Edinam Shares Her Emotional Journey From Ho to Dubai and the Lessons She Has Learned
Edinam, a Ghanaian who has lived in Dubai for six years, recently shared her life story on SVTV Africa’s Daily Hustle Worldwide show with DJ Nyaami. Her journey, marked by hardship, heartbreak, and resilience, began in Ho where she was born. She later moved to Ashaiman and then to Michel Camp. She attended Anfoega Secondary School and completed in 2007, but she struggled with Mathematics and Science, receiving F grades in both. While she was still in school, her father passed away, leaving her mother to support the family alone.
After completing school, a man asked her what she wanted to pursue, and she mentioned journalism. The man even paid for her results to help her start, but she eventually did not follow through. By 2009, she was searching for a job. In 2016, she experienced a painful heartbreak. She later bought a plot of land, and in 2017 she decided to learn event planning and decoration. A friend who had traveled to Dubai as a house help encouraged her to also try the opportunity. The friend returned to Ghana after two years, but things did not work out, so she went back to Dubai again. By then, Edinam had completed her event planning training, and on 31st December 2018, the friend took her to Dubai.
Before leaving Ghana, she had been in a relationship with a man she trusted deeply. They rented a house together in Dubai and lived as partners. Back home, she had built a single room and porch and even brought the man to stay with her and her family. Her mother begged her not to live with a man who had not performed the necessary marriage rites, but she ignored the advice. Later, the man impregnated another woman in her neighborhood and stopped coming around. When she confronted him, he told her they should break up because he had fathered a child with someone else. She knelt down to beg him, promising to support the pregnant lady just to save the relationship. At age 26, she feared becoming single at 30 because of societal pressure. Eventually, she broke up with him and cried bitterly.
When she moved to Dubai, she worked tirelessly and faced many difficulties. She was expected to pay 10,000 dirhams and an additional 1,000 dirhams every month, but her salary was only 900 dirhams, so she paid 500 dirhams monthly until she finished settling her debt. She was later placed on payroll and continued working hard.
With time, she managed to build her own house in Ghana, but it has recently come under litigation, which has caused her frustration and worry. Despite her achievements, her past heartbreak still affects her deeply. She says she no longer believes in love and will not enter another relationship. She will turn 40 next month and recalled how she once wanted to give birth before 30, but societal pressure made everything more difficult.
Edinam says her expectations about marriage are now very low. She believes she cannot return to Ghana unless she has something solid established there. Her plan was to build a house for her mother, but the litigation has left the land “stuck in the bush,” as she described it. She added that next time she buys land, she will be more careful and avoid unnecessary risks.
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