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[The Guardian] Meet the skateboarding girls of Accra – in pictures

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Meet the skateboarding girls of Accra – in pictures

On Sundays, Harmonie Bataka skated in wide curves down a suburban street on the outskirts of Ghana’s capital, Accra, empty but for a scattering of people going to church. Sundays used to be the only time the 27-year-old could skateboard, when the streets were quiet and she didn’t have to work. That was before she quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. ‘They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions … but I didn’t care,’ said Bataka.

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