ABSTRACT
In the cultural ethos of Ghanaian society as a whole, usually to say that one is going abroad is to imply that he or she is traveling to the West, particularly to the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, or Australia. The inequalities in education, incomes, and standards of living between the northern and southern tiers have persisted. In the survey of the Ghanaian immigrant population, respondents highlighted economic motivation as the dominant reason for leaving Ghana. Steven study of Israeli immigrants in the United States and Great Britain, and Luin work on Mexicans domiciled in the United States illustrates the growing significance of transnational networks in facilitating migration. Information about expectations of coming to the West is offered to prospective immigrants to the West. The Ghanaian caravan to ablotsi and mans is a well-oiled machine that is constantly on the move to familiar and unfamiliar territories and domains seeking to find and carve newer economic and cultural identities.
