Hi, my name is Dorcas Kruse.
I'm 27 years old.
I've been working
for British Airways for five years and I'm proud to say that I'm a Ghanaian.
So, I was recently very, very lucky to have been selected
to be part of a flight to show the richness of Ghana.
So, sometimes what I actually do, I'll be quite cheeky and hide that I'm actually from Ghana.
So, once they do realise that I’m Ghanian, it’s just so much fun
so much banter.
They're like, “Oh my daughter, my daughter.”
I do love the interaction with the passengers a lot.
One thing that British Airways has done really
well, is listen to the customers in relation to the Ghanaian flights,
and that is by introducing the A350. And, the passengers absolutely
love this new plane because it feels new.
It just makes them feel good when they're on board
and they absolutely love it.
So, one of the most amazing places to visit in Ghana is the Makola market,
and that market has a lot going on.
You're going to see people dancing and people selling.
You're going to see fish, you're going to see meat,
you're going to see fruit, you're going to see clothes.
You're going to see everything that you can think of in that market.
One thing about Ghana, is you’re going to see so much colour,
you’re going to see vibrancy and colour, and you’re going to see
a particular fabric, which is called the Kente fabric.
You wear that on special occasions, and it can come in any colours.
You can make your own style and you can use it with beads,
you can literally dress it up or dress it down.
Yeah, I just love it.
I even have some, myself.
Music is such a big thing in Ghana,
such a big thing.
You can be in that corner and someone would be playing gospel,
you can be in that corner
and someone’s going to be playing
Hiplife. In the other corner, someone’s going to be drumming.
Like, you’re just going to hear so many sounds in Ghana,
but music is heavily embedded because we love to dance, as well.
And, that’s why the drums and just loud music
loud music is found in every corner that you go to.
So, my mum lives in the UK, but
she also partly lives in Ghana, especially during the winter months.
She goes to Ghana.
So, one thing that I love is when I get the opportunity to go to Ghana,
I’m greeted with the warmest hug because she’s missed me so much.
Normally, the dogs would also be running around
to greet me, because they haven’t seen me in a long time.
So, I absolutely love that element
of being able to go to Ghana and just seeing my mum.
So, one thing that is really, really, really important
in the Ghanian family, is the food. We love to eat.
We love it because food brings everyone together.
So, we absolutely love that.
One thing about food is that even if you don't have certain things
in your house, you could ask your neighbour and they will actually bring it over.
And, then we, kind of, are all cooking together.
So, that's just an amazing thing.
And, one thing that we love to do is overfeed our guests, and stuff like that.
So, there's going to be an abundance of food in the house when you go visit a Ghanian family.
We actually cooked some Fufu or how, in Ghanian culture we say Fufu.
had Fufu with a light soup, and then we had Omo Tuo, which
is rice balls, with Nkatenkwan, which is peanut soup.
The Fufu is traditionally served in the Asanka bowl, which is like,
you can have it in different colours, but the majority of the time, it’s a black bowl
and it’s just, yeah, just our culture in this little bowl. And, it’s amazing.
Fufu is made with cassava and plantains.
You need a mortar and a pestle. And, then you prep your mortar
and your pestle. Just clean it, make sure it’s all ready and prepped.
You start by pounding, you combine them and you just keep pounding, keep pounding
until you get it into a dough, kind of.
But, you’re pounding and you’re using your hand to mix.
It’s so intricate, like
it’s such an amazing thing.
And, you wouldn’t even know that that’s how Fufu is made.
To show unity, and stuff like that,
we love to eat it from one bowl, and everyone just gets their hands in
and everyone just eats
because it just shows unity, family and we all love each other.
I absolutely love my job.
I love what I do.
Not only does it allow me to go to Ghana all the time,
it also allows me to see other culture and also broaden my knowledge
on humans, in general, and how people work in their cultures.
And, one thing that people always say about Ghanaians, is the love that
we show to people, and that we’re such a peaceful country.
All of these cultural things that I can pass on to my kids, as well, and
just to show them that, you know what, be proud of your heritage
because we have so much value and that will never die down.