Gifty’s mom and Nana left Ghana to travel to America, because her mom won a lottery pick which gave her the right to permanent residency in America. Gifty’s mom was very proud of Nana and had high hopes for him. She thought Ghana could not offer him room to grow up and become somebody.

This is ironic for Nana. Not only he didn’t grow up well, but … Click here to find out what happened to Nana.

Gifty’s dad argued with his wife but her persistence won out and she entered in the green card lottery.

Why didn’t The Chin Chin man follow his wife to America? They didn’t have enough money for another plane ticket. They planned to have him fly over to the U.S. when they had saved enough money for a plane ticket and money to buy their own home in the U.S.

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