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Jun 2007
1. Female genital mutilation and other matters (2)30/06/2007
DEAREST Dora, Immediately, one of the seven elders responsible for justice rose up with a calabash filled with water in one hand. As he spoke, he poured the water onto the ground.
 
2. 500 Windows Protest Against Windows Rite30/06/2007
OVER 500 widows in the Talensi Nabdam District in the Upper East Region, have petitioned the chiefs and the district assembly to review obnoxious widowhood rites, that make women lose their dignity.
 
3. Upper East Widows Cry Out30/06/2007
OVER 500 widows in the Talensi Nabdam District in the Upper East Region have protested against their inhuman treatment in the name of widowhood rites.
 
4. End Black Slavery in Arab Lands28/06/2007
THE Global African Civil Society Organisations (GACSO) on Tuesday urged the African Union to use its upcoming conference in Accra as a platform to end black slavery in Arab lands before the Continent embarks on the “United States of Africa” agenda.
 
5. ‘End black slavery in Arab lands’27/06/2007
THE Global African Civil Society Organisations (GACSO) on Tuesday urged the African Union to use its upcoming conference in Accra as a platform to end black slavery in Arab lands before the Continent embarks on the “United States of Africa” agenda.
 
6. Let us address negative practices in our culture – S.K. Boafo27/06/2007
Mr. Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, has called on all Ghanaians to collaborate in efforts to address negative practices associated with the nation’s culture.
 
7. La-Nkwantanang Chiefs protest26/06/2007
THE Chiefs and people of La-Nkwantanang and Agbogba in the Greater Accra Region have expressed shock at the decision of government to return 40 per cent of an undeveloped parcel of land at Legonman also known as REDCO to Mr. Teodoro Martz Montero.
 
8. Slave trade – Bait for Diasporans26/06/2007
THE re-enactment of the inhumane transatlantic slave trade which took place 400 years ago has the potential of evoking emotions of affected generations living in the Diasporans for them to embark on annual pilgrimage to their ancestral land
 
9. ‘Ghanaians must project nation’s image’25/06/2007
THE Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, Alhaji Abubakar Saddique Boniface, has called on Ghanaians to place premium on handicraft works in order to project the image of the country’s culture.
 
10. ACRAG Presents Jubilee Awards23/06/2007
A NUMBER of people who have contributed to the Arts in Ghana, are to be honoured by the Arts Critics and Reviewers Association of Ghana (AGRAG) at a special Ghana@50 awards ceremony in Accra.
 
11. Culture and Arts need attention23/06/2007
QUITE recently, it was reported in the press that, the European community through the European Development Fund (EDF), has provided a grant of 2 million Euros (¢24 billion) to Ghana to assist in the development of culture and arts. Indeed, this is gladdening news, as far as the promotion and development of culture and the arts in the country are concerned.
 
12. District raises Contingent for cultural festival23/06/2007
THE Ghana Education Service (GES) has organized cultural festivals for basic schools at six centres to raise a contingent for a district festival to be held at Breman Kontanase in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District in the Central Region on June 28 and 29 2007.
 
13. Priest Swerves Chief Over Pot of Gold23/06/2007
Consequently, when a new chief is installed in any Akan society, he or she is made to swear an oath indicating that the new ruler would not only protect the wealth of the family, town or the traditional area, he or she also pledges to add to the treasures of his traditional authority.
 
14. Regatta Festival kicks off July 323/06/2007
A National Regatta Festival being organized as part of this year’s Edina Bakatue Festival and Ghana’s 50th Anniversary celebration kicks off at Elmina on Tuesday, July 3.
 
15. Shai Hills, a Unique Forest Reserve23/06/2007
TODAY we feature one of the rarest forest reserves in Ghana.
 
16. I will restore the nation to culture of hardwork22/06/2007
MR. Kwabena Agypong, a Presidential hopeful of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised to restore Ghana to the culture of hard work if given the mandate to lead the country in the 2008 poll.
 
17. Volta Regional House of Chiefs congratulates new Chief Justice22/06/2007
THE Volta Regional House of Chiefs has congratulated Mrs. Justice Georgina Wood on her appointment as the first woman chief Justice of Ghana.
 
18. “The marriage of Anansewa” at National Theatre21/06/2007
UNDER the auspices of the Ghana @ 50 Secretariat, the Marriage of Anansewa will be performed at the National theatre from July 27 to 29, at 7.30pm each night.
 
19. Ghana- U.S. @ 50: Looking Back, Moving Forward19/06/2007
The U.S.Embassy and Fisk University Jubilee Singers present a concert in celebration of Ghana's Golden Jubilee - July 5,2007, 6:00-7:00 pm at the National Theatre, Accra.
 
20. Sewua Chieftaincy Affairs19/06/2007
Please permit me to make the following observation about a shinning example for Ghanaians, and especially Asantes to emulate.
 
21. Create structures to enable individuals to develop economically – Okyenhene16/06/2007
AMOTIA Ofori Panin, Okyenhene, has called for the creating of structures that would enable individuals to easily mobilize the large natural assets available and turn them into economic resources for development.
 
22. The Kente Cloth and the symbolic Quilt of Nationhood16/06/2007
GHANA at independence, fifty years ago, was made up of four (4) provinces, namely the Northern Territories, Ashanti, the Colonies and the Trans Volta Togo land, and to day, this has grown into ten regions which embrace over sixty dialect groups, which also come under about seven broad languages or categories
 
23. Tamale Holds Forum on Emancipation16/06/2007
ALHAJI Adam Y.B. Ibrahim, deputy Director of Ghana Education Service (GES), has called on Africans to discard negative perception about the continent.
 
24. Volta’s Best Guide welcomes Tourists16/06/2007
The Volta Region abounds in many tourist sites most of which are located in areas tourists can visit and return to their homes the same day.
 
25. GHANA@50: The Kente Cloth and the symbolic Quilt of Nationhood16/06/2007
GHANA at independence, fifty years ago, was made up of four (4) provinces, namely the Northern Territories, Ashanti, the Colonies and the Trans Volta Togo land, and to day, this has grown into ten regions which embrace over sixty dialect groups, which also come under about seven broad languages or categories;
 
26. Nyong installs new chief14/06/2007
THE former Managing Director of Ghana Oil Company Limited, Lt. Col. Abdullai Ibrahim (rtd), has been installed Regent of Nyong, a farming community in the Karaga District of the Northern Region, under the skin name Ghanlana.
 
27. Emancipation Day held in Tamale12/06/2007
ALHAJI Adam Y. B. Ibrahim, deputy director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has urged Africans to discard negative perceptions towards the continent.
 
28. Film makers honoured09/06/2007
Two eminent filmmakers, Mr. John Akomfrah of Ghana and St. Clair Bourne of the United States of America, whose works continue to blaze the trail of Pan African Filmmaking, have been honoured at the on-going Second Annual Pan-African Real Life Documentary Festival in Accra.
 
29. Ghanaians celebrate Ghana @50 in Toronto09/06/2007
THE Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario (GCAO) has organized a big dinner and dance in Toronto as part of the activities to mark Ghana’s 50th Anniversary celebrations.
 
30. KWABRE MARKS GHANA @50 WITH CHORAL MUSIC COMPETITION09/06/2007
THE Mamponteng Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church choir emerged the overall winners in a choral music competition held at Mamponteng in the Kwabre district on Sunday.
 
31. New Akrade launches 50th Anniversary of re-settlement07/06/2007
THE Chiefs and people of New Akrade in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern Region last Saturday, launched the 50th anniversary celebration of their re-settlement.
 
32. Why Nkrumaists may never find lasting unity (1)07/06/2007
IRONICALLY, the NLC regime which replaced the one-party state, CPP government in Ghana in 1966, could be said to have done Nkrumaists a favour by issuing a decree banning the use of the name ‘Nkrumah’ and ‘CPP to form political parties.
 
33. Help accelerate development – Chiefs urged06/06/2007
THE Paramount chief of Likpe Traditional Area, Okaple Soglo Alloh IV, has advised newly installed Chiefs not to be taken in by the euphoria surrounding their installation and lord it over their people.
 
34. Ga Paramount Stool’s Homowo message06/06/2007
THE office of Ga Paramount Stool Dzaase has sent a message of peace of all Ga Mashie people for the quiet observance of the ban on drumming and noise making towards this year’s Homowo.
 
35. National Regatta festival launched06/06/2007
THE National Regatta Festival has been launched at a ceremony in Elmina.
 
36. Osu lifts ban on noise-making06/06/2007
The Chiefs and people of Osu in Accra on Friday performed rites to signify the lifting of the ban on noise-making.
 
37. Help accelerate development – Chiefs urged05/06/2007
THE Paramount Chief of Likpe Traditional Area, Okaple Soglo Alloh IV, has advised newly installed Chiefs not to be taken in by the euphoria surrounding their installation and lord it over their people.
 
38. MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND05/06/2007
Emancipation Day 2007 / Joseph Project
 
39. The family – Is it making or unmaking society?05/06/2007
May 15 was the International Day of the Family and it is pertinent to take a look at the Ghanaian family in particular, to see if it is really helping to create the kind of society we envisage.
 
40. OAU01/06/2007
AFRICAN UNION
 
 
   
 
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10/05/2013
LET’S DEVELOP BRONG-AHAFO TOURISM SITES
Available records say the region produces about 30 percent of the food requirement of the country....more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF TONGU
The Tongu consist of a dialect group among the Ewe-speaking people and the Dangme-speaking people of Ada who inhabit the lower parts of the Volta River. Among the Akan speaking people, however, Tongu and Battor are identical, because the Battor were the first tribe to migrate up the Volta and to come in contact with the Akans there....more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF NSOKO
Nsoko Traditional Area forms an integral part of the Tain District in the Brong Ahafo Region....more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF AKWAMU
The founding fathers of AKWAMU in the Asougyaman District of the Eastern Region claim migrant origin from erstwhile Kumbu state cited in the mountainous region between the Black Volta and the Comoe Rivers in northeastern Cote d’lvoire where they are from the royal Kumbu lineage – a Vanished Dynasty!...more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF SAKYIKROM
SAKYIKROM is a town located at the foothills of the Nyanao Mountain, and shares a common boundary with Nsawam-Adowagyiri Township in the Eastern Region....more
 
24/04/2013
THE STORY OF OBO KWAHU
According to Obo Ankobeahene Oral Tradition captured between 1985 and 1987 and supported by Adamu Yanko Oral Tradition, the first sight where the present Obo Township is situated was called Akropong....more
 
24/04/2013
THE STORY OF DUAYAW NKWANTA
DUAYAW-NKWANTA is the administrative capital of Tano-North District Assembly, in the Brong Ahafo Region. And according to legend, the putative founder, Nana Dua Yaw, and the first queen mother, Nana Serwaa, and followers of the Ekuona clan descended from the sky on a gold ‘’atweaban’’ chain on a Friday. They landed in a dense forest on a spot known as Mankwaemu which later became the royal mausoleum....more
 
28/01/2013
THE STORY OF NSOKO (1 – 2)
Nsoko Traditional Area forms an integral part of the Tain District in the Brong Ahafo Region. This traditional area shares boundaries with:...more
 
05/01/2013
THE STORY OF HO
Traditions of origin suggest that they had migrated with a related group-the Ewe-speaking people from southern Nigerian. It is certain that the Ewe originally were in sphere of influence of the old Ayo Empire that flourished in the southern Nigerian....more
 
01/12/2012
THE STORY OF AHANTA (1 – 2)
The AHANTA STATE and the story of the glorious era of Ahanta Traditional hierarchy prior to the recent creation of District Assemblies which significantly altered the early geopolitical morphology of the area, vis-á-vis, SHAMA-AHANTA EAST METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY (with its capital at Agona Nkwanta)....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story Of BOSO
Boso Gwa Traditional Area forms an integral part of the Asuogryaman District in the Eastern Region. Linguistically, the people of Boso belong to the Guan ethnic bloc, and had lived in the Mid-Volta Basin long before the Akamu arrived from Nyanawase to establish a permanent home at Akwamufie, 1733....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story of PRANG
Geographically, the Prang State is situated in the Atebubu-Amantin District in Eastern Brong Ahafo Region....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story Of BUEM
JASIKAN is the Administrative capital of the Buem Traditional Area in mid-Volta Region, physically an integral part of the Togo-Atakora system, but historically a part of the former German Colony of “Schutzgebiet Togo”, 1899 – 1918, when Buem became part of Togoland under United Kingdom Trusteeship till Plebiscite was held in May 1956 to determine its unification with an independent Gold Coast....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story of BEREKUM
BEREKUM Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region shares boundaries with Wenchi (Tain District) to the north-east, Dormaa to the south, Sunyani to the east, and Jaman to the west....more
 
12/07/2012
The Story of Kwamankese
The Kwamankese State forms an integral part of Abora – Asebu Kwamankese District Assembly in the Central Region. The state shares boundaries with Assin Attandaso in the north; Abeadze in the east, Abora in the south and west....more
 
12/07/2012
The Story Of BODWESEANWO
The town of BODWESEANWO forms an integral part of the Adanse Traditional Area, and lies south-east of Fomena behind the Kusa hills. It is situated some 11 kiometers inland from Obuasi junction through Brofoyedru....more
 
12/07/2012
The Story Of SEKYEDUMASI
Traditions claim that the royal Aduana lineage of Sekyedumasi, in the Ejura-Sekyedumasi District of Asante, originated from Asumegya-Asantemanso....more
 
12/07/2012
THE STORY OF SENYA – BERAKU
The people of Senya – Beraku belong to the AWUTU AMANSA group of States comprising Winneba, Senya and Awutu who occupy the same geographical area in the Central Region on the coast. Linguistically, they speak the same language or related Guan dialects which are more or less mutually intelligible. Despite ties and language and culture they are largely independent of one another....more
 
04/04/2012
The Story Of Akwatia
Akwatia is situated west of the Atewa ranges on the Asamankese Kade road.The founding fathers of Akwatia were once a branch of Akwamu.They were together with Akwamu throughout their migration from Human to Asakamu while the main body of Akwamu continued eastwards and settled permanently on the Nyanao Hill....more
 
16/03/2012
ELMINA CASTLE, A LIVING TESTIMONY TO SLAVERY
The Elmina Castle, Edina, Anomana or Amankwaa Kurom — it has been called many names, but one thing will never change — the malevolent history of this relic of the trans-Atlantic slave trade....more
 
22/02/2012
"AZONTO CRAZE"
“Azonto” is a Ghanaian dance which involves movement of most of the joints in the body in a rhythmic fashion taking very few steps. Just like most African dances, knee bending and hip movement are rudiments to dancing it....more
 
22/02/2012
ROLE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER IN ENSTOOLING OR DESTOOLING A CHIEF.
Chieftaincy- Chief- Definition of – Requisites for making a chief – Constitution, Article 277. Chief – Nomination – Fundamental requirement for making a chief – Role of queen mother – meaning of nomination – Nomination to precede all other processes for making chief – Ex post facto processes after nomination irrelevant for want of capacity to make nomination....more
 
27/10/2011
TRIBUTE TO EFO KODJO MAWUGBE BY THE MINISTRY OF CHIEFTAINCY & CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CULTURE
TRIBUTE TO EFO KODJO MAWUGBE BY THE MINISTRY OF CHIEFTAINCY & CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CULTURE...more
 
17/10/2011
ADEKYEM FESTIVAL
Under the able and inspirational leadership of Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area and President of the Bechem Traditional Council, Nananom introduced the ADEKYEM FESTIVAL to be celebrated by the Chiefs and people of Bechem Traditional Area, made up of the following towns and their villages: Bechem, Dwomo, Terchire and Tanoso. These towns together are known as “ATANOFO AKROTUONNAN”....more
 
28/07/2011
BEADS SHOW AT NGMAYEM FESTIVAL
If you love beads and don’t mind getting caught up in a week filled with an exhibition and trade show, seminars and work- shops for beads sellers and producers, fashion shows with assorted beads accessories, beads design competition and bead- making lessons, then the place to head for between October 22 and October 29 is the 2nd International Bead Festival at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region....more
 
19/07/2011
WHAT IS FOLKLORE
The world Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) under what it terms Model provisions suggests an illustrative enumeration of most typical kinds of expressions of Folklore....more
 
11/11/2010
‘LET’S UPLIFT OUR CULTURE’
Newly appointed Acting Director of the Center for National Culture, Greater Accra Region George Oppong...more
 
25/10/2007
Kwame Nkrumah misfounded Ghana
THIS essay has been prompted by an introspection of Ghana’s fortunes since independence and the celebration of the Jubilee this year. The writer seeks to answer the question why there appears to be “something missing” somewhere in the scheme of affairs in Ghana’s development....more
 
12/10/2007
DR SUSAN DE-GRAFT JOHNSON – FIRST GOLD COAST FEMALE DOCTOR
Dr (Mrs.) Susan de-Graft Johnson (Nee Ofori-Atta) was one of the three children Nana Sir Ofori-Atta I, the Okyenhene and Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, had with Nana Akosua Duodu....more
 
 
   
 
 

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