What a sad night

So last night I went with the GM interns to watch the game and to cheer on the Black Stars. We got there and the owner of the chemical store saw the 8 white people in the crowd and did not want us to stand in the street so he had us stand up on the concrete ledge to watch the game. Every thing was going fine until just before Ghana scored their one goal in regulation time. Then someone pulled the cord out of the wall and the video screen went black. We could still hear the game but we could not see it on the screen. I was afraid that a riot was going to break out because just then Ghana scored. The whole group that was watching the game started cheering and screaming for them to get the projector back up and running.

The projector started to work again just as half time started and the game was going just fine and then a fight did break out just next to me. From what I could understand they were arguing about the game and the discussion just got too heated. The next thing I knew the guys that I was with had me stand behind him so I would not get hit. I had forgotten how nice it is to not have to always stand up for yourself.

When that had passed, we went back to watching the game. It broke my heart when they missed the penalty goal that would have ended the game and then it went into further time and then the whole towns heart broke when they missed their penalty shots. The whole town just put their heads down and walked away. I was like they did not even want to be around anyone else to talk about the game.

I am in Accra today to deliver some things to my NGO and it is like the whole town is in mourning.

Hopefully the next time will be better!