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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Apr
Apr
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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Apr
Apr
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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Aug
Aug
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was Ghana’s first president who had a very deep sense of spirituality. His quest for a United Africa caused him to travel all over Africa and that also meant consolidating his Spirituality. He formed a West African Solidarity with Guinea and Mali to push the anti-colonial agenda from 1952 to 1972. In […]
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Apr
Apr
Bowdich suggests that “The Ashantees and their neighbors must have again been disturbed from time to time, by the several emigrations of the nations of the Mediterranean, whom Buache [Boakye?], in his researches for the construction of a map of Africa for Ptolemy, has at once discovered, by the identity of the names, in the […]