Nana Kwabena Atta (the 2nd King of Bompata in the line of succession) was a royal of the Bompata Atwea and Anyinase family who was born in 1814 at Anyinase Akyem Kotoku in the Eastern Region of Ghana to Nana Adwoa Amakyewa, Queenmother of Bompata and Opanin Kwaku Kyerematen of Anyinase Akyem Kotoku. He was the […]
Category Archives: AFRICAN TRIBES
Research on African Ancient Origins
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Apr
Apr
The Ga Adangme Kingdom is divided into three principal divisions based on ancestral migrations and peculiar cultures namely: 1. Ga Mashi (Accra) 2 Dangme (Head) (to the east and north), and3 Obutu or Awutu to the (east). The Ga Traditional Council comprise of the followings: 1 Ga Mantse2 Gbese3 Asere4 Abola5 Otublohum6 Sempe7 Ngleshi8 Akunmadzen9 […]
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Apr
Apr
Agogo is a town in the Asante Akim North District. It is the administrative capital of Asante Akyem North Municipal. Agogo is approximately 80 kilometers east of Kumasi located at 6.80004 (latitude in decimal degrees), -1.08193 (longitude in decimal degrees) at an elevation/altitude of 396 meters. The average elevation of Agogo in Asante Akim North […]
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Apr
Apr
After migrating from Adanse, later to Asuom, the ancesters of Juaso settled at the banks of the Dwabo river. Most Akan settlements were built on banks of rivers. This was because, they migrated by foot for months from place to place due to wars and unfavourable environmental conditions and will sometimes find it difficult to […]
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Apr
Apr
BOMPATA was established by Nana Addo Kwaata of Aninsua who was the maternal nephew of Nana Akometam and Anopim whose father Nana Frempong Manso, Akyem Kotokuhene gifted the land of Bompata to them. Their mother was Nana Ofosua. During the civil war between Juaben and Kumase in November, 1875, the Amantena people fled their homes after […]
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Apr
Apr
Atibie is one of the towns encapsulated in the Kwahu Traditional Area and the Twi-speaking Kwahu ethnic group in the mountainous Eastern region of Ghana. The town lies on the west of Mpraeso. River Asuboni flows between Atibie and Mpraeso and serves as the natural boundary (Opoku-Asiamah, 2020). The town’s appellation is Ɔtwerefo Tim nana […]
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Oct
The Akwamu were originally called Aduana Twifo but got the name “Akwamu” or “Akwamufo” when they were moving from their settlement at Twifo Hemang. According to highly acclaimed Ghanaian Historian, Henry Kwadwo Amoako, the Akwamu (ah-kwah’-moo) got their origin name from the Akan term “kon bu” meaning neck (kon) break (bu). When the Akwamu army […]
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Oct
Oct
Africa is the home to over 3,000 tribes and 2,000 languages and dialects. Africa is home to approximately one-third of the world’s languages. The diversity of Africa’s languages is evidenced by their populations. In total, there are at least 75 languages in Africa which have more than 1 million speakers. Now let’s focus on Nigeria […]
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Jun
Jun
Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (or the Bapedi people) who originated from the Bakgatla of the Western Transvaal. The Bapedi originated from the Bakgatla and moved to the Eastern-Central Transvaal. This was where they built a powerful empire in Bopedi, by a skilful combination of diplomacy and military conquest. Their motto, “Fetakgomo o […]
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Aug
Aug
The sacred Osun Osogbo Festival is an annual cultural event held in Osun State (Of Yoruba Kingdom) in Nigeria. The event attracts spectators and worshippers from all over the world in the month of August every year. The festival (which is organised in first 2 weeks of August) usually commences with a rite called “Iwopopo”, […]
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Jun
Jun
The Nzema people of modern Ghana are part of a very large Akan family who moved from various locations to settle at their present location. They currently live in southwestern of modern Ghana and in the southeast of modern Côte d’Ivoire. The Nzema area is divided into two electoral districts of Nzema East District and […]
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May
May
The Ejisu Traditional Area consists of a number of towns and villages who are Twi speaking Akans. These towns and villages were all founded by the group of the Asona clan that founded Asotwe, Ejisu and Bonwire. Akan tribes mostly have eight (it’s seven in some Akan states) Abusua (Matrilineal clans) in each state. The […]
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Mar
Techiman is the leading market town in Ghana and is, together with Sunyani, one of the two chief cities of the Bono and Ahafo Regions. This is located at a historical crossroads of trade routes and the Tano River, and serves as capital of the Techiman Municipal District. Techiman is the legendary birthplace of all […]
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Nov
Nov
The Asantehene has two special category of swords he use to protect himself from witchcraft called an “Akrafena” or soul sword and a “Bosomfena” or spirit sword. These swords are held byAshanti Royal Sword Bearers and the Chief Royal Sword Bearer carries two mysterious swords, the Legendary Nponponsuo and Bosomuru swords. THE TWO MOST […]
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Oct
Oct
Ntim Gyakari (died 1701) was the last fully independent ruler of Denkyira, a state in the boundaries of the modern nation of Ghana whose army were so fierce that it was difficult to overcome them. He was an austere King with an insatiable passion for women. He was brutal and was quick to kill without […]
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Oct
Oct
Ntim Gyakari, the King of Denkyira at that time (1694 – 1701) made ten classes of men and women. These men and women were to offer their bodies as a sacrifice to the King whenever a royal family dies and these men were called Abon Chuma Fuor [Atwomafo]. Their leaders were called Ajae Bi [Agyeibi], […]
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Dec
Dec
The Guan people comprising of 28 ethnic groups migrated to Ghana in AD1000 and are scattered across seven regions. This year, AD 2020 marks 1,020 years of their entry into Ghana. The late Anyenum Kwame Ampene from Anum Boso in 1981, launched the Guan Socio_Cultural Renaissance at Ajumako that give birth to the Guan Congress […]
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Dec
Dec
A shameful legacy that echoes into the present — and shouldn’t be buried in the history books. In the late 1800s, colonial exhibits became popular in the western world — exhibits that not only showcased artifacts but actual people. In the era before cinema, these shows allowed westerners to see the foreigners they’d only heard […]
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Dec
Dec
After the death of Ago, his successor Ago Akoli became king just before the middle of the seventeenth century. According to all accounts he was an energetic and dynamic leader, and he ended some of the proscriptions that inhibited the exercising of his function as leader. Unfortunately, things were not exactly the same during the […]
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Dec
Dec
There are many different schools of thought about the origins of the Ewe tribe, with a school of thought tracing the origin as far back as an earlier settlement in Adzatome, a suburb founded by Ham, the second son of Noa in the Bible; Noa being the progenitor of various tribes. It is here that we […]
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