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Feb 2011 |
| 1. | Avenor gets new chief | 28/02/2011 | | The Fiagah of the Avenor Traditional Area in the Akasti District of the Volta Region, Torgbui Dorglo Anumah VI, swearing the oath of allegiance to the people at his installation ceremony. | | | | 2. | What do Tetteh Quarshie and Steve Jobs have in common | 28/02/2011 | | Both Tetteh Quarshie and Steve Jobs share a common history. None of them attained university education. But they sought education in the right way, and pursued their interests relentlessly; and never lost their sense of direction, their goals. Moreover, they sought ways of benefiting the greatest number of people. | | | | 3. | Lessons from the event -45 years ago | 28/02/2011 | | Most Ghanaians were not born when Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown. And many of them were too young to fathom the event and understand what followed. It is therefore natural for many to ask of my reaction when the coup occurred and to no assess events since then. | | | | 4. | New Caretaker Chief for Achiaman | 26/02/2011 | | THE Ga Asere stool, led by the Okyeame, Nii Ashittey Tetteh, has installed a new care-taker chief for Achiaman in the Ga West municipality to replace the chief, Nii Kwartey Adjan 1, who was killed by unknown assassin weeks ago. | | | | 5. | In Celebration of Black History Month: Less – known participating nations in the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade | 26/02/2011 | | AFTER her return from a tour of the Cape Coast Castle re-cently l asked a Chilean journalist whether there are black people in her country, that is, descendants of the many African slaves who were taken there during the period of the trans-Atlantic slave trade as is the case in other South American countries | | | | 6. | Black History Month Celebrations | 26/02/2011 | | The celebration of Black History Month is dedication to the aspirations, resilience, achievements, and contributions of Black people to our shared human civilization. It helps bring to life and focus the culture and heritage of a people whose original habitat is universally acknowledged as the cradle of all human civilizations, and yet have suffered incredible marginalization for no fault of theirs. | | | | 7. | ‘Musu’ still captivating | 26/02/2011 | | The staging last week of Nii Yartey’s old musical drama, ‘Musu-Saga of the Slaves’, enjoyed a surprisingly large patronage. For those who had already watched the film, it was the desire to see it once again, while first time patrons were delighted by the two-hour show. | | | | 8. | Damba festival ends in Tamale | 26/02/2011 | | People from all walks of life thronged the streets leading to the palaces of the Dakpema and the Regent of Gukpegu to take part in the annual Damba festival celebrations in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region, this week. Most of the jubilant celebrants dressed in beautiful traditional clothes such as the “Bingmaa,” “kpaakutow” and “Yablli” which are various forms of smocks popularly referred to as Batakari and danced for the appellations and local tunes. | | | | 9. | Documentary on witches launched | 26/02/2011 | | A DOCUMENTARY on the witches of Gambaga, a community of women condemned to live as witches in the Northern Region was launched in Accra this week. | | | | 10. | What happened to February 28 martyrs | 26/02/2011 | | The three, Sergeant Cornelius Fredrick Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey, all members of the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force that fought alongside the allied forces during the Second World War, were killed while going to present to petition to the then British Colonial Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy. | | | | 11. | Chiefs asked to adopt ADR in conflict situations | 26/02/2011 | | The Vice-President, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, has urged traditional rulers to adopt alternative dispute resolution approach for amicable settlement of chieftaincy litigation that has retarded development in various parts of the country. | | | | 12. | Cape Coast | 26/02/2011 | | Situated 165 km west of Accra on the Gulf of Guinea with an estimated population of over 70,000 is Cape Coast, the capital of the Central Region of Ghana and the citadel of the Fanti people. | | | | 13. | Afro-culture Advocates | 26/02/2011 | | The CEO of Afro-Culture Organization, a non-profit organization, Mr. Justice Dibson, has said that humanitarian work is not about sourcing funding from donor-agencies and seeking personal wealth through appeals to philanthropist, but by voluntary contribution, kindness and commitment to furthering the cause of the disadvantaged in society. | | | | 14. | Sir Gordon Guggisberg | 26/02/2011 | | A trip down the memory lane of Ghana’s developmental history reveals that historians have minced no words in placing the beginning of Ghana’s development at the doorstep of Sir Gordon Guggisberg, who was described as the greatest of the Governor’s of the Gold Coast. | | | | 15. | Akpafu marks Iron festival | 25/02/2011 | | Ms Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Tourism has joined the chiefs and people of Akpafu traditional area to celebrate their annual Kawu Katreyi (iron) at Akpafu in the Hohoe District of the Volta Region. | | | | 16. | The role of women in Ghana’s colonial struggle | 25/02/2011 | | LONG before some of us were born to mother Ghana, the struggle for self determination, an arduous and extremely dangerous pursuit, was probably con¬sidered the preserve of the male species. | | | | 17. | NEW BOOK ABOUT NKRUMAH LAUNCHED | 22/02/2011 | | PROFESSOR Kofi Awooner, Chairman of the Council of State, has launched a book titled Nkrumah for Young Readers in Accra. | | | | 18. | The Story of Koforidua | 19/02/2011 | | Know the origin of Towns | | | | 19. | Chiefs, Queen mothers, Opinion Leaders schooled on conflicts | 19/02/2011 | | CHIEFs, queens and opinion leaders in some selected rural communities in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District (SKCD) of the Eastern Region have ended a capacity building workshop on conflict management. | | | | 20. | Gomoa Oguaakrom marks Akwambo | 17/02/2011 | | The Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa East, Mr Kow Panyin Okyere , has called on Ghanaians to rally behind the government to execute its “Better Ghana” agenda to improve their living standards. | | | | 21. | UPPER EAST CELEBRATES GOLDEN JUBILEE | 14/02/2011 | | At the climax of the Golden Jubilee celebrations marking the creation of the Upper East Region, a colourful durbar was held at Bolgatanga last Saturday. | | | | 22. | Chieftaincy Ministry prepares line of Succession | 14/02/2011 | | A roadmap for the codification of lines of succession in all traditional area to address chieftaincy disputes is expected to be completed next month, Mr. Alex Asum-Ahensah, Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, has said. | | | | 23. | Prez Mills Congratulates Obrempong Ababio | 12/02/2011 | | Nii Armah Ashitey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, congratulating Obrempong Nii Kojo Ababio V, James Town (Ngleshie) Mantse on behalf of President J. E. A. Mills. | | | | 24. | Paper on “CULTURE AND GOVERNANCE” | 11/02/2011 | | I would like to express my gratitude to you all for the invitation to join the other stakeholders in a bold exploration on the issues relating to Ghana’s Cultural Policy and its implementation. | | | | 25. | YES, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE REPUBLIC DAY | 09/02/2011 | | Ghana achieved republic status 50 years ago on July 1, setting it as a fully independent nation in Ghana achieved republic status 50 years ago on July 1, setting it as a fully independent nation in the global community of the nations. Many Ghanaians last year could not answer the question of the meaning of republic day. Some took a break to celebrate at jams and beach parties but expressed utter confusion at why Republic Day is a holiday at all. | | | | 26. | The Cultural Initiatives Support Programme CISP Newsletter | 09/02/2011 | | The Cultural Initiatives Support Programme
CISP Newsletter | | | | 27. | Reflections on the chieftaincy Institution | 09/02/2011 | | President John Evans Atta Mills, in his New Year message to the nation, declared the year 2011 as the year of action. | | | | 28. | CISP Finishes Hard in Top Form | 08/02/2011 | | The current programme Estimate (PE) or Programme of activities is the last for the CISP, and therefore the activities have been designed either to bring closure to specific lines of activities or in some cases to leave a legacy that can be sustained by other funding or mechanisms. Thus many of the activities under PE4 are structured with the logic to “wrap up” preceding activities under previous PEs, or leave a legacy of the Programme. This has been discussed with consultants who helped to design activities in the past and who are most likely to conduct the final round of activities. | | | | 29. | Akyem Asene Zongo gets new chief | 08/02/2011 | | he Dagomba Chief in the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area, Chief Alhaji Sulemana Ademu, has stressed the
The Dagomba Chief in the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area, Chief Alhaji Sulemana Ademu, has stressed the need for chiefs not only to lead exemplary lives, but also offer inspirational leadership to sustain the confidence of their subjects. | | | | 30. | Okyenhene honours Ofosu-Ampofo | 04/02/2011 | | The chiefs and people of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council will hold a farewell durbar for Mr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, former Eastern Regional Minister and now Minister of Local Government and Rural Development at the forecourt of Ofori Panin Fie Kyebi on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 10:00 am. | | | | 31. | Africans advised to safeguard own culture | 03/02/2011 | | The vice Chancellor of University of Education, Winneba, Prof. Akwasi Asabere – Ameyaw, has called on Africans to adopt and re-activate various cultural mechanisms which helped their ancestors to protect, maintain and develop the environment. | | | | 32. | Let save our culture | 02/02/2011 | | OUR culture, are we on track or going contrary? I ask myself this question because for some time now what we see on TV and hear on radio seem to go contrary to our culture. | | | | |
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| 18/05/2013 | | THE STORY OF BOWIRI | | Geographically, the Bowiri State is situated in the south-east....more | | | | 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 | | | | 04/05/2013 | | THE STORY OF NTONSO | | An ancestor of the Dako clan by name Aberewa Yita lived at Asumegya Asantemanso, the exact location was Adwamu now a devastated area....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 | | | | 06/04/2013 | | THE STORY OF DENKYIRA (PART 1&2) | | Traditions claim that the founding fathers of Upper and Lower Denkyira in the Central Region originally lived in the Voltaic Region, south of the Niger Bend....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 | | | | 29/12/2012 | | THE STORY OF ASAMAN AND LAKE BOSOMTWE | | ASAMAN, an early Akan Settlement about seven kilometres from Asante Kokofu, was founded by Nana ADOMAKO ANSAH WHO HAILED FROM Adwafo near Kuntenase....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 | | | | 03/11/2012 | | THE STORY OF ADANSE AKROKERI (PART I&2) | | Adanse is well known in Akan Cosmogony as the place God (Odomankoma) traditionally started creation of the world, hence the expression: ‘Odomankoma created Adanse after the world’....more | | | | 01/09/2012 | | THE STORY OF KENYASE | | KENYASE is located about 10 kilometres from Kumase–Juabeng road....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 | | 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 | | | | 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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