Proverbial Gems: Book review of ABETEI – Modern Gadangme Emblems

  ABETEI – Modern Gadangme Emblems Created by Ishmael Fiifi Annobil, Totem ISBN 978 1 899151 08 0 2016 Proverbial Gems I have always been fascinated by Adinkra symbols that were popularized by Professor Ablade Glover with the posters that he sold from his studio at La and I led many tourist in the 70s …

Preserving the past to inspire the future:everyoungjba.org – Ade Sawyerr

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A Ga New Year Greeting

Afi oo Afi Afi naa akpe wɔ Kpaanyɔ anina wɔ Wɔ fee momoo Wɔ ye Gbo, wɔ ye Gbiena Alonte diŋ ko akafo wɔteŋ Ni wɔsεε afi lε wɔ tashi neke noŋŋ Ni wɔsεε afi le ehi eha wo fe neke Ni nyemi afee nyemi Ni afi aya ni ebanina wɔ ekoŋ Tswa ni omanye …

Homowo – shitswaa ke kogbamo

Homowo 2009 Wilditch Community Centre - 12 September 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xy1jYR0UY0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WUyP63nR4

Bruce Road, Jamestown British Accra

Bruce Road, Jamestown British Accra By kpaikpaanyo My good friend Thomas Jefferson will not forgive me for continuing to use the word Accra.  He is right, there is no word called Accra in the Ga language but we have moved along culturally with the integration and assimilation of people from different places.  The beauty of it …