{"id":41,"date":"2001-02-04T12:39:57","date_gmt":"2001-02-04T10:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=41"},"modified":"2001-02-04T12:39:57","modified_gmt":"2001-02-04T10:39:57","slug":"walking-through-the-glaring-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2001\/02\/04\/walking-through-the-glaring-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking through the glaring heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Osu, Accra,<\/u><\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday<\/p>\n

the smells are different,<\/p>\n

the sounds are different,<\/p>\n

the people are the same.<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday<\/p>\n

less lively,<\/p>\n

less of a big city.<\/p>\n

but the people are the same.<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday<\/p>\n

the multitude of churches resound with the songs and prayers of the people<\/p>\n

African songs, and african prayers<\/p>\n

for african people<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday<\/p>\n

Even the smell of open sewers<\/p>\n

the incessant honking of free taxis<\/p>\n

and the playful yells of “obruni, obruni”<\/p>\n

seem to have faded with the people<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday<\/p>\n

A much quieter city<\/p>\n

A reminisence to a time<\/p>\n

not too long ago<\/p>\n

when Osu was indeed a village on the outskirts<\/p>\n

And not the city full of people it has become today<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday<\/p>\n

different in so many ways.<\/p>\n

yet in so many more it is all the same<\/p>\n

the humid heat,<\/p>\n

so oppresive to my scandinavian sensibilities<\/p>\n

is relentless, unpausing,<\/p>\n

but also infinitely beautiful in its overwhelming power<\/p>\n

in so may ways it is all the same<\/p>\n

wherever i turn, i am met by the intense smiles of the people<\/p>\n

the jestful, communicative body-language<\/p>\n

reminds me of the richness of the culture<\/p>\n

the wooden shacks,<\/p>\n

next to the splendid colonial mansions,<\/p>\n

and the multitude of signs <\/p>\n

directing me to the multitude of internet cafes<\/p>\n

remind me of the complexity of yesterday<\/p>\n

the complexity of the today<\/p>\n

and the complexity of tomorrow<\/p>\n

but mostly of the lines:<\/p>\n

“If your mind can conceive it<\/p>\n

and your heart can believe it,<\/p>\n

then you can achieve it”<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday<\/p>\n

yet in so may ways it is all the same<\/p>\n

wherever i turn, i am met by the intense smiles of the people<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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