The Owoo brothers, Nee Owoo II, alias George Owoo, Esq. (born in Accra, 1861 to 1934) and Rebert Owoo, Esq. also born in Accra, 1866 were merchants in “Funtumia Elastica” from the 1890s. Funtumia elastic, commonly named ‘silk rubber’, is a medium-sized deciduous tree. Funtumia elastica (Apocynaceae Family) is one of such plants which, apart from […]
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Achimota, in the language Ga, means ‘speak no name’. Achimota is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of affluence in Accra. It is a town in the Accra Metropolitan District (AMA). Achimota is a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Though it is considered a suburb of Accra, today, it was located about 10 […]