Sankofa Series: What the names Achimota, Legon and Osu mean

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I piss on sick dog prophet mohammed 10 months ago

Burn all mosques in Africa. Qur'an is toilet paper.

Burn all mosques in Africa. Qur'an is toilet paper.
FRANKIE 10 months ago

Let us maintain the name of the main Osu street as Osu RE, rather than the so-called Oxford Street we're renaming it. Why must we always make our affluent places after foreign ones!

Let us maintain the name of the main Osu street as Osu RE, rather than the so-called Oxford Street we're renaming it. Why must we always make our affluent places after foreign ones!
Abrewatia 10 months ago

Osu RE is a neighborhood while Oxford Street(officially Cantonments Road) is just a street passing through Osu and connecting various neighborhoods.

Osu RE stands for Osu Royal Engineers neighborhood. It w as where the Roy ...
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Osu RE is a neighborhood while Oxford Street(officially Cantonments Road) is just a street passing through Osu and connecting various neighborhoods.

Osu RE stands for Osu Royal Engineers neighborhood. It w as where the Royal Engineer regiment of the British Army was stationed.

Osu RE is therefore as foreign as Oxford Street.

Just as African print/English waxx/ Hollandaise clothing is European print.

The contradictions of the African. We are as cosmopolitan as can be
Life 10 months ago

As for you every Ghanaian knows you are a lunatic who has stopped taking your meds.

As for you every Ghanaian knows you are a lunatic who has stopped taking your meds.
Jato 10 months ago

I only beg to differ on the name “ Legon” . I thought the name was coined by the Gas who referred to the university college there (at that time during the colonial era ) as “ ni le gon no” to mean the hill of studies.

I only beg to differ on the name “ Legon” . I thought the name was coined by the Gas who referred to the university college there (at that time during the colonial era ) as “ ni le gon no” to mean the hill of studies.
Why ,Why 10 months ago

Please Jato you are right .Bravo!

Please Jato you are right .Bravo!
Former Dining Hall Prefect 10 months ago

So, what (or who) is this animal called "le"?

So, what (or who) is this animal called "le"?
Pericles 10 months ago

Did you read Jato's excellent comment or not?!!

Did you read Jato's excellent comment or not?!!
MTOG 10 months ago

This version of why Achimota is called Achimota is wrong!

Achimota village was established by Ewe settlers along with Anumle and Chrustian Village.

Achimota is derived from an Ewe phrase which is linked to the name the ...
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This version of why Achimota is called Achimota is wrong!

Achimota village was established by Ewe settlers along with Anumle and Chrustian Village.

Achimota is derived from an Ewe phrase which is linked to the name the Europeans call Achimota School, that is Grey City of the Outlaws Hill.

More anon!

Watch this space!
Kalimba Mozambo 10 months ago

@MTOG
You don't make any sense at all. Achimota is exactly what the professor described. Ewe people had nothing to do with it.

@MTOG
You don't make any sense at all. Achimota is exactly what the professor described. Ewe people had nothing to do with it.

Pericles 10 months ago

Brazen ignorance like yours is why our people are still stuck in this quagmire of ignorance and shame!

Brazen ignorance like yours is why our people are still stuck in this quagmire of ignorance and shame!
Shaggy 10 months ago

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Uncircumcised
Unscrupulous
Unreasonable
Unintelligent
Uninformed
Uncivilised
Unhinged
MTOG 10 months ago

1. Achimota is derived from an Ewe phrase which is linked to the name the Europeans called Achimota School: which is the Grey City of the Outlaws Hill.

2. Achimota was called the Outlaws Hill in the colonial days.

1. Achimota is derived from an Ewe phrase which is linked to the name the Europeans called Achimota School: which is the Grey City of the Outlaws Hill.

2. Achimota was called the Outlaws Hill in the colonial days.
Kalimba Mozambo 10 months ago

@MTOG.
You are a fool who will never learn. Again, Achimota had nothing to do with Ayigbe people. Wash your damn face with alkpele and see if that helps.

@MTOG.
You are a fool who will never learn. Again, Achimota had nothing to do with Ayigbe people. Wash your damn face with alkpele and see if that helps.
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Ende 10 months ago

Wrong Interpretations.

Wrong Interpretations.
FOYOOSIS 10 months ago

The last explanation wasn't clear. If Le is word from the antelope family, assuming the whole place was hilly, which means "Gon or Gonno" in the GA dialect, you should have added the gon or gonno to the Le to make the explan ...
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The last explanation wasn't clear. If Le is word from the antelope family, assuming the whole place was hilly, which means "Gon or Gonno" in the GA dialect, you should have added the gon or gonno to the Le to make the explanation complete; antelope hill.

History without substance or is it the work if the usual half baked Ghanaian journalism that has become order of the day? Don't forget that some readers are reading with attention.
Life 10 months ago

See you guys are just going round usurping other people's cultures...ewes say kente is theirs bcos the word ke and te in ewe refers to the acts involved in weaving....they claim okomfo anokye of awukugwa Asante is an ewe beca ...
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See you guys are just going round usurping other people's cultures...ewes say kente is theirs bcos the word ke and te in ewe refers to the acts involved in weaving....they claim okomfo anokye of awukugwa Asante is an ewe because the name rhymes with a mystical twin of theirs called something something from nokyi in eweland..now achimota which belongs to GaDangbes since the begining of time is theirs too...ewes should focus on the sea taking over their lands and properties and leave other people's properties alone....you are reminding GaDangbes of their past slur given to ewes...ayigbe julor.stop the nonsense and lies and let peace reign ayigbe julor..
Nikei 10 months ago

Why is an uncircumcised cretin like you still allowed to come here to desecrate our discussions with your tribal bigotry and foolishness? Why?

Why is an uncircumcised cretin like you still allowed to come here to desecrate our discussions with your tribal bigotry and foolishness? Why?
CHAUCER 10 months ago

LAUGHING JACKAL
I don’t understand why Ayigbes want everything in Ghana to be attributed to them. Kente is theirs, Okomfo Anokye is theirs. Now the name Achimota too is their making. Meanwhile they are the last people to b ...
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LAUGHING JACKAL
I don’t understand why Ayigbes want everything in Ghana to be attributed to them. Kente is theirs, Okomfo Anokye is theirs. Now the name Achimota too is their making. Meanwhile they are the last people to be added to Ghana. That’s how they got their name “Number 9”. That was when Ghana had only 9 regions. Ayigbe fuo leave Ghanaians alone.

Schadenfreude 10 months ago

Ignorance is such a terrible disease and you've got it bad!

I blame social media for the proliferation of village idiots like you, CHAUCER!

Ignorance is such a terrible disease and you've got it bad!

I blame social media for the proliferation of village idiots like you, CHAUCER!
Kay 10 months ago

What my great grandmother told me was that, the man who brought the people from Israel to Nungua whose name is Borketey Lawai told his people that whenever someone want to see him , the person should know the mountain where h ...
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What my great grandmother told me was that, the man who brought the people from Israel to Nungua whose name is Borketey Lawai told his people that whenever someone want to see him , the person should know the mountain where he is. Meaning le gon ( know the mountain)since the area was under Nungua stool.
Aboa 10 months ago

There is a saying in ewe "atsi mor ta" to wit "you won't reach your destination". The area called Achimota is a place of refuge for slave escapes from their slave master. I urge you all to do the correlation and connects the ...
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There is a saying in ewe "atsi mor ta" to wit "you won't reach your destination". The area called Achimota is a place of refuge for slave escapes from their slave master. I urge you all to do the correlation and connects the dots. This place called Achimota is a place when reached and you're smart you won't reach your designated slave ship, slave castle, slave farms in Europe and America. Hence the name achi- mor- ta.
Kalimba Mozambo 10 months ago

Another ignorant man. Find something else to talk about.

Another ignorant man. Find something else to talk about.
Aboa 10 months ago

Most knowledgeable man, bring it forth and let's talk about it.

Most knowledgeable man, bring it forth and let's talk about it.
Life 10 months ago

Ayigbe Julor,..shameless people..I'm not surprised one bit.its not only kente, okomfo anokye, achimota that you guys are bent on stealing as yours...even the town of lashibi belonging to the GaDangbes you claim it.you lands a ...
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Ayigbe Julor,..shameless people..I'm not surprised one bit.its not only kente, okomfo anokye, achimota that you guys are bent on stealing as yours...even the town of lashibi belonging to the GaDangbes you claim it.you lands are being taken over by the sea,you don't focus on it.you guys just go round Ghana any place whose name has a semblance phonetically with your language you twist and steal it as yours.thieves. While a search in European libraries (Portuguese,Danish,Swedish,German,Dutch and British) clearly shows all the ethnicities associated as owners of lands across Ghana and indeed all of their former colonies.no wonder agorkoli drove you guys out of your original abode in Benin -Togo.stop your B's nonsense...we know the boundaries of Volta. how the did you guys leap frog the direct siblings of the Gas-the Danbges,Krobos to acquire these lands.see you guys a not even clever before crossing over to Ga lands you have to traverse Krobos and Dangbe lands from Ayigbe lands...so how the heck did these siblings of ours allow you to settle in our forests without conflict...idiocy crap and envious rats
Shaggy 10 months ago

Uncircumcised
Unscrupulous
Unreasonable
Unintelligent
Uninformed
Uncivilised
Unhinged

Uncircumcised
Unscrupulous
Unreasonable
Unintelligent
Uninformed
Uncivilised
Unhinged
Samurai 10 months ago

Would like to know which animal is called Le. Just curious.

Would like to know which animal is called Le. Just curious.
Faze 10 months ago

Can you name the animal Le in English for us to crosscheck if what you are saying is right?

Can you name the animal Le in English for us to crosscheck if what you are saying is right?
Life 10 months ago

Nobody is interested in teaching anything.go learn the language yourself.see we have towns like klagon...should we also teach you the animal called kla?anyway I'll enlightened you, cos I'm in a good mood...kla is the name of ...
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Nobody is interested in teaching anything.go learn the language yourself.see we have towns like klagon...should we also teach you the animal called kla?anyway I'll enlightened you, cos I'm in a good mood...kla is the name of an animal and also the word kla means the soul. Ga is tonal so depending on how you pronounce a word, it can mean one or the other ...eg Le means knowledge,studies but it's also the name of an animal in the ruminant family. Gon means hill,mountain. What's wrong with GaDangbes calling a place after a dominant native grazing - browser ruminant species found there,then later the place being given for development of a world class University. Coincidentally, the word le also aligns perfectly with the core function of this established institution.

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