Accra wahala
The year was 2012 and in the middle of July. The weather was quite cold but this did not deter my friend and room mate, Eva from waking up one dawn to go to Accra and do some "selection" for the new academic year. Upon arrival, our "customer" was already at post and was about to open the bale. And as the saying goes, "The early bird catches the worm". We beat all other shoppers to it and to say we were excited is an understatement. Within an hour and a half, we were done with our selection and were on our way to Tema station to board a trotro back to campus. We were chatting excitedly and quite oblivious to our surroundings. However, Eva noticed that a few people would stop and stare at us strangely for seconds and drew my attention to it. That made us stop and look around us. To our utmost surprise, a boy of about 11 years old was following us. This boy was quite unkempt and had a strange look in his eyes. He would stop when we stop and walk when we d...