American Men Wow Ghanaians With Fluent Twi: "It's an International Language"

American Men Wow Ghanaians With Fluent Twi: "It's an International Language"

  • A video of two white American men speaking in fluent twi has gone viral on social media
  • The men exchanged pleasantries with each other in the popular Ghanaian local language
  • Ghanaians who saw the video on TikTok thronged the comments section to react to the video

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Two American white men have left many Ghanaians in awe after they were captured fluently speaking one of the local languages.

A video circulating on social media showed the two men conversing in Twi, arguably Ghana's most popular local language.

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Two American men wow netizens by speaking a local Ghanaian language. Photo credit: @thatgyalchelley/TikTok.
Source: TikTok

While relaxing in what appeared to be a university common area, the two men introduced themselves to each other.

One said his name was Kofi, while the other mentioned Kwame as his adopted Ghanaian name.

In Ghanaian culture, Kofi is a name given to a boy born on Friday, while Kwame is given to a male child born on Saturday.

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The two men demonstrated a beginner's understanding of the popular Ghanaian language, mostly spoken by the Akan people.

The duo did not say much except to tease and lightheartedly insult each other from the video of the conversation sighted by YEN.com.gh.

According to the caption accompanying their video, a Ghanaian friend had been teaching them the twi language.

"About taught both of your white friends how to have a convo in twi," the caption read.

Ghanaians praise the twi-speaking Americans

The video of the two American men speaking twi has gone viral on social media. While many teased, others also praised them for the attempt.

At the time of filing this report, the video had more than 109,000 likes and 2,600 comments. YEN.cm.gh has compiled a few of the reactions.

@Glover said:

"Mow I know how my monsieur felt anytime he asked us to read a dialogue from the French text book."

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@kookiemonstaaa also said:

"This is killing me, this sounds exactly like my cousins and I speaking Twi with an American accent."

@𐙚chloé commented:

"Honestly, if someone insulted me like that I would think it's a compliment."

@gh_crown_prince also commented:

"The guy in Grey hoodies sounds like VP Bawumia speaking his English Twi on the campaign platform."

@Mr_Rebirth wrote:

"I bet no one will be offended in Ghana if someone insult them in such a politeful manner."

@jossieblinks also wrote:

"The voice modulation on how these two are speaking is like they are voice actors in some kids animation."

White lady hawks on the street

Meanwhile, in a previous YEN.com.gh publication, a white lady was spotted hawking products in the streets of Ghana.

Dressed like a local, the white woman, or obroni, was spotted in traffic frantically convincing people to buy from her.

In the video, the lady explained that she wanted to try new methods to sell her products to Ghanaians even faster.

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Netizens who reacted to the video praised her strategy, with some expressing the desire to also buy her products.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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Salifu Bagulube Moro (Human-Interest Editor) Salifu Bagulube Moro is a Human Interest Editor at YEN.com.gh. He has over five years of experience in journalism. He graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2018, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies with a specialization in Journalism. Salifu previously worked with Opera News as a Content Management Systems (CMS) Editor. He also worked as an Online Reporter for the Ghanatalksbusiness.com news portal, as well as with the Graphic Communications Group Limited as a National Service Person. Salifu joined YEN.com.gh in 2024. Email: salifu.moro@yen.com.gh.