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Oguaa Fetu Afahye 2022

The Oguaa Fetu Afahye festival returned after a two-year break due to the COVID-19 restrictions. This year’s celebration, dubbed, “Making...

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Oguaa Fetu Afahye - Black Christmas

Origins: The Oguaa Fetu Afahye festival was first celebrated in the 17th century (1800-1) during the reign of King Amankwaah. Cape Coast...

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Odambea Festival - Saltpond 2022

The Odambea festival is celebrated every year at the end of August by the chiefs and people of Nkusukum, Saltpond Ghana

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New Collections In Old Life...

It has been a while since we have updated our blog as we have been super busy as the commissioning of new flags from chiefs commences...

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Dentsi Asafo Company NO.2: Lower Saltpond

The posuban of No. 2 Company Lowtown (Saltpond) outdoored on 22 September 1921 with subsequent undated additions was almost completely...

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FILM: The master flag-maker preserving the Ghanaian Fante culture’s rich past

Ahead of Ghana Independence Day, Document premieres a short film about Baba Issaka, custodian of the Fante Asafo flags Watch the full...

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Kyirem No. 2 Asafo Company: Mankessim

Mankessim has historically been a center of Fante Asafo tradition. The Mankessim Kingdom(1252–1844) was a pre-colonial African state in...

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Asafu Abrempon No. 1 Company: Biriwa

The NO.1 Asafu-Abrempon Posuban shrine in Biriwa sits in the middle right at the the top of the town. You may recognize some of the...

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Asafo NKUM NO.2 Company: Kormantse

The Kormantse (Kromantine) Nkum Asafo posuban rebuilt - 22nd April 1973 by artist and flag maker Kwamina Amoaku. It has a multiplicity...

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Oguaa Fetu Afahye 2019

The Oguaa Fetu Afahye is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and the peoples of Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana....