Beauty Shops

Life is difficult in Ghana for most people with much of life seemingly outside their control.  But one thing that they can control is their outward appearance.  They love to dress nicely and appear will groomed.  Consequently, the only sight more commonly seen than religious advertisements is that of the beauty shop -- they are everywhere.  I guess the thinking is that it's an easy job -- everyone has beauty skills, there's little capital required, and everyone is constantly getting a new do, so business should be brisk.  But Ghanaians either refuse to learn or accept the laws of supply and demand, or they choose to ignore them with the result that there are more beauty shops than customers, or so it seems.

As you can see, the beauty shops are just for females either with plenty of male barber shops. 

 

 What's always amazing is the beauty shop amid the squalor.