I showed up in Ghana at age 16 to get hitched - Maria Vanderpuye
Creator, Maria Vanderpuye has uncovered the fascinating conditions that prompted her appearance in Ghana at 16 years old years.
Talking on JoyPrime on Friday, Maria uncovered that she was pledged to a Ghanaian man named Vanderpuye, who she met in Holland while she was 14.
Because of tension from her mum to see her offered, she needed to travel alone to Ghana on October 9, 1963.
As indicated by Maria, she had close to zero insight into Africa and Ghana.
"I knew nothing about Africa. I thought Africa was a country not realizing there are such countless nations.
"She (my mom) simply needed to dispose of me to do her own things. In any case, my dad then again, was a pleasant man however he had no say.
"I left Holland on ninth October 1963," she told have Roselyn Feli.
Maria's most memorable time in Ghana was not lovely as she was sick.
Relating the experience, Maria said she additionally felt apprehensive.
"I was exceptionally wiped out on the grounds that I was apprehensive. A 16-year-old youngster and I was stifled from earliest stages, so I was unable to voice out," she said.
Once more, her horrendous state was exacerbated by the sweltering environment she regarded herself as in.
As per her, she showed up in Ghana in a long dress and a suit, her way of dressing whiles in Holland.
Beside the weather pattern, Maria expressed that the remodel which was continuous at the air terminal made her uncomfortable.
"I descended and no one was there. There was a sure woman and that time, they were making a few remodels at the air terminal so everything was a wooden construction and I asked myself, 'is this a worldwide air terminal'?
"I had a container and my wedding dress. I didn't figure out anyone."
In any case, the story changed when she at last reached out to the Vanderpuye family. She said around 20 individuals were there to invite her.
"As a matter of fact, I was never invited in my life like that very day," she added.
In any case, regardless of the warm gladly received, Maria noticed that she couldn't resist the opportunity to contemplate her companions who had the chance to additional their schooling.
"I began thinking, what have I done. Mom, do I merit this? Every one of my companions are presently going to class," she related.
At present, Maria Vanderpuye is publicizing her book "Experiencing childhood in the Wonderland," in which she has uncovered a few parts of her life.
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