The large lady is hoisted on to the small white horse, which is decked out in the colours of the New Patriotic party. She sits triumphant, draped head to toe in the party’s red, white and blue regalia, while onlookers snap her picture. Thousands have streamed to the Ghanaian opposition party’s pre-election rally. Though they are NPP to a man, woman and baby (if the colours of swaddling are anything to go by), everyone asked expresses a desire for free and fair elections. It seems more important to them than the result itself.
那個大塊頭的女士被托到小白馬背上,馬被裝點成新愛國黨(NPP)的代表色。她坐在那里,一副歡欣鼓舞的樣子,從頭到腳也披著該黨紅白藍三色的服飾,而觀眾在給她拍照。在當時還是反對黨的新愛國黨舉行的這個競選集會上,參加者達數千人之眾。盡管就每一個男人、女人和嬰兒(如果襁褓的顏色足以為憑的話)而言,他們都是新愛國黨,但每一個被問及的人都表達了對自由和公平的選舉的愿望。對他們而言,這似乎比結果本身更重要。