Of importance to policy is the pricing and sources of funding. required to meet the huge demand for housing in Ghana which is. estimated at about one million units over the next ten years2. Recent developments in the Ghanaian economy indicate a boom in. the construction sector, including the housing sector. The gradual.
The hamsa hand is a popular apotropaic talisman for magical protection against the evil eye, and is one of the most popular amulets for good luck and prosperity. The word Hamsa means 5 and refers to the five fingers. The number 5 is a powerful number and symbolizes defence, power and fortune.
Ham-fisted (adj.) in reference to hard-hitting characters is from 1905; ham-handed coarse, clumsy is by 1896. With hammen ifalden with folded hams was a Middle English way of saying kneeling.. Ham also had a sports slang sense of incompetent pugilist (1888), perhaps from the notion in ham-fisted.