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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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 […]