Lifestyle
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My Secret Double Life
Betwixt Queen Mother in Ghana and Safety Quality Auditor
By Nana Barkey III, Twafohemaa of
Anomabo Tradtional Area (Ida Harding)
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any times, I wake up at 5am, and prepare for a challenging, yet rewarding day at work as a Safety Management
Systems Auditor. Just before I leave the house, I quickly
calculate the time difference, to ensure I don’t wake anyone up before calling Ghana, my other home. All of us migrants in Australia
know exactly what I am referring to about these calculations. Since
20 Dec 2014, these calls have become more frequent, as I now live
a double life.
So let’s start from the beginning! I arrived in Australia at the age
of four, with my pigtails and holding the hands of my parents, Dr
JGO Harding and Mrs Rosamond Quashie-Harding. My Dad chose
Australia when he was deciding on which country to do his Sabbatical leave. My father, a lecturer in the Medical Faculty and my mother
a teacher, became my role models in a country that was not very
multicultural