Amber Rose was invited to Ghana to host their annual Vodaphone O2O Live music concert earlier this week. The 28 year-old flew out to the Motherland and took a moment to visit a small village and speak to a group of young girls at a small Islamic school. There, she talked about about Girl Power and stressed the importance of education and making the right life decisions.
Shortly after she posted the photos above of the people in the villiage, many Ghanians on Twitter did not like the fact that she focused on capturing photos of people living in poverty as opposed to those in more affluent areas:
“People have to understand that this is my first time in Africa. This is not my culture. I have never been here so if I said anything to hurt anyone’s feelings then I am reall really sorry. I saw that a lot of people on twitter said ‘don’t just show the poverty, show the rich people’. But for me, the rich people aren’t doing anything for the little kids and the people that are living in poverty so I don’t want to go hang out with the rich people.
I wanted to see the kids in poverty. I grew up very poor. So I wanted to go see them, help them, talk to them and inspire them to let them know they could possibly be somebody great. They can be somebody great. So I want everyone in Ghana to know that I wasn’t jus saying that ‘Ghana is a poor country and no one should ever come here.’ Anyone that I have spoken to about Ghana since I have been here, I have been saying that it’s such an amazing place. And I’m sorry for not posting pictures of rich people, but it just wasn’t for me to do.”
Amber later made an interesting point about what she observed in Africa in terms of social class and noticed that the people there were either “extremely rich or extremely poor, with no middle class.”
I agree with her. I like the fact that she hung out with the kids in proverty. Alot of people go hard on her (For good reasons) but she actually right on this one.
she is right, but kind’ve weird to use her…as a role model for these young ladies??…
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i hate it when so called celebrities go to Africa and go to the poverty stricken places and show only that. yes she didnt want to hang out with the rich but why go back home and those are the only people you hang out and sleep with???!!! I mean lets keep it real here, show both sides, its funny when people ask me an african about Africa because all the know are dirty kids wearing dirty clothes, leaving in huts, i meant someone even asked my sister if she eats bread and knew who Michael Jackson was!!
@ mulenga.. and if they only go to the rich part people would complain.. i guess they should just stay away…
They just want to be rude about it. I usually roll my eyes at news about her, but something about this seems sweet and genuine. She makes a lot of sense too. It’s so weird how being a slut can overshadow the real value in a person. This is a good look on her…
She wasn’t sleeping around in the public eye so how is she a “slut” now? Last time I checked, she’s been faithful to every guy she’s been with and “slut” is not the definition for “faithful” so WTF is you on? Btw, I’m not a stan of hers. I simply can’t stand the whore/virgin dichotomy gender-role driven societies (like that in the US) are in love with.
Amber’s resume may have started from strppin’ in a club, look how far she has come. She’s now a part of a solution in this world. If she keeps developing that kind of bravery she will be a positive role model.
That’s because she hooked up with the right dude (KW) hell after dating him I wouldn’t need to go back to stripping either. He opened up many doors for her, now if she can just leave her old habits behind her(nude pics) she will be alright. Unless that new man of hers gets her hooked on drugs or something. I swear he always look blasted…lol
Why she dont follow some of her own advice. She should have went to school and not fucked rappers for money or falsely leaked nude photos to create a buzz for herself. Or is that what she told them she does and that it got her out of poverty?
I don’t understand what she is apologizing for. It’s important that we realize that although Africa has come a long way there is still a lot of work to be done. We should never become complacent. I also commend her for actions most individuals would probably have visited South Africa ignoring the more impoverished parts of the country.
??? South Africa???
Africa isn’t a country it’s a continent, South Africa and Ghana are countries in Africa. Also, there’s likely poverty in South Africa as there is all over the world, so I suggest you do some research.
Just so we’re all clear, poverty and hunger are not issues that only occur in Africa. Unfortunately, the first images of Africans most Americans see are the kids in those commercials, which does not sum up the life of what it means to be African.
I do understand where she’s coming from, however since she has said she’s never been there, and knows very little of their culture and likely economy, making a statement like there’s not middle class seems a bit much. That’s a big statement to make when rich in Ghana is not the same, or does it look the same as being rich in North America.
I don’t fault the organizers from wanting to bring a “pseudo-celebrity” to speak to the kids, maybe they do feel as someone who has stumbled along the way, she’s come a long way so she may be of help. But as Amber herself is an African, her pictures only aid in perpetuating a negative stereotype. There is more to the nation than dirty kids in huts, and if that is the only thing she went looking for to educate herself on the Ghanian culture, then I do find her motives questionable.
I’m sorry…does sticking your tongue out in a perverse way while you are kissing your BF on the red carpet state Girl Power or education or even more etiquette??? I’m confused. Why was she invited?????
She was invited to let kids know you don’t have to go down the wrong path. She reiterated this in the interview. Sometimes you can learn more from a person who went down the wrong path and is trying to do better than someone who feels he/she may already be on top.
But she is still going down the wrong path… If she has redeemed herself from that lifestyle that would be one thing but I haven’t seen anything to the contrary.
You think after all the nickels she collected from catching spe.rm on her face, she would fix her teeth. This post is hilarious & this chick is pitiful
She’s doing something POSITIVE,you should either support her or stfu………there’s no point in you saying what you said,people always seem to find something negative to say when someone is doing something positive!! You’re always on here talking about LORD and quoting scriptures but your find your self using sentences like this,what a f#*king shame……where’s your buddy Judah?!? Another ignorant twit!!!!
dang people hate you if your doing wrong and they STILL HATE if your doing SOMETHING POSITIVE….
the funny thing about that is AMBER IS DOING HER!, EVERYONE IS NOT PERFECT, BUT ITS HOW YOU COME UP OUT OF THE SITUATUION THAT MAKE SOMEONE A BETTER PERSON.
UUUUGGGGGHHHHHH PEOPLE REALLY IRRITATE ME TALKE ISH….HONESTLY LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK YOURSELF..WHERE ARE YOU GOING IN LIFE? WHAT HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED?
AMBER CAN SAY SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED A H3LL OF ALOT!
You’re right, she has accomplished alot…can you remind me of what those were again??
not many people can go from a strip club to visiting Ghana…thats a blessing. and its not like she went to Ghana to tell those girls how to suck a pe.nis or anything like that, she had a POSISTIVE message for them!
she is CLEARLY no Michelle Obama! but if she is trying to do something POSITIVE on this earth and make just a little bit of a difference then why are people hating.
and yes I do agree with you on her learning something from the young ladies she has visited and I am sure she HAS learned something from them. any person would be a FOOL not to go to a different place with different people/culture and NOT learn anything different and/or positive.
I THINK THE KEY STATEMENT THAT I AM TRYING TO MAKE IS YOU CAN GO FROM NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE IN LIFE. HOWEVER PEOPLE WILL STILL TRY TO JUDGE YOU DESPITE THEIR OWN DOWNFALLS….YOU GET OUT OF LIFE WHAT YOU PUT INTO LIFE. N EVEN IS HER COME UP WAS ON THE STRENGTH OF DATING RAPPERS, THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING SHE IS DOING WITH HER LIFE, CUZ SHE COULD JUST SIT AROUND AND BE A GROUPIE AND NOT TAKE THE TIME OUT OF HER DAY/LIFE TO TELL THOSE YOUNG WOMEN THAT EDUCATION IS KEY TO SUCCESS, BUT YET SHE DID!!!! AND THAT SAYS ALOT ABOUT HER AS A PERSON. SHE COULD HAVE JUST WENT TO GHANA AND CHILLED WITH THE RICH PEOPLE AND WENT SHOPPING AND DONE IRRELEVANT THINGS, BUT SHE DIDNT!
IT ONLY TAKES 1 PERSON TO MAKE A SMALL CHANGE…….I THINK SHE IS COOL FOR THAT!!! KUDOS TO HER!
If anything, I think there is more she can learn from them then they can learn from her. Those young girls have values and morals, that alone should get them far. They don’t need her to come and talk.
LOL @ CHEERS I have to agree what are her other accomplishments? Oh yeah she posed nice in the nude pics…LOL
I agree. Why do celebrities feel like they have done something significant by enjoying a photo opportunity with some african children. I believe most people do this to satisfy their own ego. Americans should worry about the children in their neighbourhood who are being faiiled by th e edu cation system and the economy.
I agree.
She’s doing something positive, so thats always an awesome thing.
Please anybody tell me what the f amber can really say to motivate young girls when she herself don’t even have a high school diploma better yet a GED…smh she went there for the guys…..
Can you imagine the nerve…
If you wanna help, please stay out of Africa Amber… WTH are those girls going to learn from your stripping past, and stripping present (nude photo/ scant clothing)????
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Amber Rose shoulda been “returned to sender” upon landing in the motherland.
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Rubbish!
LOL “return to sender” that was pretty good.
I think she would do more harm then good by going over there. All she’s going to do is confused those girls into thinking that they need to wear tight see-through blouses and jeggings in order to feel “empowered”.
The one thing I’ve reflected on and come to know with all of my heart within this past year is the old adage, damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Amber is really trying to do something positive and all people can do is talk ish about her.
I truly don’t think she had anything to apologize for in the first place but seeing as how she did I think it was eloquently put, heartfelt, warm and honest. If the girl had another bust open pic. on WSHH people would be saying, “Instead of always busting it wide open how about she take her azz to Africa and show girls how not to fall into some of the same bad things she fell into?” Now she’s in Africa trying to provide a sense of solace and give a little advice and people say, “Why didn’t she show the more affluent areas???”
Come on people!!! WTF! Really? If she had gone to the more affluent areas and Twitpic’ed like crazy then people would say, “Why isn’t she over there in the hood/slums/poverty stricken areas dealing with those people?” Again, damned if you do, damned if you don’t. This is why I always do me, am confident in myself and make no apologies for how I chose to live.
My people are the most negative, crab in a barrel mofo’s anyone ever would want to meet. When will we learn that we’ll never get anywhere by tearing other people down? When will we learn that by making other people look small you don’t make yourself look any bigger?
Maybe if we got on these message boards and bigged some of these people up a little more for their positive gestures they’d want to do a little more of them. Our attitudes towards people make people react the way they do and vice versa. The energy you give is the energy you receive and instead of cutting this young woman down she should be praised for trying to do something to help. It’s more than you can say for a lot of people that talk about the ish they want to do to help and really just sit on their azzes and don’t do a da** thing. I commend Amber for her efforts.
THANK YOU! POSITIVE THINKING!!!
I agree with you 100%. Our people have a real problem with hating one another and jealousy. These are the issues that we need to really talk about. Why one black person can’t see good in another black person and why all the hate when your trying to do something positive. One thing I’ve learned about alot of people is that they use twitter,facebook and blog sites to show you how miserable their lives are. I am all for a person trying to change their life and do better. We all have past and I bet my life on it that there are people who are making comments that have done some real shit in their lives but are quick to judge. Since this girl started her new relationship I’ve seen a change in her and that’s a good thing. We don’t know what this woman is dealing with personally in her life and we don’t know what she knows. I know people in the hood with no college degree that are 10 times smarter then a person with a masters or PHD. You can learn something from anyone no matter who they are or what their background is. Kudos to Amber for trying to change her life and make a difference. I really wish though that people would look at the children in the United States that are hungry and not eating because they are suffering here as well.
I am glad she is trying to do something positive. People will always judge and bring up your past. Just keep moving forward because really everyone has done something they wish they could do over. If you havn’t it’s coming. Maybe not what she did but it still doesn’t make you better.
Maybe they do have more morals than her, that doesn’t mean you should knock her trying. She probably did learn something there…
That bitch needs to get it together Ghana is a damn good country its not easy here but if you are tuff u can make it. I live in a mansion in Ghana with maids and etc.. With no worries at all.. But in every country they have poor and rich.. So it comes with the program…. Do u
I saw the economic differences when I went to Kenya last year. I was disappointed but not surprised to find that the African images portrayed in the media were always of people in poverty-stricken areas. It felt good to know that there were people living much better (mansions with housekeepers, acres of land, etc.). It confirmed the fact that the media lies and will continue to lie about life in other parts of the world.
Hey forget that Shes a gold digging, uneducated fluezy. It’s a good look her going to the school. Her negative life past n present with the nude pics doesn’t mean she cavy have a positive pony of view. My problem is crap she is chatting about why she’s not showing the rich/affluent regions. U knew for awhile u were going to ghana. How about opening a book or browsing the net n research where u are going? The only reason u are in Ghana is to host an event otherwise I’m sure as hell u would’nt be there. To top it off ur not interested in hanging with the rich Ghanaian folk? I’m wondering who paid for her appearance fee? She’s full of dog doodoo.
Ghana- beautiful country and hospitality is amazing. People are so warm and welcoming to you.
Kudos to Amber for attempting to take her celebrity and use it to do something positive.
Like it or not, she hustled her way to where she is. People saw something bankable in her. There you have it.
I would love to say I’m surprised with regard to the amount of negativity her rise garners. Some of you may be thinking I sleep with men – where’s my big break? Or even, I let him impregnate me – where’s my radio show? Or I’m a stripper (I even snort a lil’powder), where’s my fame ? Can I at least be on celebrity rehab? Or, my favorite, dang why didn’t I slob on kanye or whiz’s penis? I could be famous. Well, you aren’t. She is. Drop it. No, better yet, keep it up. Her haters make her greater. Enjoy sitting behind your computer throwing virtual stones.
LMAO! That’s what’s up.
Oh gorm….lol
Amber rose?!? No. she doesn’t need to be anywhere near Africa.
YALL ARE SO FUCKING IMMATURE>>REALLY>>>AMBER KEEP DOIN YOUR THING INSPIRING PEOPLE>>THERE R ALWAYS FAT UGLY MISERABLE HOES WITH NO MAN HATING>>>TAKE 10 secs in the mirror and love yourself and then worry about your own life bum hoes..AMBER IS BEAUTIFUL AND SHE HAS A GOOD HEART…AMBER I DON”T GIVE A FUCK WIT U DO IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE THAT”S YOUR BUSINESS>>>U R A INSPIRATION TO ME>>>FUCK THESE BUM HOES>>>SPK TO THOSE KIDS AND CONTINUE TO HELP OTHERS>>>U WILL NEVA SATISFY BUM UGLY FAT HOES>>>KEEP IT MOVING YOUR MY INSPIRATION AND YOUR VERY BEAUTIFUL
Interesting choice of role model. I don’t understand it but hey who am I to judge?
We have to be careful who we allow to become our children roll models we must ask what kind of fruit has they been baring. I really feel Amber has it in her to do great things but all things have a order how has she change her life to positively influence other people lives. She can “do her” all day but when it comes to inspiring our youth how is that beneficial to anyone. We need to stop putting celebrities on pedestals and start celebrating the everyday man and woman who makes great impacts on the community
Well said.
I just think it’s too soon after her own messy scandal, to go out and give advice. I feel she should work on herself a little more. That gives her time to show the world she can be more than a rapper’s gf.
I’m sorry I’m from Ghana, but born in North America and in all seriousness: 1. The elders in Ghana hear that you pose nude, not in school, didn’t further your education, your not a role model. Amber is not a role model point blank. If she was a role model, a.) She won’t pose nude. 2. She would be dressing properly, not dressing like a hooker ever damn time to get attention to the media. 3. If she was a good role model, she wouldn’t have to say sorry all the time about posing without no clothes on!!! She was only in Ghana to show her face to look good, and party!! In all those other times if she wanted to do awareness, why didn’t she do it when she first came out into the scene when she was dating Kanye?? Please no one is taking her seriously, look who is she dating- Wiz!! That dude is so messed up it’s a joke. She made Kanye go crazy after his mom died just to seek attention. Please role model my ass!!! My fellow young Ghanaians, don’t be fooled!!!
They invite an acclaimed whore to mentor young girls and they complain that she didn’t publicize balanced perspective? She’s far from the retarded one in this scenario
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Not sure if I would call amber a role model????? but at least she’s trying to do something positive.
@RD i totally agree what she apologising for? but gud 4her shes giving back i guess..
I don’t know what anyone is talking about, all I see are beautiful people and babies I would love to meet and to know.
I appreciate what she is doing. We dont have the right to judge this girl. No one is perfect, everyone has a road to take. Her road just so happens to be in the pulic eye. Amber, please keep your head up with a smile on your face. Keep doing what you do. The good and the bad. Because while these haters hate, you’re the one thats living your life. Life is all about creating moments to tell your children and grand children.
You know… I really hate it when our own people look down at our race, but after reading these comments I just have to say that you ghetto, black hoodrats really need to open your eyes! Y’all think that just because she went to Africa to do a good deed, everything is okay? This b–ch has not learned her lesson and is a HORRIBLE EXAMPLE of a female in the music industry. I hate it when ignorant fools say we have no room to judge when she has invited us in her private life. She’s the one who was on men’s magazines posing naked and taking about her sex and stripper life! WTH do y’all mean we can’t judge? She put her business out there to be judged. I think it’s sad that she a “CELEBRITY” because she has relations with famous rappers. She’s made it? How? By being a wh—e? Shame on whoever invited her to talk to these girls. It would be one thing if she was a former stripper who did wrong and changed her life around and wanted to tell girls to not go down the wrong road, but she’s still in the public eye flashing her pu—y and using Wiz for his money. Wow, you guys are pretty stupid and gullable.
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