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Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by mykelmeezy: 1:09am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Ghana has its own spelling bee and this year is the 10th anniversary. The 2017 champion is Lily Tugbah. "I feel so excited. I can't believe this is happening. I'm grateful to everybody, especially God for helping me come this far. My parents, my family, my friends, everybody has helped me make this dream a reality," Lily said right after winning the competition. Lily beat out more than 190 kids in 12 rounds worth of competition. Her winning word was "baculiform." The Ghana Spelling Bee features kids from four of the 10 regions of Ghana. The kids who compete in the final in Accra, Ghana, have already competed in their home region. Kids in the spelling bee can compete until they turn 14 years old. In May, Lily will fly to the U.S. to represent Ghana and the entire African continent in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. "It's a really great honor … I plan on doing everything possible to make Ghana proud," Lily said. The Accra International Conference Centre was a sight to behold last Saturday (6th February) as parents, teachers, head teachers, family, and friends as well as students from numerous schools across the country gathered to witness the finals of the competition. After seven (7) seven grueling rounds of spelling, twelve (12) year old Lily Tugbah of the Solidarity International School in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region emerged winner of the 2017 edition of the National Spelling Bee Championship She receives an all-expense paid trip to the United States to represent Ghana at the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee, a GHC10,000 scholarship from Indomie, GHC 10,000 Ecobank Junior Savers account, a trophy, Merriam Webster dictionary and a DStv decoder with free subscription Gabriella Ellis, a twelve (12) year student of the Delhi Public School International was the first runner up and thirteen (13) year old Ewoenam Afetsi of the SOS Hermann Gmeiner was the second runner-up on the night. They will both be traveling to the MultiChoice head office in Johannesburg, South Africa and also receive other prizes from sponsors as part of their prize package. source: http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Lily-Tugbah-is-2017-National-Spelling-Bee-winner-507320 cc : lalasticlala mynd44 seun i hope she wins go make Africa proud go make blacks all over the world proud 3 Likes
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Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by herzernBABA: 1:18am On Feb 10, 2017 |
What's the fate of non-Enqlish speaking countries?? 2 Likes |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by DozieInc(m): 1:28am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Kudos to her 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by whizbee(m): 1:31am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Otida bayii... This is a good news... Nice development 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Horus(m): 1:53am On Feb 10, 2017 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnXekNP6k0I Ghanaian girl to compete in 2017 spelling bee Lily Tugbah managed to beat out 197 other kids on her way to being Africa's spelling champion. 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Nobody: 2:10am On Feb 10, 2017 |
If only they can stay innocent and sweet. 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by mykelmeezy: 2:21am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Horus: thanks for adding this lalasticlala and seun its nairaland but lets support ghana 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Pamelayoung: 2:25am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Nice. |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by adadike281(f): 2:46am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Not even a Nigerian? pls tell me, what is even our national pride in dis country? Congrats girl and pls bring home d coveted price 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by sandrahnaub(f): 3:50am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Good luck to her... |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by edoyad(m): 4:03am On Feb 10, 2017 |
adadike281: Instead of you to ask whether we have one you will just be complaining up and down. Mtchewww, look joor.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDYCptr7Kr4 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Nobody: 5:08am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Read before you comment. 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Caracta(f): 5:25am On Feb 10, 2017 |
edoyad: Lol. Fashola's wife had a Lagos Spelling Bee and it was fun. It would be lovely to get sponsors across Nigeria. Our sponsors would rather focus on vain beauty and red carpets. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by lonelydora: 5:33am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Beauty with brain. |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Nobody: 8:38am On Feb 10, 2017 |
She did not gbagaun I congratulate her on her achievement |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by chumakk: 8:44am On Feb 10, 2017 |
She is making her country proud not the whole Africa. I know she will not have a chance if those hot kids in Lagos or Anambra State joined in this competition 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by niyot124: 8:57am On Feb 10, 2017 |
adadike281: So because a Ghanaian girl is representing means we don't have people that can spell in Nigeria. We have had so many cases whereby Nigerians have made this nation proud internationally. Nigerians are smart, believe it or not. Stop being so proud of other people's nation and looking down on yours. Don't be a sellout Ps: a Ghanaian will probably never congratulate a Nigerian over this. 2 Likes |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by niyot124: 8:59am On Feb 10, 2017 |
edoyad: Exactly, people like her are so full of negativity mtchew |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by mykeljosef: 9:35am On Feb 10, 2017 |
lalasticlala mynd44 finestboi fp material here let's celebrate this small gem |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Babacele: 9:45am On Feb 10, 2017 |
God bless you Lily....@Niyot124 our largeheartedness at being our African brothers keeper is a special trait we Nigerians brought from heaven . From Gambia, South, Gabon, Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone abi na our unofficial 38 state Benin republic, or Chad, Niger ,Mali and other nations North of Naija that easily find home here claiming to be hausas'? We are just awesome despite our shortcomings. From peace keeping, aids, and other forms of interventions we have been for our African sisters. Despite Shagari's driving Ghanians out due to recession in the early 80s, many of them stayed behind n claimed to be indigenes or married some of us and were never exposed nor molested . I can tell you we ordinary citizens love them and missed them. ....and they werent the only nationals ...Indians, Egyptian ,Lebanese were affected too by the policy but never hate us. Check out the volume of Naija's investments and patronage in Ghana...na small thing? Can South Africa history of freedom be written without a special chapter dedicated to Naija's invaluable role against apartheid? Eqt Guinea, Gambia n co nko? Despite all the beefs from these guys ,we are the real deal and must not fail to play the role of the big brother economically, militarily, socially while they maybe petty. God knows we have millions of latent talents that await discovery ,and freedom from internal nepotism and prejudice. God bless Nigeria. 3 Likes |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by brandonobi(m): 9:53am On Feb 10, 2017 |
niyot124:if ghanians won't congratulate us we will congratulate them, no beef there |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by niyot124: 10:06am On Feb 10, 2017 |
Babacele: AMEN 3 Likes |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by mat2d6boi(m): 1:58pm On Feb 10, 2017 |
I really wish this girl good luck in her forthcoming competitions
Lily, make Africa proud
#proudlyafrican |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by UchaNwababa: 2:26pm On Feb 10, 2017 |
She is my future wife |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by youngsahito(m): 4:15pm On Feb 10, 2017 |
Indomie company will be doing awuff everywhere but they can't give there workers a good pay.mtshew |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Bahddo(m): 5:44pm On Feb 10, 2017 |
How come she's representing Africa when she only contested with fellow Ghanaians? Anyway, good luck to her. |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by adadike281(f): 6:28pm On Feb 10, 2017 |
niyot124:I have every right to congratulate her, I refuse to be a kill joy, after all, she is making Africa proud not just Ghana. |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Cletus77(m): 11:21pm On Feb 10, 2017 |
Babacele: nice one 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by buzzmania(m): 1:29am On Feb 11, 2017 |
chumakk:Keep deluding yourself.No Nigerian can partake in spelling bee because your pronunciation of words are absurd. |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by O0XYGEN: 2:01pm On Feb 11, 2017 |
Hahaha a nigerian will spell work instead of walk...lol 1 Like |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by Bahddo(m): 4:23pm On Feb 11, 2017 |
buzzmania:awww... You poor ignorant soul. You probably think your thick Ghanaian accent is Queen's English. |
Re: Meet The Girl Representing All Of Africa In This Year's Spelling Bee by buzzmania(m): 5:25pm On Feb 11, 2017 |
Bahddo:Weeping online won't fix your croaky accent.You're stuck with it till boko haram bombs your miserable azz into oblivion.Just hope you come back as Ghanaian in your next life. |
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