In Ghana, when a man approaches a woman and tries to get to know her better for a relationship (leading to marriage, as we like to say here), he is said to be conning her. Yep. Conning. As in the verb to con: “To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain”. It may sound depressing but it’s not as bad as all that. It just means that a man sees a woman, likes her, and takes the steps that he …