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The "Working in Ghana" Project
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About
Narratives
Accountant*
Agricultural Advisor
Agricultural Development Coordinator
Apprentice Automobile Mechanic
Army Officer
Auditor
Automobile Mechanic
Bank Manager*
Butcher
Carpenter/Palm Wine Tapper
Cashew Farmer
Child Care Attendant*
Civil Engineer
Clothing Designer and Producer
Cocoa Farmer*
Coffin Maker
Construction Laborer
Cycle Repairman
Domestic Worker
Fisherman
Gold Mine Machine Operator
Guard – Transport Union
Market Queen – Yam Traders
Member of Parliament
Nurse
Pastor
Petrol Station Pump Attendant*
Physician
Police Officer
Postmistress*
Primary School Teacher*
Prison Officer*
Public Health Inspector
Restaurant Proprietor*
Room Cleaner
Secretarial Services Proprietor
Soil Surveyor
Sundries Items Seller
Tax Inspector
Timber Contractor
Timber Truck Driver
Traditional Farmer
Traditional Healer*
Travel Agency Managing Director*
University Graduate Student
University Residence Hall Porter
Used Clothing Seller*
Veterinary Service Officer*
Village Chief
Narratives – Expats
Development Agency Director
Ethnomusicologist
Peace Corps Volunteer*
Pediatrician*
University Lecturer
Reflect
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Uses
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Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Contact Project Director
Allan W. Wicker
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About the project
[best place to start]
Sample narrative:
Market queen, yam traders
List of work narratives
[Provides links to the full
texts of more than 50 narratives]
Some suggested uses for the
narratives
Photo gallery
Researchers’ reflections on
the project
About the project director
Photo Gallery
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Tannery worker
Basket vendor
Fishermen
Pottery maker
Market food vendor
“Decent Watch Service” proprietor
Builder, wattle and daub hut
Water carriers
Women pounding cassava
Clown/juggler
Bath time
Coffin maker
Weaver
Village chief and elders
Smoked fish vendor
Shopkeepers
Kente cloth weaver
Ice cream seller
Seamstress
Teacher
Cycle repairman
Brick maker
Clothing designer/producer
Carved coffins
Seamstress apprentices
Pediatrician (expatriate)
Shoe mender
Yam traders
Butcher
Hairdresser
Bread seller
Baker
Auto mechanic
Cloth vendor