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 […]
Author Archives: Henry Kwadwo Amoako
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508 years ago a “ghetto” was an enclosed place where European Jews were once relegated to live. The term, derived from the Italian word “gettare” refers to the casting of metal, was first used in Venice in 1516, when authorities required Jews to move to the island of Carregio (the Ghetto Nuovo, new ghetto), across […]
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Pan Africanism (Across Africa) is a belief that people from Africa and their descendants should be united after being captured into slavery and used like they are not humans. Since 1897 this movement for a United Africa has created several movements in the the United States of America spreading across continents and landing in Africa […]
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At 5,199 m, Mount Kenya is the second highest peak in Africa (second only to Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro) and is an ancient extinct volcano. There are 12 remnant glaciers on the mountain, all receding rapidly, and four secondary peaks that sit at the head of the U-shaped glacial valleys. Kenya is named after Mountain Kenya. […]
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Names of Towns and Cities in Ghana came about when early settlers of those areas located something prominent accustomed to the area or names of the FIRST SETTLER forms the foundation for names given. Usually the pronunciation of the names (could be landmarks or even animals) get corrupted overtime. Inter-tribal migrations due to conflicts also […]
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The United States attracts the largest flows of Ghanaian nationals. On an average yearly basis, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain received 85% of Ghanaian nationals immigrating to OECD countries between 2000 and 2019. An estimated three million Ghanaians are living in the diaspora! Why Are so Many Ghanaians Travelling Abroad? […]
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president in the post-colonial republican era initiated several power boosting projects to enhance the country’s industrial and research programs. Sadly the most important yet powerful energy source, The Kwabenya Nuclear Reactor Project was quickly abandoned when he was ousted. But in 2022, under the leadership of President Akuffo Addo (soon […]
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Until 1939, Thailand was known as the Kingdom of Siam. The Kingdom of Siam became Thailand under Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who was prime minister from 1938 to 1944. After the Second World War, Phibunsongkhram and some of his acolytes were accused of war crimes, but were acquitted. Since 1973, the history of Thailand has been marked […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The earliest copy of the Negro or Slave Bible was published in 1807 ( the same year the Slave Trade Act prohibited slave trade in the British Empire). This strange Bible contained only parts of 14 books! The publication happened three years after the Haitian Revolution ended. That revolution was the only slave revolt in […]
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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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Cults first began to appear in the mid-1800’s, possibly as an exploitive response to the work of Sigmund Freud and other early psychologists. The first important cult research was done by Robert J. Lifton in the 1960’s. The word “Cult” entered English from the French word “culte,” which derived from the latin “cultus,” meaning “care […]
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Thailand was originally called Siam, “The land of the White Elephant” or The country of Muang Thai (Land of the Free). The Thais have their own culture (including literature, drama, architecture, music, painting, sculpture, folk dances, and many handicrafts), their own language, their own cuisine, their own martial arts, and their own beliefs, with influences […]
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East, with an area of 2.24 million sq. km. (nearly 2/3rd the size of India). It is the 14th largest country in the world. It occupies 80% of the legendary and ancient Arabian Peninsula. One-third of the land is desert which includes a […]