Hustling Is Not Stealing by John M. Chernoff

Author:John M. Chernoff [Chernoff, John M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, General, Anthropology, Cultural & Social, Black Studies (Global)
ISBN: 9780226103525
Google: Qecq01y4EGEC
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Goodreads: 977521
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

5 FUCKING ENGLISH PEOPLE

: William and Abena

: Reflections: Property and Family

: Power Show for Cigarettes

: Cool-Catch-Monkey

: Nigel’s Mouth

: A Beating among Friends

TAMALE

William and Abena

So: Nigel. Yeah. You know, in Africa here, many girls must follow men for money, to get something for themselves. But the first time, when I was with Nigel, I had no experience to keep money. I just—pfft-pfft—spent money like that. Nigel: I stayed with him a long time. Oh, yeah. Sometimes, when I was in Accra, I used to be with a friend for some time, but you know, when I was in Accra, I could be with people for a few days or some weeks, but always I was not staying there. Sometimes, half of my things are in my house, and half of my things are in your house. Maybe it will be two or three days before you will see me. I will be in my house, or I will go with my friends to some places. But when I was with Nigel, I didn’t know anybody else in Tamale as a boyfriend, so even when I would go to anyone’s house to visit, I still did my everything at Nigel’s house. But when I was in Tamale, I had plenty of friends.

Yeah, let me tell you. The first time when I went to Tamale from Accra, I didn’t know many girls there, but I got to know some of the African girls who were staying with these British people. We were three. All of us three, we knew each other at Accra, not to go round-round together, not as friends, but I met them first at Accra, and I used to be seeing them sometimes in the town. So when I was in Tamale, we met and saw ourselves there. The one girlfriend was called Gladys. She was married to a Lebanese man. The other was called Abena. Gladys also knew Abena from Accra. One time I saw Abena in the cinema, so I started telling Gladys that I had seen this girl in the cinema, but as she was not my good friend in Accra, we didn’t used to talk to each other. So then Gladys said, “She is a good girl. She is my friend, too.” You see? And at the same moment we were talking this talk, we were going to the market, and when we entered the market, we met the girl there. So we all became friends.

The boyfriend of Abena knew her from Accra, and they were together for about three years. I think they went to some places before coming to Tamale. He was working at one of the companies in the town. He was British. When I met Abena in Tamale, we were living in the same area. The man was living in a bungalow on the Bolga road,1 and they had a small road you could join from there to Bagabaga.

Abena used to come to visit us every time, but we didn’t go to her.

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