FEATURE: Horny alone in charming Ghana

ACCRA - Sex on the beach I will not be having, but a stroll and a chance to eat some roasted meat as I see some lucky revellers get comfy on the beach, will be all that I will do and hope to get away with anyway.

I am in the west African country of Ghana and having a whale of a time. It could have been a deriliously happy time if my other half was here because I can assure you Ghana is not a place to visit alone. It is on the quiet side but it does give one that amorous feeling.

These amorous thoughts have been on my silly mind for the past two days. So it is these thoughts in mind that impulsively led me to take a stroll in one of the streets of the capital Accra.

I bumped into a middle-aged woman carrying a basket and announcing her arrival with a steady ring of a bell. The woman was carrying a lot of sexual delights - roots, powders, crystal stones and crushed leaves.

All these were in one way or another meant to make the already hot nights hotter. This sister is a moving pharmacy and seems to be doing quite well in her chosen trade.

Here there is nothing embarrassing about selling herbal sexual goodies. It is done in broad daylight and she moves around the makeshift shops and offices taking time to show her regular clients the latest products on the market. Apart from the herbs, she also markets contraceptive pills, crystals that cure yeast infections and has an array of medicines for stomach problems.

There is also on the market a toffee-like sweet that is supposed to work wonders on a woman's libido. A woman has to suck the toffee and when it is time to make love, I am told she will become all that and more or simply a tigress in bed.

If you want to attract a particular man or send your spouse to the loony bin as it were with love, then you visit the "juju man" (herbalist). He will give you love potions to administer with your spouse's food or some stuff to smear on your face and body to make you more attractive. Some of the charms are mixed into a woman's lipstick or eye make-up.

But the "juju man" has got rules that you must live by once you start using his charms or all the power will evaporate and you will be back to being unhappily single or have an unhappy marriage. For instance, a woman using some of the charms is not supposed to eat groundnuts for a certain period.

I like the way the sisters here are so liberated, not just about sexual matters but about anything that they feel affects them. They do not seem to be afflicted by the pretentious Zimbabwean sisters' prim and proper behaviour. Here what you see is what you get!

This was just my first stroll. I have not even been to the beach yet or to dance to high life music but I have made contact with several of my friends living in Accra so I expect to have an "innocently" sizzling time.

ACCRA - Sex on the beach I will not be having, but a stroll and a chance to eat some roasted meat as I see some lucky revellers get comfy on the beach, will be all that I will do and hope to get away with anyway.

I am in the west African country of Ghana and having a whale of a time. It could have been a deriliously happy time if my other half was here because I can assure you Ghana is not a place to visit alone. It is on the quiet side but it does give one that amorous feeling.

These amorous thoughts have been on my silly mind for the past two days. So it is these thoughts in mind that impulsively led me to take a stroll in one of the streets of the capital Accra.

I bumped into a middle-aged woman carrying a basket and announcing her arrival with a steady ring of a bell. The woman was carrying a lot of sexual delights - roots, powders, crystal stones and crushed leaves.

All these were in one way or another meant to make the already hot nights hotter. This sister is a moving pharmacy and seems to be doing quite well in her chosen trade.

Here there is nothing embarrassing about selling herbal sexual goodies. It is done in broad daylight and she moves around the makeshift shops and offices taking time to show her regular clients the latest products on the market. Apart from the herbs, she also markets contraceptive pills, crystals that cure yeast infections and has an array of medicines for stomach problems.

There is also on the market a toffee-like sweet that is supposed to work wonders on a woman's libido. A woman has to suck the toffee and when it is time to make love, I am told she will become all that and more or simply a tigress in bed.

If you want to attract a particular man or send your spouse to the loony bin as it were with love, then you visit the "juju man" (herbalist). He will give you love potions to administer with your spouse's food or some stuff to smear on your face and body to make you more attractive. Some of the charms are mixed into a woman's lipstick or eye make-up.

But the "juju man" has got rules that you must live by once you start using his charms or all the power will evaporate and you will be back to being unhappily single or have an unhappy marriage. For instance, a woman using some of the charms is not supposed to eat groundnuts for a certain period.

I like the way the sisters here are so liberated, not just about sexual matters but about anything that they feel affects them. They do not seem to be afflicted by the pretentious Zimbabwean sisters' prim and proper behaviour. Here what you see is what you get!

This was just my first stroll. I have not even been to the beach yet or to dance to high life music but I have made contact with several of my friends living in Accra so I expect to have an "innocently" sizzling time.