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Dreadlock saga: Dad flexes son with twists who spends his time coding and building robots

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:50 PM by Nathaniel Crabbe

- A Ghanaian father, Alfred Lawrence Owusu-Ansah, has shown off photos of his son's hair twists amid the Achimota School dreadlock saga

- Owusu-Ansah who is a lecturer disclosed that his son spends time coding and building robots

- He indicated that the youngster would not be forced to cut off his twists

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As the dreadlocks saga continues to gather reactions from Ghanaians and prominent voices alike, a Ghanaian father, Alfred Lawrence Owusu-Ansah, has flexed his son's hair twists.

Owusu-Ansah disclosed that his gifted boy spends time coding and building robots, indicating that his son would not be forced to cut it off his hair.

His remarks come amid the recent brouhaha about the two Rastafarian kids who were denied admittance into Achimota School because of their natural hair.

Dreadlock saga: Dad flexes son with dreads who spends his time coding and building robots — Dreadlock saga: Dad flexes his son with dreads who spends his time coding and building robots. Image: Alfred Lawrence Owusu-Ansah
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Responding to reactions from Ghanaians, authorities at the Achimota School disclosed that the hairstyle of the would-be-students who gained admission into the prestigious school through the Computer School Placement System goes against the school's policy on the length of hair students are permitted to grow.

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Owusu-Ansah proudly showed off photos of his son's natural hair in a post on his social media page in reaction to the incident.

Captioning the images, he said, ''This is my son in whom I am well pleased! Sit there arguing over whether he can take his beautiful natural hair to school in Ghana while he spends his time coding and building robots. Church sef he de take go, na skuul. If St. Augustine's College (Augusco) sef slack, we no go go!''

YEN.com.gh earlier reported Sylvia Dogah is making history as the first-ever Ghanaian female kickboxer to participate in the Arab Boxing Grand Prix Championship from April 21 to May 1, 2021.

The young female kickboxer will imprint her name in the sands of time as the first Ghanaian female to participate in such an international tournament.

Dogah joins the ranks of notable Ghanaian women who made history in their fields, including Rosmond Asiama Nkansah, the first Ghanaian woman to be recruited into the then Gold Coast Police Force, and Susan Barbara Gyankorama Ofori-Atta who became the first female doctor in the Gold Coast.