But sex is a more subtle business here, and on the surface it is taboo.
Sex: Ghana's best-kept secret
Forget the five "P"s feminist scholars usually associate with sexual politics power, practices, partners, pleasure and procreation : there are two that apply here — poverty and pecuniary motives.
What is so interesting about this is that despite the lack of squeamishness about the fact that adults of all ages, shapes and sizes have sex lives, there is a mysteriousness about sex in Africa.
As you read this, one brand in particular is flying off the shelves thanks to a TV advert in which two somethings cuddle naked in.
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