EP3: A Few Notes On Transportation

EP3: A Few Notes On Transportation

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Ever wonder what a Tro-Tro was in its former life? Or what’s the job of the Tro-Tro mate? Or perhaps why you’d want to avoid the last seat in the front row? Find out in this, our 3rd episode in the Obruni series: “A Few Notes on Transportation” – a short collection of humorous observations, from a foreigner learning to navigate local transport methods and police enforcement in Ghana.
 

 

“A Few Notes on Transportation” is a short collection of humorous observations, from a foreigner learning to navigate local transport methods and police enforcement.

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Published: 6/15/11
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“A fellow passenger was once kind enough to explain to me that most tro-tros started life as small Nigerian cargo holders, minivans designed to seat two or three people per row.”

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“With this in mind, consider the following standard procedures for Ghanaian tro-tro seating. A tro-tro is never considered full until each row is occupied by, at minimum, four-paying passengers.”

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“Monetary value is assigned only to the occupation of a seat itself. Cost efficiency, therefore, may require you to squeeze as many as 3 or 4 other people’s small children between your legs.”

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