Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, practises skateboarding on streets in her neighbourhood in Tema, Ghana, February 13, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, waits to catch a bus to the Freedom Skatepark, in Tema, Ghana, March 5, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Abigail Asante, 20, a math teacher, is helped by Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, as she learns a new trick at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, February 10, 2022. Every Thursday the park is open exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for free. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Twins Adelaide and Adeline Yeboah, 18, get ready to practice at the Freedom Skate park in Accra, Ghana, February 10, 2022. Every Thursday the park is open exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for free. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, skateboards as others watch at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, March 5, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, practises skateboarding on streets in her neighbourhood in Tema, Ghana, February 13, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, sticks her tongue out at Leila, 4, accompanied by her mother, Myriam, at the Freedom Skatepark. Accra, Ghana, February 17, 2022. "It's just so good to have a place for the girls to take examples from each other" Myriam said. "She told me last time, 'Oh, as a girl can I do this?'... And I said 'Yes Leila, you can do anything'." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Abigail Asante, 20, a math teacher, is comforted by Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, after she fell during a lesson at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, February 10, 2022. "You just need to kill the fear" Bataka said. "Once you fall, you already have a feel for the worst thing that could happen... You keep going just because you want to get better." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, performs stretches as she prepares to skate at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, March 5, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, shares a snack with a colleague, at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, February 17, 2022. Every Thursday the park is open exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for free. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, and Sarah Nyarko, 24, assist Ruhiya Aguri, 25, as she learns a new trick at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, February 17, 2022. Every Thursday the park is open exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for free. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Boahemaa, 22, a writer, looks at tattoos on the body of Nyahan Tachie-Menson, an artist, at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, February 17, 2022. Every Thursday the park is open exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for free. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, skateboards across a footbridge on her commute to open the gates of the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, March 5, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, plays the guitar as her best friend, Tommy Taylor, 22, listens, at her home in Tema, Ghana, February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, and her best friend Tommy Taylor, 22, return home after a bicycle ride through their neighbourhood in Tema, Ghana, February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, plays the guitar as her best friend, Tommy Taylor, 22, listens, at home in Tema, Ghana, February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, practises skateboarding on streets in her neighbourhood in Tema, Ghana, February 13, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, practises skateboarding on streets in her neighbourhood in Tema, Ghana, February 13, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care," she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, practises skateboarding on streets in her neighbourhood in Tema, Ghana, February 13, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, and Sarah Nyarko, 24, attend a concert in Accra, Ghana, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Concert goers skateboard on a ramp during a music performance in Accra, Ghana, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, attends a music concert with friends from the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Girls skateboard at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, February 17, 2022. Every Thursday the park is open exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for free. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, balances on a plastic bottle filled with water on her day off, at her home in Tema, Ghana, February 21, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, gives lessons at the Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, February 10, 2022. Every Thursday the park is open exclusively to women and girls, who can use the equipment and take lessons for free. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, poses for a photograph in Tema, Ghana, February 13, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Harmonie Bataka, 27, a skateboarder and skateboarding tutor, commutes from home by bus to open the gates to the Freedom Skatepark, in Tema, Ghana, March 5, 2022. Bataka quit her job last year to pursue the sport full time, to the dismay of friends and family. "They said there were too many boys doing it, boys who were too good for me to win any competitions... but I didn't care" she said. "I just wanted to be free to do what I love." REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA SKATEBOARDING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES