Fieldnote: Unpacking boxes – so much stuff! Separating into white plastic bags for different people. While unpacking, her cousin asked me whether I had brought things for people I know here, presuming I hadn't. I said I brought some small-small things, like cookies and mints from the Netherlands. "Really?!" asked Keziah. "Yeah, but not much, because you don’t know many people here," added her cousin. (It made me think that, on future trips, maybe I should indeed bring a second suitcase of my own with stuff like they bring: general foods and Lebensmittel [groceries].) Keziah was sighing, rolling her eyes about bringing all this stuff for people, when they can get these things here. "But are they more expensive in Ghana?" I asked. "Yes, much, much," she replied. Her cousin explained to me that people just like to be given something from abroad, to show that you remember them.
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