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Deli.ciouzly Yours
Akosua
The tang of the just- now -made
palm nut soup, jam-packed with escargots, crabs, smoked tuna, smoked mackerel,
smoked herrings and koobi infused through the windows to tinkle my nostrils heedless. The wooden fufu mortar and the wooden pestle
were making rhythmic melody. The blue and white painted wooden structure has a cemented
floor, neatly arranged old looking tables and stools. Polyester hemmed with
lace curtains drooped sloppily on the four windows of the structure. A table
chock-full with alcoholic beverages and different shades of glasses is placed
at the extreme right corner of the room.
Rapturous voices of men can be heard from the room. A friendly looking woman clad in batik tie and
dye dress courteously greeted me and asked if she could be of help. I told her
I saw the lettering “DON’T MIND YOUR WIFE CHOP BAR” and that’s why I came in. “Madam,
you are welcome. My name is Comfort Afi Hopson but my clients call me MADAM
DON’T MIND. We sell banku, omo tuo, kokonte and tuo zaafi. We also sell fufu
which goes with light soup, groundnut soup or kontomire soup. Look at the faces
of my clients here, see how happy they are. My clients are men who don’t get suitable
home cooked food like mine in their houses so they opt for my chop bar. I advantageously
chose the name DON’T MIND YOUR WIFE CHOP BAR because I want my clients to forget
about the not so delightful cooking done by their wives or girlfriends in their
homes and come and eat at my chop bar. I have been doing this business for the
past twenty-five years and it is very lucrative”. Madam Don’t Mind asked her
waitress to serve me one of their specialties. I must say, it was lip-smacking
and no wonder the tag DON’T MIND YOUR WIFE CHOP BAR.
We Ghanaians have been
branding or naming our products, goods and services since time immemorial. Our
brand names are catchy and atypical. Inscriptions like GOD WILL PUNISH MY ENEMIES PROVISION STORE, GOOD MASTER, INSHA ALLAHU,
EXODUS 14:14, GOOD WIFE, WHO KNOWS TOMORROW, JUDGEMENT DAY, GIRLS GILRS FRIED
RICE, NO WEAPON, BRO. YAW MENSAH- THE DOG FADDA, FIRE WILL BURN MY HATERS DRUG
STORE, DZIGBORDZI SALON, MY TIME WILL COME CHOP BAR, NYAME YE ODO CHOP ,
BROTHER KWESI FRIED RICE, BARIMA NKWAN CHOP BAR ,LAST PARTY BLUE KIOSK, I SHALL
RETURN VILLA, NAA ATSWEI(1889-1978) VILLA, CASSANOVA DRINKING SPOT, TRAVEL AND
SEE SUPERMARKET, MY DESTINY IS IN THE HANDS OF GOD SALON, LET THEM SAY DRINKING SPOT, MY REDEEMER
LIVETH, THE GOODFATHER and the host of others can be found on shops,
kiosks, salons, chop bars, fried rice joints, drinking spots, vehicles, houses
etc.
Anytime you see a shop, kiosk,
salon, chop bar, fried rice joint, drinking spot, vehicle, or house in Ghana
with inscription on it, don’t hesitate to ask the owner what it means. It will
definitely have a story, idea or even history behind it.
Deli.ciouzly Yours
Akosua
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