This is my entry to the [Week on the island - FRIDAY - PUBLIC TRANSPORT](https://ecency.com/hive-183952/@barski/barski-announces-photo-contest-week-on-the-island-friday-public-transport-jahm-coin-source) hosted by @barski. 

On an uninhabited island somewhere in Jamaica, there’s no public transport and I’ve been taxed to bring one to this wonderful island. I was selected for my country because it’s where the wife of reggae legend Bob Marley hails from. Rita Marley is from my country Ghana.


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From the west coast of Africa and south of the Sahara,  I  present to you the Ghanaian “trotro”. *Trotro* is the most common means of transportation here in Ghana. It’s used by students, by workers, by shoppers and everyone else. Once in 2008, a presidential candidate sat in trotro just use it for campaign, claiming that he will be close to the common folk when elected.  

It’s the cheapest form of transportation. *Trotro* means  “little little” or “small small”. The fares were so cheap when the first trotros were in operation and it got it name because you only needed a small amount of money to get on board. The name stuck since then. It’s definitely not my favorite mode of transportation but due to its pricing, it’s what I use almost all always.

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