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My Interaction at the Specialty Shops
Shopping at the woodcarving village in Kumasi was a revitalizing and stressful experience. Every shop I passed someone would persistently ask me to visit their shop and buy something. One person said he would give me a good price because of my hair.
Although I identify myself as a Christian many people of Ghana label me as a Rastafarian because of my hair style. Ghanaians frequently would call me “Rasta Boy” or “Rast” and give me a special handshake that  symbolized respect. I would have never suspected my “Locs”(dreadlocks) could define me into religious category so distinctly. This label provided me with a unique bond in relating to shop owners and petty sellers. This interaction also signified to me that things I do as a black man in America that people sometimes take for style such as my hairstyle, were used before as a symbol for a religious group called the Rastafarians. Henceforth here especially the younger generations do not know what that means.
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