Nico:

Teens in Ghana enjoy games such as playing oware (a board game), draft (a card game) and football (soccer). Others prefer swimming or listening to music as well as going to jams/dancing. If I had money, I would buy detective story books, a tape recorder, computer, support my sibling in education, and buy kulekule (sweets) for small kids.

Young people in Ghana love music! They prefer listening to reggae, highlife, gospel, and other contemporary music. They also like movies, but are shifting their taste from African movies to foreign movies-especially American ones. American music and films have influenced Ghanaian teens' attitudes about their indigenous culture. Under the influence of foreign music and films, they tend to perceive the local culture as outdated. This has affected the preservation of our cultural heritage.

Young people in Ghana think teens in the U.S. are the happiest and most fortunate people in the world. They think American