#ghanamustgo

[thenanaprojectghana]

GHANA MUST GO: The ugly history of Africa’s most famous bag

“In 1983, Nigeria expelled two million undocumented West African migrants, half of whom were from Ghana. The sturdy, checked bags into which they packed their belongings have become a symbol of exclusion and intolerance. Nearly four decades later, the region is yet to confront its emotional baggage.”

[lissreads]

"They were doers and thinkers and lovers and seekers and givers, but dreamers, most dangerously of all. They were dreamer-women. Very dangerous women." #taiyeselasi #ghanamustgo #currentlyreading #bookstagram

[kforce1s]

Ghanamustgo - N4T - 2025

most played album last year + cover art is fire

#n4t

[wildstatement-archive]

Current favourites • His Only Wife — Peace Adzo Medie • The Sweetest Remedy — Jane Igharo • You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty — Akwaeke Emezi • Ghana Must Go — Taiye Selasi • #bookstagram #blackauthors #ghanamustgo #youmadeafoolofdeathwithyourbeauty #hisonlywife #sweetestremedy (at Roncesvalles Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cps5aE-u3sD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sleepinggiantafrica]

Transcending African Borders: The Red White Blue Bag

The Red-White-Blue Bag, known to many across Africa as the Ghana Must Go bag also goes by different names within different parts of the continent.

Can you guess which countries call the Ghana Must Go bag the 'China bag', 'Zimbabwe bag' and the 'Unomgcana'? What name does this bag go by in your country?

[charlotteecraig]

“They were doers and thinkers and lovers and seekers and givers, but dreamers, most dangerously of all.” • • • #taiyeselasi #ghanamustgo #quotes #quoted #books #book #reading #diversereading #author #dreamer #writer #quote #quoted #bookquotes #taiyeselasiquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/B899WZUAQ10/?igshid=2dqvdvfyxkt8

[savvykenya]

Got two books to get me started on my 2020 reading journey. #Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and #GhanaMustGo by Taiye Selasi. (at Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7LIrU1gTas/?igshid=pm1et1y1j5om

[primecollector]

Getting ready for #ghana #taiyeselasi #ghanamustgo @nypl (at New Delhi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ETA_0FmyW/?igshid=160g0uw8wtyqe