I showed up in Ghana at age 16 to get hitched - Maria Vanderpuye
Creator, Maria Vanderpuye has uncovered the captivating 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 strain from her mum to see her offered, she needed to travel alone to Ghana on October 9, 1963.
As indicated by Maria, she had hardly any 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. Be that as it may, 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 wonderful as she was sick.
Describing the experience, Maria said she additionally felt apprehensive.
"I was extremely wiped out in light of the fact that I was apprehensive. A 16-year-old kid and I was stifled from earliest stages, so I was unable to voice out," she said.
Once more, her undesirable state was exacerbated by the warm 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 while in Holland.
Beside the weather pattern, Maria expressed that the redesign which was progressing 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 global air terminal'?
"I had a crate and my wedding dress. I didn't grasp anyone."
In any case, the account 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.
Yet, in spite of the warm gladly received, Maria noticed that she really wanted 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 promoting her book "Experiencing childhood in the Wonderland," in which she has uncovered a few parts of her lifei