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Dec 2010 |
| 1. | THE STORY OF EJURA | 31/12/2010 | | THE myths and traditions of Ejura relate that in the remote past, the Ejura area was the place where “God the creator sanctified or purified himself”. The expression “odwira ne ho” became corrupted into EJURA. | | | | 2. | Let’s do away with tribalism-Rev. Dankwa | 30/12/2010 | | Let’s do away with tribalism-Rev. Dankwa
The Prisons Service Chaplain General, Reverend Gabriel Dankwa has warned against ethnocentrism backbiting and the pull-him-down attitude, saying such attitudes derail the cohesion, peace ad stability of the nation. | | | | 3. | Chereponi honours Haruna Iddrisu | 30/12/2010 | | The Minister of Communications and member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has been installed as the development chief for Chereponi. | | | | 4. | Adenkrebi swears in development queen mother | 25/12/2010 | | Queen-mother (Nkosuohemaa). Ms Rebecca Dyer, a 20 year old student in the United States, now on an exchange program at the University of Ghana, Legon. | | | | 5. | Bawku enskins first queen | 23/12/2010 | | The Bawku Traditional Council (BTC) has embraced the concept of queens to integrate women into its governance structure and make them part of the decision-making process. | | | | 6. | WHEN A FESTIVAL TURNS SOUR | 22/12/2010 | | Festival time is a period in the year when people suspend working activities to celebrate a special event, often religious, chieftaincy, or harvest, among other things. | | | | 7. | BOOK ON TRADITIONAL HERITAGE LAUNCHED | 20/12/2010 | | A BOOK that seeks to promote and educate the youth on sustaining the rich Ghanaian traditional heritage has been launched in Accra. | | | | 8. | Okyehene elevates four chiefs | 20/12/2010 | | The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panni, has elevated four chiefs in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area to Osabarima status. | | | | 9. | Bottom Line: art is art | 18/12/2010 | | FOR five days, artists from all over the world expressed themselves through their works during the vibrant art exhibition period in Berlin this autumn. | | | | 10. | TROUBLE AT CHIEFS ‘FORUM | 18/12/2010 | | The new chief of Ahiaso with his retinue of more than 40 vehicles caused a commotion on Tuesday, when they attempted to force their way into the chamber of the Western Regional House of Chiefs after waiting for hours on end to be sworn in as member of the house. | | | | 11. | Culture greets first oil | 16/12/2010 | | After more than 50 years of prospecting for oil, Ghana’s quest to become an oil-producing country came alive with the launch of the first oil at colorful durbar of the chiefs and people of the Western region yesterday. | | | | 12. | Mamponghene promises to honour outstanding citizens | 16/12/2010 | | Mamponghene promises to honour outstanding citizens
The occupant of the Silver Stool of Ashanti, Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, has stressed that the Mampong The occupant of the Silver Stool of Ashanti, Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, has stressed that the Mampong Traditional Council will continue to give recognition and honour to citizens from the area who will demonstrate the spirit of communalism and a sense of commitment and dedication. | | | | 13. | Who Qualifies as Chief? | 15/12/2010 | | Who is fit to rule? Was the banner head line of our lead story of Tuesday, December 7. | | | | 14. | Chiefs must lead exemplary lives | 14/12/2010 | | A MEMBER of the Council of State and President of the Centre Regional House of Chiefs, Daasebre Kweebu Ewusie VII, has called on chiefs not only to lead exemplary lives, but also initiate meaningful development projects to improve the living conditions of their people. | | | | 15. | VR chiefs on Facebook | 14/12/2010 | | The Volta Regional House of Chiefs is compiling the profile of its members to complete a face book which will be the first of its kind in the chieftaincy institution in the country | | | | 16. | DUUSI MARKS “TENG MEALUG DABHIRE FESTIVAL | 11/12/2010 | | T
HE chiefs and people of Duusi, in the Talensi- Nabdam district of the Upper East-region, have for HE The chiefs and people of Duusi, in the Talensi- Nabdam district of the Upper East-region, have for the first time celebrated the “ Teng Mealug Dabhire” festival which was recently instituted by the elders of the town. | | | | 17. | NKRUMAH, DU BOIS, PADMORE 2010 LECTURES LAUNCHED BY KATE AUBUSSON | 11/12/2010 | | HE W.E.B Du Bois Memorial Centre is hosting a lecture series highlighting the importance of Pan-Africanism as a means of rejuvenating African culture and the development of the continent as a whole. | | | | 18. | ZIAVI CELEBRATES | 11/12/2010 | | THE chiefs and the people of the Ziavi Traditional Area, in the Ho Municipality, have celebrated their annual DUTUTU DOZA(Development festival) in pomp and pageantry. | | | | 19. | THE TWO ASSIN STATES (2) | 11/12/2010 | | Know the Origin of towns | | | | 20. | Akyem Wenchi gets new chief | 11/12/2010 | | A 46-year-old industrialist, Bernard Kofi Mendah Appiahh, was last Saturday installed the chief of Akyem Wenchi at the Ofori Panin Fie at Kyebi in the Eastern Region. | | | | 21. | NANA AKOMANYI III ENSTOOLED BY GEOFFREY BUTA | 11/12/2010 | | THE enstoolment of Nana Akomanyi III, Adontsenhen of Breman Essiam Traditional Area in the Central Region has brought blessing and more hope to the people of the community. The seat has been vacant for the past 35years. | | | | 22. | Traditional medical practice goes scientific | 08/12/2010 | | In fulfillment of the Traditional Medical Practice Act of 2000 (Act 575), a total of 47 medical herbal practitioners were last week inducted into a professional body at a ceremony in Accra. | | | | 23. | In memory of Nii Kwabena Bonnie III | 08/12/2010 | | Nii Kwabena Bonnie III’s successful nationwide mobilization of the people of the then Gold Coast for his 1948 Boycott served as ‘the bridge’ for Dr Kwame Nkrumah to cross to the reach his ‘Independence goal’ for our country. | | | | 24. | The Story of Kwame Danso | 04/12/2010 | | Abini Nobia was ejected forcibly together with his followers and they escaped to Mowaso near Grand Basa – a settlement on St John River in Liberia. | | | | 25. | In honour of a king, Jamestown | 04/12/2010 | | This is the history that found its way into various paintings, as a group of Ghanaian visual artists opened an exhibition to celebrate the life and Kingship of Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V who turned a nonagenarian this year. | | | | 26. | The story of Nzema (1) and (2) | 04/12/2010 | | Know the origin of towns | | | | 27. | Nana Ampadu Okyere unites Pepease | 02/12/2010 | | Chieftaincy is one of the most respected and dignified institutions in Ghana. Traditional rulers do not only wield a lot of power and influence in their areas of jurisdiction, but they also contribute to the development of those areas. | | | | 28. | Belief in witchcraft and the effects on human rights | 02/12/2010 | | Beliefs in witchcrafts which dehumanizes the vulnerable in the society ,survives in modern technolocally developed cultural and remains a potent factor in most illiterate societies .It remains widespread in some communities ,where witch doctors are believed to wield great power in tribal societies. | | | | |
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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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