What started as two teenagers having fun with a funny American slang about Kumasi has now turned into full-blown cultural identity craze about the garden city.

In the minds of believers of this social media craze, Kumasi is now the Ghanaian version of America, known as Kumerica.

Towns in Kumasi are now named after cities in the United States of America.

Oforikrom is now Arizona, Bantama is Florida and the statue of Komfo Anokye is now likened to the Statue of Liberty in America.

Manhyia where the Asante Kingdom sites is matched with Washington DC, the seat of American government.

Some teenagers, believed to be residents of Tafo, a suburb of Kumasi, broke the internet with this hilarious video portraying Kumasi in an American slang accent.

The video which created laughter on social media went viral and won the hearts of many.

With time many adopted it as a challenge, creating their own versions of the Kumasi-America identity.

Now, people are photoshoping passports to show their Kumerican identity on social media.

‘Saka’, an existing street language in Kumasi, is a part of the Kumerican culture which is a fusion of Twi and English rearranged in a special way.

Sagging, tattered jeans, sneakers, tattoos, and others known as ‘akata’ mimick the ghetto life of Americans.

To these young musicians, most of them underground artistes, Kumerica is a movement which tells the Kumasi story in an African American culture.

Black Foreigner and Armani Sosa, part of the Life Living Records are the first Kumericans.

Source: Myjoyonline.com