Mothers Day

This is a picture of me and my mum, I was about 8 or 9 months in this picture so not to long after me and mum had come from Ghana. I decided to take a picture of me and my mum because of mothers day. My mother means the world too me, I am very thankful to have such a kind and caring mother like her, she is inspirational and I watch her work very hard to feed and support me and my two siblings  I know how much my mother suffers for us and because of this I work hard so one day I will be able to pay her back for all she day and give her everything she deserves.

Church

This is a picture of my church. My mother got us into the habit of attending church every Sunday. Even though now it isn't by force to go to church, it's become a routine so I never miss church unless its for something important which is very rare but I enjoy attending church. I feel my religion is a big part of me which is why I took a picture of this.

Pollards Hill

This is the name of my block. I was born in Ghana and came here when i was 4 months old and I grown up on this block since I came from Ghana. I have a lot of good memories on this block, like in summer when my block will have lots of children on it, I use to play outside from morning until the night, when my mother will shout of the window for me to come inside. My block is full of very friendly people and there are also quite a few Ghanaians, which overtime have become very good friends of my family.

This is a picture of my block from one of the entrances. As you can see I live in terrace house and I have lived here all my life. In primary school i was told a lot that i lived in a council house because all the houses look a like and it use to annoy me, but this is not true the house was bought about 20 years ago in my fathers name. Although living in this house does annoy me at times, because if somebody is having a party a few doors down I do not sleep that night until the very early hours of the morning, but I still love my area and wouldn't want to move anywhere else.

Pollards Hill is called Pollards Hill because of the old abandoned hill behind my house. This picture was taken from the top of the hill, you can only see a few blocks like Kent Close, Lindsey Close, Glamorgan Close and others but there are a lot more that i could not capture with this lens. Sometimes when i want to get out of the house to think, I will go for a walk around my area, I like climbing up the old hill and sitting there by myself. Its peaceful and its rare to bump into somebody there. I like watching the view and feeling the breeze and just getting some time to myself to think or even relax. I have a lot of memories on this hill, I remember on the last day of year 11 me and the majority of my year came to the old hill, this was the last time we were all together as a year group, nobody wanted to leave but we had to go home because we had an english exam the next day. I like to reminisce good memories from the past and 

This is a picture of the Pollards Hill library. This place became a friend of mine in december 2012 to revise for my a levels. This was a shock to my parents and friends because I have always hated the library and whenever they tried to force me to go the library i wouldn't go or I wouldn't be able to revise. I recently found out that it isn't that bad when i revise in there with my headphones. Too my surprise I found out I revise a lot better inside there than at home. 

Easter Eggs

Even though I am 17 years old, I still get excited when I receive Easter eggs. I'm not really a fan of chocolate and have never been all that into chocolate but I still enjoy receiving Easter eggs and eating them on the Easter Sunday. When I got the eggs i was reminded of when i was younger and use to sneakingly open the Easter egg box and nibble some chocolate, because I couldn't wait until the Easter Sunday. I think the reason why I'm still happy to receive Easter eggs is because I do not want to grow up.

MillScilla

This teddy bear is called MillScilla. This was a birthday present bought for me five years ago from my best friend Milinda. The name MillScilla comes from both our names put together. I took a picture of this teddy bear because I cherish this teddy very much, I am not a very big fan of teddy bears but because my best friend bought it for me I cherish it a lot. I met my best friend in secondary school and we are closer than ever, I love this girl like a sister she is a big part of my life and I thank her for her guidance and knowledge she gives to me everyday.

Salon

On the third floor of my house there is room which my mother does hair, during the day she carries out her role as a hairdresser. If I am in the house and my mother needs help i will go upstairs and help out, through helping my mother out I can also do hair, obviously i cant do hair as well as my mother because she has been doing hair for about 20years. My mother has been doing my hair since I was born and does not allow anybody else to touch my hair. I feel that because my mother is hairdresser and knows so much about hair she is very over protective of my hair, even though this can sometimes be annoying it is a good thing, because i never have any problems like hair breakage or weak hair. I also save money on getting my hair done as all i need to braid my hair or the perming cream to perm it.

Academic Achievement

This is an award I received from my Secondary school Harris Academy Merton, in my last year at the school. Our motto of the school was, achievement is success and with this award I believe that it drew me closer to achieving my success. I have always enjoyed receiving awards as I like for my efforts to be recognised, even though you work hard for yourself as you will benefit in the future, I feel it is nice to have the odd pat on the back as it encourages you to work hard and also tells you, that you are doing well. I received this award for 'Most Improved'. The reason I received this award was because I missed most of year 9, as a result of this I was behind in year 10 and was moved to lower sets as I had not sat any exams, through year 10 I slowly caught up and proved my teachers wrong and in year 11 I moved back up.

African Movies

This is a small collections of the households movies. As you can see they are mainly Nigerian and Ghanaian f, I watch most of these movies with my Mother as my Father thinks they are useless. Many of these movies are based on true stories or are funny. I enjoy watching the Ghanaian movies especially because I find it interesting to see what they go through back in Ghana. Although the movies are for enteratinment I think they teach you aswell, because there are usually morals to the stories and they also show that there are consequences to the choices you make in life, I also hear the odd word In Twi (Ghanaian Language), which I would have never heard before or do not know the meaning, I then ask my mum and she explains to me.

First Pay Check

After many months of applying for jobs on-line, handing out cv's and calling numerous company's I finally got myself a job. I became an employee of Primark on Wednesday the 6th of March. When I received my first pay check I decided to take a picture of it and my Primark badge. Since I received this job I feel like i have become more independent. Although I take picture for birthday parties and small events I am not always guaranteed money every month but now I work I'm Primark I have my contracted hours and i also take up overtime so I know I have income coming in every month. I do enjoy being able to say I am a working lady as I feel mature and grown up. Although it has been a bit hard accepting overtime then returning from work to finish college work due the next day, I think I am coping rather well.

African Print

My mother told me to pick an African print which I would like to make a dress with so I decided to take a picture of it. I took a picture of this because even though I do not live in Ghana I still follow traditions and I feel this is an important part of me. This cloth is going to be used to make a traditional cloth for a special occasion  but I will pick a modern design. I think its important to reinforce traditions and pass them down, so you don't loose them and always remember where you came from. This picture has not been edited as I thought it looked fine as it is. I took from a high angle to show the different colours and types of cloth which were available.

Afrobeats

I was sitting down doing coursework listening to afro beats. Afro beats is mainly a mix of Ghanaian and Nigerian music and some other west African countries such as Congo and Angola. I enjoy the beats of this kind of  music especially the Azonto songs.(Azonto is a new style of music and dance in Ghana which has gone worldwide.) It also brings me closer to my roots as a West African, I feel this is the reason why I enjoy listening to Afrobeats.

Perming Cream

Here is a picture of my perming cream. My mother has been perming my cream with this brand for six's years now and I have never had a problem with it, such as hair breakage or thin hair.

Social Networking

Here is a picture of my phones with two well known social networking sites on the screens. The two social networking sites displayed are twitter and instagram. I am on these social networking sites everyday. I took a picture of this because i wanted to show how technology has progressed, I also wanted to show that social networking is slowly taking over and is now apart of our lives, weather we agree with it or not.

J20

This is a picture of an empty bottle of J20 which i drank after a sunday, this is one my favourite drinks. I decided to take a picture of this because I look at J20 as a privilege in comparison to many children in Africa which is my heritage. The colour of this picture is bright this sets a happy mood, the reason for this is because I'm thankful for the fact I live in UK.