In 1954 Sir Hugh Beaver (1890—1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in County Wexford. There, he and his hosts argued about the fastest game bird in Europe, and failed to find an answer in any reference book. In August 1954, recalling his shooting party argument, Sir Hugh had the idea for […]
Author Archives: Henry Kwadwo Amoako
RESEARCH
Origin of The 100 Year Old Musama Disco Christo Church (Fanti, ‘Army of the Cross of Christ’)
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Aug
Aug
In 1892, Ama Esoum and Kwao Odum of Abura Edumfa gave birth to a baby boy, whom they named Joseph William Appiah. Because he was born on a Friday, he was known in his childhood as Kofi. Five days after his birth, a man visited Kofi’s mother and told her that her son was a […]
BIOGRAPHY
What Happened To The Late Chief Priest of “Kweku Fri Shrine” and Famous Herbalist, Nana Drobo II?
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Aug
Aug
Nana Kofi Drobo II was a herbalist, head of the Drobo Memorial Herbal Center and chief priest of the Kwaku Firi Shrine at Nwoase, near Wenchi, in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana from 1971 to 1992 His real name was Kofi Adawia and the first son of Nana Kofi Drobo I. He attended sunyani […]
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Mar
Mar
Veteran Gospel musician Diana Hopeson formerly called Diana Akiwumi is the last of seven children born to Francis Arhin and Ms. Hannah Amoo, who hail from Awutu Breku in the Central Region. She was born on August 30, 1970 in Accra, Ghana. She attended Bubiashie Cable and Wireless Primary School from 1976-1978, Eaton Preparatory School […]
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Jan
Jan
Until the Accra Mall was built in 2007 in Ghana’s capital, only people privileged to travel outside the country to Europe, the Americas and other places had the chance to visit and see such huge edifices that acted as a one-stop shopping area with lots of shops trading in various consumables under one roof. The […]
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Jan
Jan
Lawyer Nana Akenten Appiah Menka was a founder member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Minister of State in the Second Republic. Mr Appiah Menka was an industrialist whose company, Appiah Menka Complex Limited, produced the famous but now defunct Apino soap. His Apino Soap became a subject of adverse political campaigning by […]
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Jan
Jan
Joshua Kwabena Siaw, popularly known as J. K. Siaw, was a Ghanaian entrepreneur and industrialist in the 1960s. He established Tata Brewery Ltd, which later evolved into Achimota Brewery Company (ABC) and now called Guinness Ghana Breweries. Kwabena Siaw was born in 1923 in the Eastern Region of Ghana although his parents come from the […]
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Jan
Jan
Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 30, 1964, and at a young age, she moved with her family to Connecticut She was raised by her mother, who recognized her love of music from a young age, and despite not having much money, bought her a ukulele when she was just three. Musician […]
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Jan
Jan
The payment of EX-GRATIA to Members of Parliament (MPs) who CONTINUE TO WIN THEIR SEATS and RETURN to the August House after election is a strange occurrence but permitted by a strange 1992 Constitution. This MUST STOP! Ghana needs money for lots of projects! That practice needs to be abolished, as it is a major […]
BIOGRAPHY, POLITICAL HISTORY
Biography of Alban Bagbin: The Veteran Parliamentarian Who Became Speaker of Parliament
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Jan
Jan
Alban Bagbin of the opposition NDC (they have been in government before and have tasted power on several occasions) was elected speaker of the 8th Parliament of Ghana after a dramatic day in Parliament on January 7th 2021. This is the wonderful profile of the man who entered Parliament in 1993 at the unveiling of […]
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Jan
Jan
Joe Eyison popularly called: “Station Master” was a veteran musician and actor who identified mostly with the OBRA drama group of the 1980s. At the age of 41 Joe Eyison has been involved in the music business for some 15 years. After Joe’s primary education at Cape Coast and Takoradi Methodist Schools he took up […]
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Jan
Jan
The talented Nigerian rapper died on 22nd April 2010 (2020 marked a decade since he died) after he was involved in a ghastly freakish motor accident. The accident occurred at early hours of 14 April 2010 after a collision with a trailer conveying stationary in front of Alakara Police Station, off Agege motor road, Mushin, […]
02
Jan
Jan
In the middle of 1950, a lot of Parties were formed based on tribal lines. Some of these parties included, the Northern People’s Party(NPP) led by Simon Diedong Dombo, a traditional chief from (Duori) in the Upper West Region of Ghana; Anlo Youth Organization, Muslim Association Party, Togoland Congress and many more. After Ghana attained […]
MUSIC, TRADITIONAL RELIGION
The Winneba Fancy Dress Festival: A Colonial Tradition That Has Become an Indigenous Culture
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Dec
Dec
The Halloween-like fancy dress New Year Festival that began over a century ago in Ghana as a mocking satire of colonial life is still thriving today, with hundreds of people dressing up and wearing bizarre expressive masks! According to African-research.com Ghanaians in Winneba began forming masquerade groups in the 1920’s to Poke Fun at the Life and […]
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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
Operational Christianity started 267 Years ago. (As at December 2020) The most momentous discovery in western Africa came in 1471, when Portuguese captains first reached the coast of modern Ghana between the mouths of the Ankobra and Volta rivers. Yes! Some of the missionaries came with them (549 years ago) but many died from 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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Dec
Dec
She is believed to be the greatest Akonedi priestess who ever lived. Okomfohemmaa (priestess) Akua Oparebea was born in 1900. Both her father and mother were from distinquished royal families. While she was yet a suckling, her aunt professed under fetish influence proclaimed that she would be a fetish priestess who would one day be […]
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Dec
Dec
The Shrine had its ancient roots from a lady called Nedi who was the daughter of a man called Akon from Kubease. Nedi is said to have become pregnant and to have died (perhaps during childbirth) in the bush on the outskirts of Kubease. A search for her body revealed only an Anthill. According to […]
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Dec
Dec
Mahama taught high-school history for a few years before pursuing a postgraduate degree in social psychology from the Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow, which was awarded in 1988. After Mahama returned to Ghana, he worked in Accra as the Information, Culture, and Research Officer at the embassy of Japan until 1995. He then worked […]