Ghana official rejects ‘Detty December’ label
Detty December, a popular term for Ghana and Nigeria's end-of-year party season, can have "negative connotations", Ghana's official for diaspora affairs has said, adding that he does not want the label linked with his country.
"On a personal level I don't want the word 'detty' to be associated with anything Ghana... that's something I'm not very comfortable with," Kofi Okyere-Darko said.
"Detty", West African Pidgin for "dirty", is used to express unrestricted fun when it comes to seeing the year out.
The celebrations are thought to be a huge boost to Ghana's economy. Last December more than 125,000 international visitors, many of whom were diasporans, flocked to Ghana.
It was a notable increase from the number of people arriving during any other month - and the same can be sai...