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Popular Ghanaian YouTuber Goes to Village Where Chinese Man Was Named a Development Chief to Find Out What Happened

by Eric Olander

Ever since the Chinese businessman, Sun Qiang, was named development chief (Nkosuohene) of the small Ghanaian town of Kwahu-Abetifi two weeks ago, social media has been in an uproar. According to reports, Sun was awarded the title for giving $5,000 to the community.

The fact that he was given the honorary development chief title doesn’t seem to have bothered people as much as the photos of him being paraded around shirtless on the shoulders of townspeople.

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