Perspective: My Future Is Brighter Now I'm a Brummie ; It Was a Journey That Took Him Across Two Continents but It Was Only When He Arrived in Birmingham That He Finally Felt at Home. Here Benjamin Wemegah Hails Multiculturalism in the Midlands

Birmingham Post › January 13, 2006

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Born in a small town in Ghana, West Africa, I never thought my life was going to be like this.

Winneba is a small, coastal town. It is not known for anything except maybe fishing although the people there have always wanted to learn.

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Perspective: My Future Is Brighter Now I'm a Brummie ; It Was a Journey That Took Him Across Two Continents but It Was Only When He Arrived in Birmingham That He Finally Felt at Home. Here Benjamin Wemegah Hails Multiculturalism in the Midlands

I was nine when I first left Winneba for Obuasi in the Ashanti region. Things couldn't have been more different - the people, the language, the mentality and the culture.

Obuasi is known as a rich, industrial, mining state. People there were after money rather than educati...

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