accrawalkintours:James Town is located to the east of the Korle lagoon, a neighbourhood in the inn
accrawalkintours: James Town is located to the east of the Korle lagoon, a neighbourhood in the inner-city of Accra. It is a densely populated community with low-rise buildings and small scale businesses thread on the streets along the Coastline. James Town has a larger population of Ga people who are conventionally fishermen. Boxing is also a serious deal in James Town. Bukom, a suburb of James Town is well noted for the role it plays in churning out world champions in boxing. The murals of boxers on the walls in this community easily communicates to people that they are in a boxing zone once they are in Bukom. Ghana’s boxing history is traced back to James Town, and can also boast as the only community in the world that has more than 20 boxing gyms. It has over the past 75 years continued to put Ghana on the world map by nurturing world champions like Joshua ‘The Hitter’ Clottey, Ike ‘Bazooka’ Quartey and Azumah ‘The Professor’ Nelson and more. James Town is undoubtedly the Capital of African boxing. This makes one understand why people would enthusiastically come out onto the street to see street boxing every weekend. kids between the ages of 6 and 12 take turns to fight each other. No matter the level of boxing, professional rules are applied any day. People watching the game sometimes voluntarily coach these kids. Street boxing is seen to be a part of the people of James Town (both old and young), and so Accra [dot] Alt, producers of the annual CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival in James Town included the sport in their activities for the 2013 edition. People stood amidst heavy rains to enjoy some imaginative street boxing brewed on the streets of James Town. An amazing part of the whole boxing business in James Town is that it is no gender biased. Females are also involved in street boxing. The young girls in James Town also test their boxing skills by taking on the guys in street boxing. As young as 11 year olds fight their fellow males in these boxing games. Anytime you are in Accra, specifically James Town, take time to watch and support these young street fighters, you just might be seeing a world champion. -- source link
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