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Women in Accra march against Donald Trump

The crowd was made up of a mixture of men, women, American immigrants in Ghana, Ghanaian-Americans, children and many others from all walks of life.

The gathering’s main focus was the heavily guarded US Embassy in the Cantonments neighbourhood where the marchers expressed their displeasure with placards and chanted slogans affirming their support for climate science, human rights, media freedom and gender equality.

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The Accra march was a ‘sister march’ in solidarity with the main march in Washington DC which is believed to have drawn over 1.5 million marchers, more than the numbers that showed up for Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday January 20.

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That march was attended by a number of high profile personalities including music stars Angelique Kidjo, Alicia Keys, Madonna and the actress Patricia Arquette.

There were sister marches across all major US cities and around the world, in Rio, Nairobi, Tokyo, Sydney, London and even Antarctica.

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During the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump, made a number of pronouncement that have been deemed sexist and racist.

He mocked a disabled person, called Mexicans rapists and was accused of rape by a number of women.A recording of him also surfaced with him talking about grabbing women by their genitals.

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All photo credits to: Women's March Accra

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