Drama
Amoafi also described what day to day life was like in Ghana for children and this was used as a piece of drama for the class assembly. Year 1 and their teacher practiced with Amoafi on one of the project days.

"We woke very early at 6am because the sun shines strong (the sun sets between 5 and 6pm). We wash faces and then ...

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Wishes
On the introduction day Viv had shown a wooden circular block from Ghana which looked like a small sun or biscuit and was used for printing on material. It had a meaning which was "May the sun always shine on you". Now Amoafi told some other Ghanian proverbs:

"I wish that everything that you do is good" which has the same meaning as "May the sun always shine on you"
"May your star sparkle on you" which means "I wish you well".

Amoafi talked about wishes and how in Ghana they are like giving a nice present to someone, they are gifts for other people rather than yourself. Next Tony explained that he wanted the children to write their own wishes as these would then be illustrated and screen printed onto their individual wish hats (see the artwork/screen printing section).

As the children had just heard about how in Ghana the children have to do the housework before they go to school, their first wishes were:

"I wish that children in Ghana didn't have to work so hard"
"I wish that the children had a nicer life"

... and then they continued thinking about their own experiences:

"I wish that everyone has friends"
"I wish that plants keep growing everyday"

The children worked in groups making up their wishes before reading them out to the class.

Stories
During the project Amoafi also told some stories like the many-headed crocodile which is a story about unity in diversity. She also told a story based around the saying - "the grass is always greener" - click on the link below to read the story.

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