The "Working in Ghana" Project

List of work narratives,
alphabetically by job type

[Ghanaians and expatriates are listed separately. An asterisk (*) in the following lists indicates a woman worker.] 

Ghanaian workers:

  1. *Accountant, development organization
  2. Agricultural advisor, development organization
  3. Agricultural development coordinator
  4. Apprentice automobile mechanic
  5. Army officer
  6. Auditor
  7. Automobile mechanic
  8. *Bank manager
  9. Butcher
  10. Carpenter/palm wine tapper
  11. Cashew farmer
  12. *Child care attendant
  13. Civil engineer
  14. Clothing designer and producer
  15. *Cocoa farmer
  16. Coffin maker
  17. Construction laborer
  18. Cycle repairman
  19. "Dog chain" (sundries items) seller
  20. Domestic worker
  21. Fisherman
  22. Gold mine machine operator
  23. Guard, transport union
  24. *Market queen, yam traders
  25. *Member of parliament
  26. *Nurse
  27. Pastor
  28. *Petrol station pump attendant
  29. Physician
  30. Police officer
  31. *Postmistress
  32. *Primary school teacher/petty trader
  33. *Prison officer
  34. Public health inspector
  35. *Restaurant proprietor
  36. Room cleaner/shoe mender
  37. Secretarial services proprietor
  38. Soil surveyor
  39. Tax inspector
  40. Textile factory worker
  41. Timber contractor
  42. Timber truck driver
  43. Traditional farmer
  44. *Traditional healer
  45. *Travel agency managing director
  46. University graduate student
  47. University residence hall porter/labor union secretary
  48. *Used clothing seller
  49. *Veterinary service officer
  50. Village chief

Expatriate workers:

The worker's country of origin is given in parentheses.

  1. Development agency director, agriculture (U.S.)
  2. Ethnomusicologist (Britain)
  3. *Peace Corps Volunteer, health and sanitation (U.S.)
  4. *Pediatrician (Hungary)
  5. University lecturer (Cuba)
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