Creator: Clark, Gracia

Contributing Institutions: Gracia Clark; MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University

Contributor: Array

Biography: Karim Muhamamed was born in Old Tafo, near Kumasi. He did construction work after form four to save money to apprentice to a well-known master mechanic. He got a bank loan to open his shop, because he didn’t get many customers as a mechanic on his own. He travels to Greece every few months to buy truck engines, about ten to fifteen at a time. He works together with a Christian friend, also a former mechanic, so they can put their money together to travel.

Description: "We should take more business, but the money is small. That is why we cannot do what we would like to do."

Date: August 26, 2009

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Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Format: Video/mp4

Language: English

Rights Management: For educational use only.

Subjects:
Traders
Men