Masters of Display

Laurel calls Ghanaians the “masters of display.” Indeed. Even lumps of coal in tall gunny-sacks are lined up like little men along the road, with chunks of coal on the top of the bags, arranged like crowns. Big, rough brown yams look elegant when arranged in pyramids.
Ghanaians sell vermillion palm oil in gallon jugs. Even at the most modest road-side joints, the jugs are stacked into architectural forms.

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