He was just four years old when his uncle, Prempeh I (the 13th Asantehene), his maternal grandmother, queen Nana Yaa Akyaa, and other family members were captured and exiled to the Seychelles Islands by the British in 1896. Prempeh I returned from exile in 1924 and died in May 1931, and Otumfuo Prempeh II was […]
Monthly Archives: August 2020
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The Adae Kese is the annual culmination festival of the Akan calendar, the ninth Adae Festival (which occurs every six weeks). Adae Kese ushers in the New Year, with dates ranging between July and October, though some Akans like the Akim, Akwamu, and Ashanti celebrate New Year in January. It is also celebrated at the […]
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The occupant of the Bantama stool pays an unalloyed loyalty, dedication and honesty to the Asantehene. The Bantamahene, is also the head of the Krontire clan of the Kumasi Traditional Council and also serve as the war marshal of the Asantehene. The stool of Bantama, created by the Asantehene Osei Tutu for one of his […]
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In 1982, Yellowman was diagnosed with skin cancer, and was told that he only had three more years to live. However, this prognosis proved to be inaccurate, and after several surgeries Yellowman was able to continue his career. The cancer went into apparent remission during this time! In an interview with a local tabloid, The […]
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Judy Boucher was born in 1964 at St. Vincent in the Caribbean. She is a reggae and R&B singer. Her singing career actually started in 1970! At age 16! After being in her brother’s band Judy Jack and the Beanstalk, she later became a solo artist. In 1985, Felix Da Silva, a local songwriter, wanted […]
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This is his confessional story: “My biggest obstacle at 1860 Munich (One of the oldest clubs in the Bundesliga 🇩🇪) was Thomas Hassler; there were times where I even prayed that he would pick up an injury so I could replace him. “I even paid for a cow to be slaughtered for a blood sacrifice […]
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There is a suburban town at Taifa Junction called NO WAY. In 1985 a Bedford car carrying foodstuff had an accident there. The car was badly damaged. The damaged remains of the car was left there for years. It became a bus stop for most people. There was an inscription at the back of the […]
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral is an Anglican church in Accra, Ghana. Completed in 1894, it is part of the Anglican Diocese of Accra in the Church of the Province of West Africa. The funding for the Cathedral came from the colonial British government and was initially patronized by colonial expatriates. It was designed by Aston […]
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The enduring hostility and misunderstanding between the two communities was neatly summed up in an incident that occurred in October 1892, a little over two hundred years later. The king of the Ga, King Tackie Tawiah took the newly crowned King Kojo Ababio IV, king of Jamestown and two other newly enstooled Mantsemei to Christiansborg […]
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The story of Jamestown began with the erection of James fort by the British in 1673 – 74. The British fort was the last European trading post to be erected in Accra. It was the smallest of the 3 forts and was built about one and half miles from the Dutch fort. It stood in […]
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Dr. Tony Aidoo served as Senior Presidential Aide and Head of the Policy Evaluation and Oversight Unit of the Office of late President Atta Mills from 2009 to 2013, in addition to being a member of the Cabinet’s Economic Management Team for three years. Dr. Aidoo held the post of Ambassador Designate, to which he […]
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The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire. The Empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, “the Ghana” which means “The Warrior King”. The Empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the Almoravid General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar. […]
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Adeline Ama Buabeng, also known as Aunty Ama, is a Ghanaian actress and storyteller. For over three decades she “worked at the cutting edge of popular theatre with the Brigade Concert Party and Kusam Agoromba”. Buabeng started as a part-time member of the Workers’ Brigade Concert Party, performing traditional dances such as the Atsiaghekor, Adowa […]
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The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. In northern and central Europe, reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII challenged papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability […]
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The Geneva Bible followed the Great Bible of 1539, the first authorised Bible in English, which was the authorized Bible of the Church of England. During the reign of Queen Mary I of England (1553–58), a number of Protestant scholars fled from England to Geneva, Switzerland, which was then ruled as a republic in which […]
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Imagine if the President of the United States outlawed your version of the Bible because he considered it to be a threat to his rule. Imagine that he authorized a new Government “approved” version for you to read instead. That’s exactly what happened in the tumultuous year of 1611. King James despised the revolutionary and […]
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She was the first-ever Queen of England to rule in her own right, but to her critics, Mary I of England has long been known only as “Bloody Mary.” This unfortunate nickname was thanks to her persecution of Protestant heretics, whom she burned at the stake in the hundreds. But is this a fair portrayal? […]
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Rev. Dr. Christie obtained a Certificate from Kings College Commercial Institute Kokomlemle on June 30th, 1975. In April 1977 Archbishop Benson Idahosa held a Crusade at Kwame Nkrumah Circle where he distributed flyers all over himself! A 21 year old Christie Doh Tetteh got one of the flyers and went for the crusade. When she […]
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Mother Theresa was was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life. […]
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He was the grandson of a Scotsman who was one of the earliest merchant princes of the Gold Coast and a Legislative Council member from 1863 to 1873. He was a well-known merchant with business connections overseas. Not only did he own shipping vessels, he was also recognized as an authority in the timber business, […]
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