Spellers from Ghana have been competing in the bee for nine years, but no one has ever come as far as speller 49, Afua Ansah. Afua misspelled “Liechtenstein” and is out.

But before the finals began, she and her sponsor said they were thrilled to have gotten this far. She had a cheering section in the audience.

“I’m confident,” she said. “I’m going to try my best. Hopefully, my best should be good enough.” Still, she said, there was a “really heavy weight on my shoulders.”

The whole experience, she said, “truly is rewarding.” “She’s brought so much honor, not just for her country, but for the continent,” Tachie-Menson said.


Source: SpellingBee.com

afuaAfua takes Ghana to finals of Spelling Bee

After it was announced on Wednesday evening that she was one of the 45 finalists for the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, 14-year-old Afua Ansah basked in the spotlight. In front of the stage, holding her nation’s flag, she politely answered questions from reporters after being crowned as Ghana’s first ever finalist. Afua….