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Jul 2019
By:   Bannuel Asante
“Kayayo, kayayo”, my title is announced in the crowd accompanied by beckon.
Turning to the direction of  echo with quicken pace,
In  sweaty blouse, “Maria Amaka skirt” and ***** scarf.
Some passers- by   hold  noses and others show faces of foulness

Yet I am an indispensable entity,
and so are you all.
KAYAYO is the name  given to local  carriers in Ghanaian markets. Due to the nature of their jobs they appear  shabby,sweaty and unkept all the  time and as such  they  are regarded as less human by  non- kayayos. most of them come from  the northern  sector of Ghana and hence are Muslims with peculiar  dressing  mode .
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