The mayor has himself to blame for all the noise we are hearing about this. So I ask again. Was this name change necessary at all ? I understand the name change of the football stadium because that was the right thing to do s ... read full comment
The mayor has himself to blame for all the noise we are hearing about this. So I ask again. Was this name change necessary at all ? I understand the name change of the football stadium because that was the right thing to do since the Ga people were angry. But nobody gives a damn about hockey in Ghana and that woman's name should have been kept.It won't hurt any feelings.I have no idea what triggered this change by the mayor.
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago
Source: Daily Guide...
All of a sudden nonentities want to portray to the world how close they were to the late President.
Those who had to chat with him for one hour everyday, those Deputy Ministers who had to call him ... read full comment
Source: Daily Guide...
All of a sudden nonentities want to portray to the world how close they were to the late President.
Those who had to chat with him for one hour everyday, those Deputy Ministers who had to call him every morning before the man could even brush his teeth, and still those who would be called to the Castle by the late President to express his appreciation for job well done after they had gone to insult political opponents in the media on his behalf. Shameless id.iots raising their egos
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 10 years ago
ARM ROBBERY
You should be specific on what you want to say. It looks like you beating about the bush or more so shooting yourself in the foot when the whole world knows that Kuffuor is not only a thief but an aggressive on ... read full comment
ARM ROBBERY
You should be specific on what you want to say. It looks like you beating about the bush or more so shooting yourself in the foot when the whole world knows that Kuffuor is not only a thief but an aggressive one.
Do you not know that Akronfuor only came milk us dry thus the increase in poverty rate and Ghana as Cocaine hub in the world. Not mention arm robbery. Had Akronfuor gone a step ahead of Rawlings' Govt on issues of Accountability, Probity and Integrity, Ghana would have somewhat come near achieving it's vision 2020.
KOLA PROGRESSING FORWARD 10 years ago
"Not mention arm robbery."
WHO IS ROBBING ARMS IN GHANA, BOROFO KANKAN KOLA? It's ARMED ROBBERY. ARMED means you have weapons like guns, clubs, Machetes etc. ARM means your hand. means
"Do you not know that Akronfuor ... read full comment
"Not mention arm robbery."
WHO IS ROBBING ARMS IN GHANA, BOROFO KANKAN KOLA? It's ARMED ROBBERY. ARMED means you have weapons like guns, clubs, Machetes etc. ARM means your hand. means
"Do you not know that Akronfuor only came() milk us" w'abon paa.
" Ghana would have somewhat come near achieving [it's] vision 2020."
IT IS VISION? hahahahahahaha, IT'S means IT IS, different from ITS that you should have used.
kutunpofo 10 years ago
Nii Tsorkor, you say that "I understand the name change of the football stadium because that was the right thing to do since the Ga people were angry." Which Ga people were angry, and even if that was the case, was their ange ... read full comment
Nii Tsorkor, you say that "I understand the name change of the football stadium because that was the right thing to do since the Ga people were angry." Which Ga people were angry, and even if that was the case, was their anger justified to the extent that the existing principle of an outstanding honor of a great Ghanaian should have been dishonored in favor of the prejudices of a few non-descript unproductive Ga people?? I am a Ga and I as well as a majority of many other Gas in my circles were livid and outraged at this decision.
As far as I know it was only the few people in that anarchist group of the lunatic fringe of the Ga Adangme Association, headed by KB Asante, that bullied the cross-starred Vanderpuiye to change the name of the stadium in Accra. Of course the association of area boys, erroneously referred to as Assemblymen, would tag along to support the "Mayor" in return for a few juicy road maintenance contracts.
Not surprisingly, not one single govt official in the whole NDC apparatus was wise enough to stand up to this shameful, disgarceful and reckless move.
The reversion to the colonial epithet of Flagstaff House to cast darkness over the more nationalist and respectably named Jubilee house and subsequently, Atta-Mills Highway in lieu of High Street then also, Atta-Mills Hockey Stadium instead of Theodosia Okoh, are all symptoms of the waywardness and recklessness of the current NDC govt. many senior functionaries of this NDC govt behave like an eight year old child who has been given a four-wheel car to drive.
I suspect, from your lack of decent regard and respect for national heroes that you are a member of that anarchist Ga-Adangme Youth Association. How else could you have insinuated that, "...nobody gives a damn about hockey in Ghana and that woman's name should have been kept.It won't hurt any feelings." For you, only because you think hockey is unimportant, they should have kept "that womans" name there. Which ancient planet did you just descend from? You deserve some caning on your backsides.
It seems that you also suffer from strains of old-school male chauvinism and you therefore dont exhibit any sense of decorum when you are referring to known people of the opposite sex. By her monumental contributions to our country Ghana, it sounds almost vulgar to refer to Theodosia Okoh as "that woman".
This is one of the reasons why your presumably opposite party was calling for free education. Some of you very clearly need to go back to primary school to learn about those who made this country what it is. It baffles me that you as well as Kofi Cambridge who wrote this nice article in a belated recognition of Mrs Okoh, had not known of her accomplishments before this rumpus. At least on this point we can thank Oko Vanderpuiye for bringing Theodosia Okoh to the limelight.
Very clearly, you are in principle not averse to Oko Vanderpuiyes silly antics and you would have continued the 'tradition' if given the chance.
Nii Tsokor 10 years ago
It looks like you did not like the name change of the hockey facility.I said in my retort that the name should have been kept.It should have never been changed.So what is your problem ?
Where we differ is the name change o ... read full comment
It looks like you did not like the name change of the hockey facility.I said in my retort that the name should have been kept.It should have never been changed.So what is your problem ?
Where we differ is the name change of the football stadium.I bet you the last shirt on my back that if you poll a 100 Ga folks about the stadium name change, a whopping 99% will agree with the decision to change it.
If you are indeed a Ga,as you claim, you are part of a miniscule minority with a view contrary to that decision.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
Nii, does 99% of Ga folks agreeing to a national asset being renamed because Ohene Djan is not a Ga, make it right? What is the percentage of that 99% of the total population of Ghana? Not all popular opinions become policy ... read full comment
Nii, does 99% of Ga folks agreeing to a national asset being renamed because Ohene Djan is not a Ga, make it right? What is the percentage of that 99% of the total population of Ghana? Not all popular opinions become policy because they are not necessarily legal or appropriate. The renaming of the stadium by Oko Vanderpujie was wrong and indefensible.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago
REVERT TO OHENE DJAN STADIUM, NOW!
the topic of the AMA being caught in National Democratic Congress politics, especially with the decision to remove the name Ohene Djan from the signpost of the sporting edifice in Accra.
... read full comment
REVERT TO OHENE DJAN STADIUM, NOW!
the topic of the AMA being caught in National Democratic Congress politics, especially with the decision to remove the name Ohene Djan from the signpost of the sporting edifice in Accra.
Expect the bearded Mayor to defend his corner. He insisted that the changing of the name was in respect of the exercise of the right of the AMA to name streets and monuments in the national
capital. I put it to him that the renaming of the Jubilee House to Flagstaff House was without the input of the AMA, and that when the Black Star Square became Independence Square the AMA never
raised a finger. I assured him that so long as some of us continue to live, Ohene Djan would be back. He threatened to summon me before the full assembly of the AMA to show why I should not be
disciplined for flouting the rules of the assembly. I assured him that I was prepared to face the Sanhedrin. OKO IS WAY IN OVER HIS HEAD. IF OKO VANDERPUIJE SHOULD CONTEST THE ACCRA MAYORAL JOB
AGAINST A BEARDED, HAIRLIKE MONKEY FROM THE BUSH OF GH NATIONAL COLLEGE.. TRUST ME, THE MONKEY WILL WIN!
HOW CAN YOU COWTE TO THE DEMANDS OF THESE NON TAX PAYING, NON EDUCATED GA YOUTHS N CHANGE THE NAME OHENE DJAN TO ACCRA SPORTS STADIUM. IS OKO ON DRUGS?
THE AMA DOES NOT OWN THE STADIUM. IT IS PUBLIC PROPERTY OWNED BY THE GOVT OF GH. JUST BCOS THE STADIUM IS IN ACCRA DOES NOT MEAN THAT AMA OWNS IT. IF AMA WANTS TO OWN THE STADIUM.
THEY SHOULD BUY THE STADIUM FROM THE GOVT OF GH. THE ONLY RIGHT TO NAME CHANGING AMA HAS IS WITH THE PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC TOILETS N GA MANTSE CHIFTANCY SEATS IN ABOSSEY OKAI, MANPROBI, TESHIE, NUNGUA ETC....
I DONT WANT HEAR ABOUT GA DISENFRANCHISING ETC. THATS TYPICAL INWARD LOOKING TALK. THE KMA HASNT CHANGED THE NAME BABA YARA. DO U SEE ANY DISENFRANCHISEMNT FROM THE ASHANTIS?
IF HE IS RENAMING PUBLIC/GOVT PROJECTS WITHOUT WARRANT. WAHT ELSE IS HE DOING UNLAWFULLY WITHIN THE AMA AND IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION? IM SURE HE IS SERIOUSLY EMBEZZLING MONEY..WAAAAAAA. EMBEZZLING AMA MONEY WAAAA WAAAAA!
Nii Tsokor 10 years ago
That was what the Ga people wanted .Kuffour was selling state lands to his tribesmen.I mean lands which, by law, should have been returned to the Ga stool because the government had exhausted its use of those lands.
Kuffou ... read full comment
That was what the Ga people wanted .Kuffour was selling state lands to his tribesmen.I mean lands which, by law, should have been returned to the Ga stool because the government had exhausted its use of those lands.
Kuffour was giving his tribesmen all kinds of political appointments with Ga folks conspicuously missing.He seldom or never consulted with the elders of the Ga state concerning issues that affected the sensibilities of Ga people as a whole.
Ga folks felt that he , Kuffour, was just rubbing it in when he named the stadium after Djan and , thus, the anger which ultimately triggered the re-naming of the stadium to its original name.It's all good as far as the Ga people are concerned.
Why not just name a landmark in the region where Djan came from after him ? Nobody in the Ga nation will complain.I can guarantee you that.
kutunpofo 10 years ago
Nii Tsorkor, I shudder to think that we live together with tribalistically unrepentant characters like you in the same country. It is an uncomfortable feeling.
If Kufuor was selling land only to his party people (my view) ... read full comment
Nii Tsorkor, I shudder to think that we live together with tribalistically unrepentant characters like you in the same country. It is an uncomfortable feeling.
If Kufuor was selling land only to his party people (my view) - and not only to his tribesmen as you claim, where did Obetsebi-Lamptey and Adjiri Blankson - both Gas, get their share of govt land and property from? And if you really insist, I will give you a more extensive list of other Gas who benefited from this political scam.
If or when you willingly choose to be narrow-minded, you will begin to see everything in the world from a narrow and unproductive perspective. You should better learn to straighten yourself out and begin to see yourself as a Ghanaian above everything else. It will help you greatly.
Your behavior is reminiscent of the subversive misdemeanors of that pathetic Danquah-Busia gang who wanted to 'split' Ghana into a federal system - also because of their narrow and selfish mindedness. Incidentally, at the time, they had the full support of the violent Ga Shifimo kpee. Are you by any chance a lingering remnant of that terrorist group?
Mind you I dont subscribe to the selling of choice govt land to anybody but before the NPP continued with this repugnant conduct, was the NDC also not randomly selling govt properties to themselves and their cronies?
I advice you to go back to your voodoo research activities to find out who between the NPP and NDC have sold more govt property than the other to Ghanaians and foreigners alike?
kutunpofo 10 years ago
Nii Tsorkor I really do not know where and when you run your poll to determine that 99% of Gas would have agreed to an inexcusably dumb decision to rename the stadium at Accra. Grabbing voodoo figures from your ethnocentric i ... read full comment
Nii Tsorkor I really do not know where and when you run your poll to determine that 99% of Gas would have agreed to an inexcusably dumb decision to rename the stadium at Accra. Grabbing voodoo figures from your ethnocentric imagination to support a wrong cause will not do you or all other Gas any good.
It is also a slight on Ga people for you to make such frivolous and unwarranted assumptions on their behalf. If, as you assert, only a miniscule minority of Gas held the contrary and correct view, what are you in effect saying about Gas? That the majority of us are foolishly tribalistic or daft or what? Stop disgracing Gas with your shameful and pitiful NDC prejudices. I think Gas have suffered enough from being led around by the nose by the NDC to no avail. You and those Gas who think alike, should wake up from the slumber. It is late in the day.
And by the way, you yourself, are you of Ga origin or what? Or are you perhaps muddying the waters (okpoto nue hie)for Ga people?
Nii Tsokor 10 years ago
If you don't like or agree with it, you have other options out there.Now, you get it straight from me. Ga folks OVERWHELMINGLY support the re-naming of the football stadium.
To answer your question about my Ga roots, every ... read full comment
If you don't like or agree with it, you have other options out there.Now, you get it straight from me. Ga folks OVERWHELMINGLY support the re-naming of the football stadium.
To answer your question about my Ga roots, every single drop of blood in me is Ga.Both great grandparents, grandparents and parents all Ga people.I am 100% Ga . I mean pure bred.If you have a problem with that, you just have to deal with it.
kutunpofo 10 years ago
No Nii Tsorkor I dont have a problem with your presumed 100% Ga origin as you say. Why should I?
What I have a problem with is first of all, your unscientific and assumed knowledge of what all Gas think about this issue an ... read full comment
No Nii Tsorkor I dont have a problem with your presumed 100% Ga origin as you say. Why should I?
What I have a problem with is first of all, your unscientific and assumed knowledge of what all Gas think about this issue and secondly your rude insinuation that Gas are stupid people.
Most of my Ga relations and friends were and still are strongly against the renaming of the stadium on the basis of sheer asinine bigotry. That is what I stand on to buttress my point. Unlike you who probably with the help of Woyome, did a survey of the approximately 1 million Gas who live in and outside Accra, I cannot vouch for your statement that most natives of Accra supported that exceedingly stupid decision.
Nii Tsokor 10 years ago
.....And what do you do for a living? What do you not understand about what I am saying ?
Let me give you my profile.Born in Accra to Ga parents.Had my early education at a mission school in Accra.Attended Bukom University ... read full comment
.....And what do you do for a living? What do you not understand about what I am saying ?
Let me give you my profile.Born in Accra to Ga parents.Had my early education at a mission school in Accra.Attended Bukom University where I obtained a Bachelors degree in Economics.I then proceeded to Tsokor Graduate School Of Management and received my MBA .I am a second line manager at one of the world's biggest conglomerates and currently working on my JD at Korle Wokon School of Economics.
Now what say you , Kutunpofo ?
Gabaa 10 years ago
This guy is related to the dead president through marriage. Why do you think a high school headmaster in the US becomes an appointed administrator overnight
This guy is related to the dead president through marriage. Why do you think a high school headmaster in the US becomes an appointed administrator overnight
Nii Tsoikor 10 years ago
Who married who ? I never knew of such relationship between the mayor and president Mills.
Who married who ? I never knew of such relationship between the mayor and president Mills.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago
There are legions of Ghanaians who have contributed to make Ghana what it is today.
But we see their worth only through political lenses.
There are legions of Ghanaians who have contributed to make Ghana what it is today.
But we see their worth only through political lenses.
Anne 10 years ago
How can this be tribal when ex president Mills is 100% fante,thank God name has been reversed.Accra sport stadium was reversed to Ohene Djan stadium and it has been reversed to its original name.where is the tribalism.?
How can this be tribal when ex president Mills is 100% fante,thank God name has been reversed.Accra sport stadium was reversed to Ohene Djan stadium and it has been reversed to its original name.where is the tribalism.?
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
Anne, I understand the reason why Oko Vanderpujie and his cohorts removed Ohene Djan's name was that Ohene Djan was not a Ga. Who told them that Accra Sports Stadium is for the Ga people? It's only on the land of Ga people th ... read full comment
Anne, I understand the reason why Oko Vanderpujie and his cohorts removed Ohene Djan's name was that Ohene Djan was not a Ga. Who told them that Accra Sports Stadium is for the Ga people? It's only on the land of Ga people that was acquired for national development. Was Baba Yara an Asante? The name suggest otherwise but I have to be careful not make another mistake. The Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi does not belong to Asantes but Ghanaians. The ethnicity is what made the renaming racist or tribalistic.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
Atta... the reason why there are many Akans plying their trade in Accra without any difficulties is because Gas are actually very co-habitats and over generous and never tribal as most people assume.
I am saying this beca ... read full comment
Atta... the reason why there are many Akans plying their trade in Accra without any difficulties is because Gas are actually very co-habitats and over generous and never tribal as most people assume.
I am saying this because I was brought up in Accra and I understand life in Accra. In fact, Akans probably owe more lands in Accra than the Gas themselves.
The stadium re-naming was handled badly by the Kufuor Regime because of the then existing undercurrent. There were issues to do with how many Gas were in the government then, let alone seeking their interest.
Jake, for his personal reasons was becoming a side-liner in the government and Prof. Mike Oquare's were too removed from the traditional Gas homes.
What compounded the issue was the government interference with the chiefaincy dispute as to who became the GaMantse.
In short, the Gas felt alienated from the very government they helped put in place in 2000.
I know you are trying to stay off accusing the Gas as tribalistic and that is good because they are generally like any tribe, but we have to understand their reasons for rejecting the name change of the Accra Stadium. They felt undermined and people have to understand it was not personal against the character and achievements of Ohene Djan or because he was an Akan.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
BRAVEBOY, I did not intend to say that Ga people are racist or tribalistic. Not at all. What I meant is that, the decision to change the name of a national stadium because Ohene Djan was not from Accra was racist or tribalist ... read full comment
BRAVEBOY, I did not intend to say that Ga people are racist or tribalistic. Not at all. What I meant is that, the decision to change the name of a national stadium because Ohene Djan was not from Accra was racist or tribalistic. That does not mean that Ga people are racist or tribalistic.
I worked in Race Relations for over a decade here in the UK and have a very strong understanding of such issues. For example, one can act in a way that is racist towards ethnic minorities but that does not necessarily mean the person is racist. This is because, racial discrimination manifests itself in what we call the 4Ps (policies, procedures, practices and processes). Because that person is applying the 4Ps, s/he will end up discriminating against ethnic minorities on the basis of race when in fact, s/he could perhaps even be of minority ethnic origin her/himself and not racist.
I will never accuse an ethnic group as being racist or tribalistic for the action of one person. I also spent most of my life in Ghana in Accra and know Ga people very well though I never manage to pick up the language because I am poor at languages and also lived in areas where English was the main language of communication.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
I never accused you of calling Gas tribalist. Like your used the 4Ps example, sometimes our actions and in-actions can actually be prejudical when we in fact don't intend it.
I am simple saying the Gas do not like the nam ... read full comment
I never accused you of calling Gas tribalist. Like your used the 4Ps example, sometimes our actions and in-actions can actually be prejudical when we in fact don't intend it.
I am simple saying the Gas do not like the name change and we must respect that without accusing them of something else.
Yes! people must see Ghana as a unit and the government must do things without favour, yet they must know they are in power because of the people and in office for the people and thus respect their concerns. I can promise you, if a decision is taken on Kumasi without the Asantehene's counsel, there will be uproar, if not from the king, then the people.
Read my comment again and you will realize, I only cautioned you to leave that topic. It has been changed and it is the will of the Gas, period.
We have cultures and we have to respect them as well. The Uk is great but even then, when it came to putting Mandala's statute among the great statutes in front of Parliament, there was disputes for many months in Parliament.
There are many things named after Akans, indeed, Mills( even buried.. an issue with burial on other lands-Cultural)and foreigners, such as Patrick Lumumba and co, yet the Gas have never had a problem, why?
My reasons of the undercurrent still holds and if you bother talk to a Gas from Osu, La(not Labadi) you will understand.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
BRAVEBOY, thanks for clarification and my apology if I misread, misunderstood or misinterpreted your comment.
BRAVEBOY, thanks for clarification and my apology if I misread, misunderstood or misinterpreted your comment.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
That is fine. I come here to learn unconsciously and consciously as well.
That is fine. I come here to learn unconsciously and consciously as well.
baggio 10 years ago
very honest piece,am with you 100% on this one Kofi.
very honest piece,am with you 100% on this one Kofi.
Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. 10 years ago
Kofi Ata, I don't know why you suppose the name Asihene to be an Akuapem name. Well, the woman you are talking about is my aunt, of Akyem-Kyebi-Adadientem stock. And somebody is going to pay dearly one of these days for humil ... read full comment
Kofi Ata, I don't know why you suppose the name Asihene to be an Akuapem name. Well, the woman you are talking about is my aunt, of Akyem-Kyebi-Adadientem stock. And somebody is going to pay dearly one of these days for humiliating her. We have never met; but blood is thicker than water. Two of my own sisters were formidable hockey stars at APSEC and OPASS.
You know the names of J. B. Danquah, Akufo-Addo and William Ofori-Atta; and so you must understand why this is being done to her.
You probably are also thinking Nana Yaa Asantewaa of Edweso/Ejisu is an Asante woman; well, you better ask the Okyenhene.
You better also listen to Pastor Mensa Otabil.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
Prof, my apology for getting Madam Theodosia Okoh's ethnic origin wrong. I should have known better because I advise against relying on names to impute one's ethnicity, nationality or country of origin. In fact, initially, I ... read full comment
Prof, my apology for getting Madam Theodosia Okoh's ethnic origin wrong. I should have known better because I advise against relying on names to impute one's ethnicity, nationality or country of origin. In fact, initially, I assumed she was Ga and after reading Prof Addae Mensah's article, I concluded that she is Akwapim. Sorry, I got that wrong.
Senior Brother (my senior bother was Kwame), were you aware of her role as the designer of the National Flag, and if so, why have you not used this forum to educated some of us about this great daughter of Ghana and her contribution to the birth of Ghana in 1957?
My view is that personalities such Madam Theodosia Okoh and Philip Gbeho should be considered as part of founders of Ghana for their roles in the design and composition of the National Flag and National Anthem respectively. I think the design of the National Flag is far bigger than her role in the development of hockey. I may be wrong but that is how I fell about her role in giving Ghana a national identity.
My teenage daughter thinks I should start an online campaign to get a significant national asset in Ghana named after her. She is always asking me why there are no women panel members on Joy FM's Newsfile, when she is compelled to watch it at breakfast as I do every Saturday.
Ghanaweb readers, will you support such an online campaign?
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
And I will support it as well. Our society is not generally patriarchal like you stated in your article.
Women have played and still play major roles in our communities and it is good to recognize their efforts and progr ... read full comment
And I will support it as well. Our society is not generally patriarchal like you stated in your article.
Women have played and still play major roles in our communities and it is good to recognize their efforts and progress societal view of the girl child or women.
I wonder if you know why we had and still have matrilineal inheritance in Ghana.
Long before the white man recovered the DNA and understood exactly how to settle Primogeniture or succession rights, the black man had the best option-- inheritance through the mother or sister line.
The reason is simple but clever, let your sister's son, who you know share a 100 percent gene, inherit you instead of your own assumed son, who might be a produce of an illicit affair by your wife.
I must state that society has moved on now and so we do not need that method again, but nonetheless a clever tradition. Let us move on and honour our great heroines just like the heroes.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
corrction.. discovered not recovered. Thanks
corrction.. discovered not recovered. Thanks
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
BRAVEBOY, I heard a mythical story about the genesis of matrilineal succession in Ghana, especially, among the Akan people. It was about yam. That, in the olden days, there was a great famine that resulted in some rituals bei ... read full comment
BRAVEBOY, I heard a mythical story about the genesis of matrilineal succession in Ghana, especially, among the Akan people. It was about yam. That, in the olden days, there was a great famine that resulted in some rituals being performed by the family head every year to end the famine.
The ritual involved the sacrifice of human head in exchange for yam to perform the ritual. One year, the family head asked his wife for one of his sons for the sacrifice since the young men in his family were being depleted as a result of the annual human sacrifice by his family. The wife refused so the family head asked his sister for one of his his nephews.
That year on his return from sacrificing his nephew, he met a very old lady who inquired from him why he made that journey every year. The family head told his family plight of sacrificing a human head for yam to perform the ritual. The old woman told him that he does not need to do that again because if he cuts the head of the yam and plant it he could harvest his own yam the following year and not have to use a human head for yam.
So ended the exchange of human head for yam to perform the annual ritual . So on the death of the family head, there was unanimous decision that the man should be inherited by the one of the surviving nephews and not his sons since it was through the nephew that the whole community was saved. That is how matrilineal succession came about.
Please do not quote me on this because I have no evidence to prove this myth
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
I also heard that story and it is good to hear it again. Our ancestors were masters of disguise and the truth was always buried, that is part of our problems today, but I hope you understand the secret for that story today.
I also heard that story and it is good to hear it again. Our ancestors were masters of disguise and the truth was always buried, that is part of our problems today, but I hope you understand the secret for that story today.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
Yes, I bet almost most Akan children were told that Kwaku Ananse story without any proper explanation. Oral history with nothing to support the claims. I agree with you it's part of the our problems. How can a wife and her ch ... read full comment
Yes, I bet almost most Akan children were told that Kwaku Ananse story without any proper explanation. Oral history with nothing to support the claims. I agree with you it's part of the our problems. How can a wife and her children toil with the husband/father only for nephews to enjoy the fruits of their labour on the death of the man? Even if the cocoa farm and properties are on family land, there should some fair system of recognising the contributions of the surviving wife and her children.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
Very true and I hope little by little our cultural and people keep a sense of fairness.
Every system is subject to abuse.
Do you know the reason for the nephew to marry the widow was to protect the woman despite. We n ... read full comment
Very true and I hope little by little our cultural and people keep a sense of fairness.
Every system is subject to abuse.
Do you know the reason for the nephew to marry the widow was to protect the woman despite. We need to forge our own fair cultures and I always say, if our ancestors were living in our place today, they would do things differently, faster and better than we do. They simply understood the essence of life.
CYBERGHANA 10 years ago
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK
UP THIS "PUT AFRICA DOWN MYTH" WHY DO YOU PERSIST IN PERPETUATING IT?
I BET TO HUMOUR YOUR UK FRIENDS.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK
UP THIS "PUT AFRICA DOWN MYTH" WHY DO YOU PERSIST IN PERPETUATING IT?
I BET TO HUMOUR YOUR UK FRIENDS.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
CYBERGHANA... ..Kofi is not writing an European myth about Ghana. It is actually one of our Ananse stories and if you read our change fully, you will understand. It was a story with hidden truths which I explained.
CYBERGHANA... ..Kofi is not writing an European myth about Ghana. It is actually one of our Ananse stories and if you read our change fully, you will understand. It was a story with hidden truths which I explained.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago
Kwame.. I hate to comment when you make statements or write your provocative long articles, hey! it is your right but you must know you are not doing your name or indeed your lineage any favours. Why couldn't you spend your t ... read full comment
Kwame.. I hate to comment when you make statements or write your provocative long articles, hey! it is your right but you must know you are not doing your name or indeed your lineage any favours. Why couldn't you spend your time telling us who Madam Okoh was and her contribution to Ghana all this while and then suddenly, she is your aunty.
On the issue of Obaahemaa, Nana Yaa Asantewaa, please stay off it or write an article explaining yourself.
kutunpofo 10 years ago
It seems that it will be a good thing to now leave this matter in the hands of Okoampa and Nii Tsorkor to sort themselves out. They are birds of feather. Feudalistic bigots, both of them
It seems that it will be a good thing to now leave this matter in the hands of Okoampa and Nii Tsorkor to sort themselves out. They are birds of feather. Feudalistic bigots, both of them
Nii Tsokor 10 years ago
Look at your handle.It has bigotry written all over it.I hate it when nin-com-POOPS like you resort to personal attacks on message boards.
Look at your handle.It has bigotry written all over it.I hate it when nin-com-POOPS like you resort to personal attacks on message boards.
kutunpofo 10 years ago
My friend keep calm and reason. The basis for all your contributions - at least on this subject, is predicated on the fact that you are a Ga who is fighting the cause of Gas to the exclusion of any other reason(s).
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My friend keep calm and reason. The basis for all your contributions - at least on this subject, is predicated on the fact that you are a Ga who is fighting the cause of Gas to the exclusion of any other reason(s).
In the english language this is conveniently described as bigotry. It is not meant to be an insult. It is just like describing a blind man as being blind and homosexual as being homosexual. Nothing more than that.
Seeing that you are offended by what I have described you as, I would have liked to apologize but on principle, I cant do so when you unwaveringly continue to stick to those unpleasant and dangerous opinions.
A casual observation around us all - including this ghanaweb platform, will tell us that the whole country is offended by the sinister decisions of this most treacherous Chief Executive of the AMA. And mind you, the issue is not only about Theodosia Okoh, the hockey pitch and the stadium in Accra, it is about national stability, peace and cohesion. It is a serious matter which clearly, you are oblivious to.
If I had really wanted to insult you, I would have simply called you an NDC sympathizer but I didnt do that, did I?
Gabby USA 10 years ago
Thanks a lot for putting in place and exposing these naive officials who disrespect national heroes/heroines and try to eradicate history for future generation. JDM don't let them run you over like the way they did to your p ... read full comment
Thanks a lot for putting in place and exposing these naive officials who disrespect national heroes/heroines and try to eradicate history for future generation. JDM don't let them run you over like the way they did to your predecessor. Check your inner circle and weed out the bad apples before they bring you down....
kutunpofo 10 years ago
If Mahama were to weed out the bad apples in his inner circle, there would be nobody left in government - and that includes Mahama himself.
For him to have appointed all these funny people into govt in the first place, cas ... read full comment
If Mahama were to weed out the bad apples in his inner circle, there would be nobody left in government - and that includes Mahama himself.
For him to have appointed all these funny people into govt in the first place, casts strong doubts on his sense of judgment and therefore his ability to lead the country.
LONTO-BOY 10 years ago
MASSA KOFI, Dr Oko Vanderpuije's attempt to name the National Hockey Stadium after ex-Pres. John Atta Mills is extraordinarily foolish and contemptible act. Dr Oko Vanderpuije's politically motivated move is an indictment of ... read full comment
MASSA KOFI, Dr Oko Vanderpuije's attempt to name the National Hockey Stadium after ex-Pres. John Atta Mills is extraordinarily foolish and contemptible act. Dr Oko Vanderpuije's politically motivated move is an indictment of the indiscipline, vindictive and incompetence nature of the country's leadership. On the face of it, this has made President John Mahama appear weak, and an evident failure of his personal leadership. Given the public backlash, this is a huge embarrassment to the NDC Administration.
There's no doubt, Mrs Theodosia Okoh who designed the GHANA FLAG is a patriot who should be celebrated, and not shown contempt. The National Flag is our national pride. The Ghana Flag is one of our most powerful and recognisable symbol everywhere in the world. How can we as a nation, salute our National Flag with pride but show absolute contempt to its designer? Mr Theodosia Okoh is a patriot, whereas Dr Oko Vanderpuije is a petty politician. I sometimes wonder how Ghana ended up such pea-brained petty people in political power!
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago
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Kwadwo 10 years ago
Sunyani is one of the most beautiful and well planned cities is Ghana. It is well know that one B.K Ottu is responsible for most of the lay out of Sunyani. A street is named after him as recognition for his great work. Mr Ot ... read full comment
Sunyani is one of the most beautiful and well planned cities is Ghana. It is well know that one B.K Ottu is responsible for most of the lay out of Sunyani. A street is named after him as recognition for his great work. Mr Ottu is clearly not a Brong, and it inconceivable the Suyani AMA will ever change the name of B.K Ottu street. It is a shame Mills allowed Oko Vanderpuje get away in changing the name of Ohene Djan stadium.
Kwame 10 years ago
I remember the man who invented the unibrick telling me that when he presented his invasion in Britain to be registered he was told what the African can do is only to play football, run and play hockey.
I remember the man who invented the unibrick telling me that when he presented his invasion in Britain to be registered he was told what the African can do is only to play football, run and play hockey.
The mayor has himself to blame for all the noise we are hearing about this. So I ask again. Was this name change necessary at all ? I understand the name change of the football stadium because that was the right thing to do s ...
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Source: Daily Guide...
All of a sudden nonentities want to portray to the world how close they were to the late President.
Those who had to chat with him for one hour everyday, those Deputy Ministers who had to call him ...
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ARM ROBBERY
You should be specific on what you want to say. It looks like you beating about the bush or more so shooting yourself in the foot when the whole world knows that Kuffuor is not only a thief but an aggressive on ...
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"Not mention arm robbery."
WHO IS ROBBING ARMS IN GHANA, BOROFO KANKAN KOLA? It's ARMED ROBBERY. ARMED means you have weapons like guns, clubs, Machetes etc. ARM means your hand. means
"Do you not know that Akronfuor ...
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Nii Tsorkor, you say that "I understand the name change of the football stadium because that was the right thing to do since the Ga people were angry." Which Ga people were angry, and even if that was the case, was their ange ...
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It looks like you did not like the name change of the hockey facility.I said in my retort that the name should have been kept.It should have never been changed.So what is your problem ?
Where we differ is the name change o ...
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Nii, does 99% of Ga folks agreeing to a national asset being renamed because Ohene Djan is not a Ga, make it right? What is the percentage of that 99% of the total population of Ghana? Not all popular opinions become policy ...
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REVERT TO OHENE DJAN STADIUM, NOW!
the topic of the AMA being caught in National Democratic Congress politics, especially with the decision to remove the name Ohene Djan from the signpost of the sporting edifice in Accra.
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That was what the Ga people wanted .Kuffour was selling state lands to his tribesmen.I mean lands which, by law, should have been returned to the Ga stool because the government had exhausted its use of those lands.
Kuffou ...
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Nii Tsorkor, I shudder to think that we live together with tribalistically unrepentant characters like you in the same country. It is an uncomfortable feeling.
If Kufuor was selling land only to his party people (my view) ...
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Nii Tsorkor I really do not know where and when you run your poll to determine that 99% of Gas would have agreed to an inexcusably dumb decision to rename the stadium at Accra. Grabbing voodoo figures from your ethnocentric i ...
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If you don't like or agree with it, you have other options out there.Now, you get it straight from me. Ga folks OVERWHELMINGLY support the re-naming of the football stadium.
To answer your question about my Ga roots, every ...
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No Nii Tsorkor I dont have a problem with your presumed 100% Ga origin as you say. Why should I?
What I have a problem with is first of all, your unscientific and assumed knowledge of what all Gas think about this issue an ...
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.....And what do you do for a living? What do you not understand about what I am saying ?
Let me give you my profile.Born in Accra to Ga parents.Had my early education at a mission school in Accra.Attended Bukom University ...
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This guy is related to the dead president through marriage. Why do you think a high school headmaster in the US becomes an appointed administrator overnight
Who married who ? I never knew of such relationship between the mayor and president Mills.
There are legions of Ghanaians who have contributed to make Ghana what it is today.
But we see their worth only through political lenses.
How can this be tribal when ex president Mills is 100% fante,thank God name has been reversed.Accra sport stadium was reversed to Ohene Djan stadium and it has been reversed to its original name.where is the tribalism.?
Anne, I understand the reason why Oko Vanderpujie and his cohorts removed Ohene Djan's name was that Ohene Djan was not a Ga. Who told them that Accra Sports Stadium is for the Ga people? It's only on the land of Ga people th ...
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Atta... the reason why there are many Akans plying their trade in Accra without any difficulties is because Gas are actually very co-habitats and over generous and never tribal as most people assume.
I am saying this beca ...
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BRAVEBOY, I did not intend to say that Ga people are racist or tribalistic. Not at all. What I meant is that, the decision to change the name of a national stadium because Ohene Djan was not from Accra was racist or tribalist ...
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I never accused you of calling Gas tribalist. Like your used the 4Ps example, sometimes our actions and in-actions can actually be prejudical when we in fact don't intend it.
I am simple saying the Gas do not like the nam ...
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BRAVEBOY, thanks for clarification and my apology if I misread, misunderstood or misinterpreted your comment.
That is fine. I come here to learn unconsciously and consciously as well.
very honest piece,am with you 100% on this one Kofi.
Kofi Ata, I don't know why you suppose the name Asihene to be an Akuapem name. Well, the woman you are talking about is my aunt, of Akyem-Kyebi-Adadientem stock. And somebody is going to pay dearly one of these days for humil ...
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Prof, my apology for getting Madam Theodosia Okoh's ethnic origin wrong. I should have known better because I advise against relying on names to impute one's ethnicity, nationality or country of origin. In fact, initially, I ...
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And I will support it as well. Our society is not generally patriarchal like you stated in your article.
Women have played and still play major roles in our communities and it is good to recognize their efforts and progr ...
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corrction.. discovered not recovered. Thanks
BRAVEBOY, I heard a mythical story about the genesis of matrilineal succession in Ghana, especially, among the Akan people. It was about yam. That, in the olden days, there was a great famine that resulted in some rituals bei ...
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I also heard that story and it is good to hear it again. Our ancestors were masters of disguise and the truth was always buried, that is part of our problems today, but I hope you understand the secret for that story today.
Yes, I bet almost most Akan children were told that Kwaku Ananse story without any proper explanation. Oral history with nothing to support the claims. I agree with you it's part of the our problems. How can a wife and her ch ...
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Very true and I hope little by little our cultural and people keep a sense of fairness.
Every system is subject to abuse.
Do you know the reason for the nephew to marry the widow was to protect the woman despite. We n ...
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IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK
UP THIS "PUT AFRICA DOWN MYTH" WHY DO YOU PERSIST IN PERPETUATING IT?
I BET TO HUMOUR YOUR UK FRIENDS.
CYBERGHANA... ..Kofi is not writing an European myth about Ghana. It is actually one of our Ananse stories and if you read our change fully, you will understand. It was a story with hidden truths which I explained.
Kwame.. I hate to comment when you make statements or write your provocative long articles, hey! it is your right but you must know you are not doing your name or indeed your lineage any favours. Why couldn't you spend your t ...
read full comment
It seems that it will be a good thing to now leave this matter in the hands of Okoampa and Nii Tsorkor to sort themselves out. They are birds of feather. Feudalistic bigots, both of them
Look at your handle.It has bigotry written all over it.I hate it when nin-com-POOPS like you resort to personal attacks on message boards.
My friend keep calm and reason. The basis for all your contributions - at least on this subject, is predicated on the fact that you are a Ga who is fighting the cause of Gas to the exclusion of any other reason(s).
In the ...
read full comment
Thanks a lot for putting in place and exposing these naive officials who disrespect national heroes/heroines and try to eradicate history for future generation. JDM don't let them run you over like the way they did to your p ...
read full comment
If Mahama were to weed out the bad apples in his inner circle, there would be nobody left in government - and that includes Mahama himself.
For him to have appointed all these funny people into govt in the first place, cas ...
read full comment
MASSA KOFI, Dr Oko Vanderpuije's attempt to name the National Hockey Stadium after ex-Pres. John Atta Mills is extraordinarily foolish and contemptible act. Dr Oko Vanderpuije's politically motivated move is an indictment of ...
read full comment
ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?google or go TO www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com
Sunyani is one of the most beautiful and well planned cities is Ghana. It is well know that one B.K Ottu is responsible for most of the lay out of Sunyani. A street is named after him as recognition for his great work. Mr Ot ...
read full comment
I remember the man who invented the unibrick telling me that when he presented his invasion in Britain to be registered he was told what the African can do is only to play football, run and play hockey.