"Africa Wear"

Ghanaians don't have "casual Friday", they have "Africa Wear Friday". No dress shirts and ties required, just fun, colorful prints in shirts and cotton dresses. We knew it would only be a matter of time before we'd have to venture out and get some Africa wear. The intention was to wait until we had a church function or wedding to attend, although we did go to one of the stores a couple weekends ago to browse. Nothing jumped off the racks at us so we decided to take more time to peruse the country's inventory.

Well, Dan's Africa wear was kindly provided for him earlier this week. One of his coworkers, Abeku, was incredibly kind and got Dan some Africa wear as a birthday present. I will admit that we were a bit nervous about how crazy the prints would be but they were actually quite tame. So now Dan has a long sleeve and short sleeve Africa print shirt. I'll need to get a dress at some point. They had some nice options at the shop but we actually also know a fashion designer here in Accra. She is the sister of our driver, Richard. She offered to make me something when I am ready.

In the meantime, here's some lovely selfies of Dan in his new garb: