We all know that when people leave their home countries to work abroad, they usually work hard and contribute to the host country as well to their native country.
Although Japan is very conservative in preserving it's culture and traditions, as it welcomes skilled work force from any country, it enjoys being very multicultural (though not as well known as in Australia, Canada etc).
Ghanaians are well known as migrant workers in many countries. I have worked with teachers from Ghana in Ethiopia and Southern Africa. I nostalgically remember these people.
This evening Japan's National TV Channel telecast an interesting documentary featuring a Ghanaian taxi driver working in Japan. Let me share the documentary here. It is interesting to see taxi drivers from India and Cambodia as well in Japan.
I think that multicultural communities offer many benefits including mutual understanding between people of different cultural backgrounds. Until I worked with my colleagues from Ghana, I never knew that Ghanaians some times communicate in English instead of their own languages because their regional languages are very different. This happens in several countries including our India.
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