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Spiritual Help For Ghanaians Living Abroad

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 09 May 2024 20:34:03 +0000

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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The Story of Zulu Mystic Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:23:56 +0000

Mutwa was a storyteller (historian), painter, sculptor and author. In his personal narratives, he wove African mythology, Zulu folklore and professed to have encounter meta-humans and extraterrestrial beings. When he was alive he devoted most of his energy towards preserving African culture and challenging the tendency (by extension the status quo) to relegate African cultural [...]

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The Winneba Fancy Dress Festival: A Colonial Tradition That Has Become an Indigenous Culture

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:49:25 +0000

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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Origin of The Akonedi Shrine: The Story of Akua Oparebea

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:48:27 +0000

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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Origin of The Akonedi Shrine (Bloodline of Female Priestesses)

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:59:21 +0000

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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Powerful Stools of The Asante Kingdom

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:29:23 +0000

Among the Asante and other Akan peoples, stools play an important role in each person’s life milestones. When children learn to crawl, they receive stools as their first gift from their father. For young women, puberty rites entail sitting on their stools. A husband presents his wife with a stool when they marry. A deceased [...]

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Unbelievable Ritual Killings in Ghana

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:16:35 +0000

Traditional religion in Ghana has been linked to human rights abuse on account of the widely-held belief that through the use of human parts, rituals could be performed to affect the material circumstances of the individual making the request. Consequently, some individuals were killed for purposes that must have been related to the performance of [...]

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The Church of Methodist and The Ancestral Forest of Mankessim

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 11:39:05 +0000

The exact date the Methodist Church came to Mankessim, the heartland of the Mfantsepeople is not certain. Arkaifie states, for instance, that the Methodist Church in Mankessim was established in 1838. This is countered by the church‟s souvenir programme, which indicates that it was founded in 1836, immediately, after that of the Enyan Abassa society [...]

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The Witch Camps in Northern Ghana is a Refuge For Shielding Aged Women From a Century Old Tradition!

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 10:23:11 +0000

In Ghana, there are at least six Witch Camps, housing a total of around 1000 women! Contrary to the popular view that the camps are a place of torture, it is rather a place of refuge for those neglected due to them being branded as witches and excommunicated from their families. Such camps can [...]

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History of Some Popular Shrines in Ghana (In-depth) Part 2

Henry Kwadwo Amoako — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:28:25 +0000

Akonedi Shrine This is a shrine located at Larteh Kubeasi, very popular and believed to be one of the most powerful shrine among the Akuapims. Major spirits worshiped at the Akonnedi shrine in Larteh include: Akonnedi, Esi Ketewa, Adade Kofi, Asuo Gyebi and Tegare. Okomfoo Ejo is referenced as the first okomfoo (priest) of Akonnedi [...]

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