African Gold Diggers? More Like Survivors
Great One:
Your assumption regarding black women as ubiquitous gold diggers is not only insulting, but patently ridiculous and betrays a total lack of understanding of the realities of most of sub-Saharan Africa. Tne next time you want to indulge in racial stereotypes, please keep in mind that the average per capita income in Ghana is less than $400 per year. Even this figure is totally distorted by the fact that about 98% of the country's wealth is controlled by less than 2% of the population. If you factor in this phenomon, then deduct the percent of the economy financed by donor contributions (in Ghana's case about 8%), you are left with the fact that most Ghanaians must survive on less than $1 per day. Now, in the rural areas, in which food is reasonably abundant, and the cultural emphasis on sharing food is strong at the village level, survival is possible. In urban areas however (Accra, Kumasi) food must be purchased, as must shelter and clothes. Add the fact that most of the economies in sub-Saharan Africa are actually contracting (again deducting donor contributions), that they cannot begin to generate enough new jobs to absorb the emerging workforce, compound this by the flood of indigent refugees fleeing civil wars in less stable countries than Ghana, and you are left with a totally bleak, some might say relatively hopeless situation.
Now I would guess that most of the young women with whom you've been interacting do not come from wealthy families, and I would ask you, in light of the socio-economic context described above, what the hell you would expect? In a country in which even University - educated women turn to street prostitution due to lack of economic prospects, why are you so self-righteously amazed? These ladies only have one thing to sell, the competition is fierce, and the shelf life is short. They are doing what they need to do to survive, and often their family's survival is at least partially dependent on them as well.
I lived in Ghana for a long time, and during that period I had two girlfriends, both of whom were completely faithful and neither of whom were overly demanding. Guess what chief? Like people everywhere, Ghanaian women respond positively to being treated nicely, to men who are kind to them, to those who do not abuse them, and to those who do not mock them for trying to survive.
Why don't you take a vacation in Beverly Hills? You might find the women there more to your liking.