Fordham University goes Twi Nov 21, 2009
Twi specifically Ashanti Twi is a language spoken by about 10 million people in Ghana (West Africa) ... In Ghana, Twi is spoken in the Ashanti Region, parts of the Eastern, Western, Central, Volta and BrongAhafo Regions. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Kwame, My Brother, I am Sorry, But . Nov 21, 2009
Ex President Rawlings tirade against Ashantis: Kwame, I hope you do recollect ex-President Rawlings ethnic remarks about the Ashantis during the Chereponi bye-election. He said during his regime, he had advocated for family planning, but the Ashantis, for political reasons shunned his call ... I would refer readers to the piece titled The Man Died" which was an indictment of Governments and the Police handling of the Anlos crissis. The other side of the story also condemns the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
49,795 register with SSNIT Informal Sector Scheme Nov 18, 2009
In Ashanti Region alone the SSNIT Informal Scheme was able to register 7,374 clients when the Scheme was at its pilot stage with only the Adum office. The Scheme currently operates in Ashanti Region with two additional offices ... The region has been able to register 6,167 clients from January 2009 to date alone with 7,374 clients during the pilot period making up the 13,541 clients only in the Ashanti Region. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Tamale Youth reacts to description of Dagombas as "warlike" Nov 4, 2009
The paragraph six of page 417 stated that: "Lifestyles are not determined by natures. The warlike Dagomba, the business-oriented Kwahuman and the co-operative and truthful Akwapim person and the culturally sensitive Ashanti all confirm the influence of culture on personality and everyday life of the people". Mr. Albert Atutiga, Vice President of the TYA said at a press conference in Tamale that it was regrettable that such a textbook had been adopted by the Ghana Education Service for use in the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
"Amma Ghana, me ne mensu biem" Oct 27, 2009
Was it created by Former President Kufuor simply to compensate Sampson Kwaku Boafo for losing his post as the Ashanti Regional Minister during his government Cabinet reshuffle. Former President Kufuor should please tell us his motive behind the creation of such a useless Ministry. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Hotelier to Hispanic workers: Change names Oct 27, 2009
KXAS reporter Ashanti Blaize has the story. Slideshow. (MSNBC -- Race)
Tale of Brong Ahafo; successes but not without challenges Oct 22, 2009
Mr. Nyamekye Marfo said the quest by the founding fathers of the region to secure independence from the Ashanti protectorate was borne out of resilience and determination and urged the youth to strive, fight and defend the region at all times. Recounting the major successes achieved by the region during the past 50 years, he stressed that before the creation of the region in April 3, 1959, road networks were in deplorable state and there was only one senior high school, at Dormaa, in the region. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Chase Them Crazy Busia Bust Outta De Park! Oct 16, 2009
The fact of the matter is that everybody knows that once upon a time the people of the Bono Ahafo got very tired of their centuries of feudal servitude to the Ashanti hegemonic and aggressive, violent and supremacist capture of the Bonos, which they used to refer to as Western Ashanti. "As will be recalled," writes Abena Pokuaa Atuahene Ackah, Bono Ahafo was a province of the Ashanti Kingdom - a condition that gave effective ownership of the human and natural resources of the Bonos to the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Brooklyn in the House! VH1 Brings Hip Hop Royalty Together at the 6th Annual 'VH1 Hip Hop Honors' Honoring the 25th Anniversary of Def Jam Records Oct 13, 2009
Ashanti, Chrisette Michele, DJ Chuck Chill Out, DJ Clinton Sparks, DMX, Eminem, EPMD, Fabolous, Foxy Brown, Gym Class Heroes, DJ Jaycee, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ghostface, Ja Rule, Judacamp Choir, Kid Rock, KRS One, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Method Man, DJ Nonstop, Onyx, Public Enemy, Redman, The Roots, Rick Ross, DJ Sam Sneak, Scarface, DJ Scratch, The Street Sweeper Social Club, Trey Songz, Wale and Warren G Performed In Honor of Def Jam RecordsAnthony Anderson, Eve, Jimmy Fallon, Oran "Juice" Jones,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sunyani debates the fate of Busia's bust Oct 3, 2009
"Busia was born and bred in Ghana and was a true son of the Bono state. The jubilee park was used by Nkrumah to make public speeches whenever he came to the former Western Ashanti, which is now Brong-Ahafo Region. The park has never been officially named after Kwame Nkrumah so they can't change the name jubilee park", he stated. The civil servant urged the chiefs in the region to boldly come out and voice out their opinions on the issue, otherwise they would be considered to have taken sides. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Tourism Celebrating Diversity Sep 25, 2009
Even within Ghana how an Ewe understands an issue may not be the same as how an Ashanti understands the same issue. The way Muslims bury their dead is different from how Christians bury their dead but it is all burial and the faster Christians and Muslims learn to accept one another's way of doing the same thing the faster the world would see the peace and unity that the United Nations is yearning for. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Travel writers tour Accra Sep 23, 2009
Under the auspices of the Ghana Tourism Federation, the travel writers would visit other tour sites in the Central, Eastern, and Ashanti Regions between Wednesday, September 23 and Friday September 25. The seven-day World Tourism Day celebration is on the theme: "Tourism, Celebrating Diversity.". (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Corporate Social Responsibility - The Vodafone Way Sep 22, 2009
In the area of culture, Vodafone has shown that they understand that culture is intrinsic to the Ghanaian and that was why they partnered the Royal Ashanti Kingdom with a sum GH60,000 to celebrate 10 years of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II's reign. The company also supported the Akwantukese festival of the Chiefs and people of New Juaben in the Eastern Region with the sum of GH2,500. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Govt appeals to health professionals in Diaspora to return Sep 22, 2009
Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, welcomed the initiative aimed at fostering relationships with foreign health institutions, organizations and local counterparts by making experts available to share experiences of modern diagnostic techniques and skills to complement government's efforts at providing affordable health care to people. He appealed to Heads of health institutions in the region to come out with innovative ways to complement the efforts of KATH in providing medical care... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Cultural heritage at Tongo- Tengzuk to attract world attention Sep 6, 2009
Mr. Anthony Yaw Owusu, Ashanti Regional Director of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) who made this known at Tongo urged government to place premium on the preservation and conservation of the country's cultural heritage by supporting and equipping the board to undertake the task. He made the recommendation at the close of a five day Cultural Heritage workshop at Tongo, which was organised by the board to facilitate the world heritage project in the town. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Women Want More Sep 4, 2009
One vignette describes "Ashanti Vree," a retiree thinking about starting a personal shopping business ... The words describing the retiree in the book are almost verbatim from the blog, except that the name "Ashanti Vree" is substituted wherever blogger Marci Alboher referred to "my mom." Alboher's mother is not named Ashanti Vree. (BusinessWeek)
NDC And NPP: Can't You Get Along Aug 29, 2009
And if one could throw in a little Ashanti bashing or downgrading the Ewes the article will most likely hit a home-run with no sweat. And if one wants to break the blogospheres seismograph, just throw in the former Presidents names. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nana Osei Agyemang Opambour Re-elected Aug 25, 2009
Among her plans, she intends to use her new position in society to assist in empowering women, especially the young women and to educate them on Ashanti culture ... Other big events lined up to promote the rich culture of the Ashantis include the swearing of allegiance to the Golden Stool scheduled for next year ... Nana Osei Agyemang Opambour and Nana Serwaa Sikafutro Ampem would like to use this opportunity to appeal to all Ashantis to bury their differences and see their victory in the recent... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Africa Channel To Air Ghana Documentaries Aug 18, 2009
The Soul of Ashanti,' Obama Docs Set for Fall ... In September the network will debut The Soul of Ashanti, while in October The Africa Channel will chronicle President Obama's trip last month to sub-Saharan Africa with the special Akwaaba ... The one-hour documentary The Soul of Ashanti, premiering Sept. 20, traces the history of the Ashanti Kingdom's Golden Stool -- one of the most important sacraments of the kingdom -- from the time it is believed to have arrived in 1695 to present day Ghana. (Multichannel News)
Art/Crafts exhibition opens in Kumasi Aug 5, 2009
Kumasi, Aug. 4, GNA - An Art and Craft Exhibition to showcase art works in the Ashanti Region opened in Kumasi on Tuesday ... Mr Samuel Adjei, Ashanti Regional Director of the CNC, said the exhibition formed part of a number of activities lined up by the Centre to promote the development of art and craft and to offer market to artists in the Region to sell their products. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ghana to host this year's International Tourism Day Celebration Aug 2, 2009
Dr. Nana Baah Wiredu, Tourism Consultant and Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Exhibitions, recognized Ashanti Region for its unique culture and appealed to all stakeholders to participate in the activities of the celebration. Mr Oti Awere, Tourism Manager from the Wild Life Division of the Forestry Commission, said tourism could become the economic backbone of the country and hoped that the celebration would greatly enhance the potentials of the industry. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ghana's unmissables ... 9 things to try, visit and see Aug 1, 2009
Star beer Truly one of the best beers in the world, this brew is an Ashanti beer brewed in Kumasi and is an essential part of the Ghana experience. National Museum This museum located in Accra, the countys capital, is filled with the countrys history and traditional art coming from the Stone Age to the present day. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ghana @ 50 Probe adjourns sitting Jul 29, 2009
Earlier, Mr Samuel Okyere Kusi-Appiah, Ashanti Regional Coordinating Director, who was the first to appear before the commission, said he could not give a comprehensive report on the region's celebrations because the then Regional Coordinating Director whose name he gave as Kwarteng, was on retirement, while the Storekeeper, named as Taylor, had also died. He said he could not trace any comprehensive report and documents covering the Ghana @ 50 celebrations, when he was asked whether there were... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Tribalism, Ignorance, And Sheer Stupidity Jul 22, 2009
The level of hatred between the Ashantis and the Ewes has been raised to the highest level ever since the NPP was closely defeated in the last election ... 99 percent TWI-speaking AKANS. He basically shut the door to anyone from any region other than Ashanti and Eastern ... But who could blame him, he was just following the will of his people who thought an Ashanti man in power was long overdue. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Obamas Visit To Ghana And The Promotion Of African American Roots Tourism Jul 15, 2009
Though in the past African Americans traced their roots to African countries out of emotion, recently DNA test is helping them to trace their true ancestry as in the case of Lyndra Marshall from Maryland who is now encouraging others to visit and invest in Ghana after a DNA test proved that she was an Ashanti. President Obama is obviously not Ghanaian but his wife Michelle could be and this makes her visit to the Cape Coast Castle, one of the remaining testimonies of the Transatlantic Slave... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ghanians in Torino celebrate Ghanafest Jul 9, 2009
The ashanti community was not left out,they also tried their skills on the "adowa "and "kete" dance with the dj providing music at the back ground known in the local parlance as nyomekro. It was all traditional. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Obama's pre-welcome jamboree held in Kumasi Jul 6, 2009
Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, the Ashanti Regional Minister, who chaired the. occasion, commended the Foundation for the jamboree as a pre-welcome. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Zimbabwe: Boycott - a Betrayal of Public Confidence Jul 5, 2009
They must realise that Chiadzwa, Ashanti, platinum and coal are the pillars that will put Zimbabwe on course to recovery. These are the issues that need serious debate, and the sooner the better. (allAfrica.com)
The Re-writing of Ghanas History Jun 23, 2009
To Dotse Kobla, Kofi Akosahs piece is a great conspiracy towards the aiding and abetting of Ashanti hegemony Can it get any more ridiculous. He even states that it is a ploy to promote Asantehene and Ashanti hegemony Seriously ... And most people around the World, not just in Ashanti or Akan, will see yours as a deliberate effort to diffuse the significance or the uniqueness of that Ashanti Myth. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
International Artists' workshop ends Jun 18, 2009
Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister who made the call said most waste products and degradable materials could be recycled into art works to boost tourism and investment. The two-week workshop was on theme; "hands on art community, collaboration or commodity?". (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Rejoinder: Asantehene: new progress philosophy, etc. Jun 17, 2009
Is it some ploy to promote Asantehene and Ashanti hegemony. What this man Kofi Akosah-Sarpong is virtually telling Ghanaians is that for years, people like him have been secretly plotting with the powers-that-be to establish Ashanti hegemony on our lands without openly letting out a word about it to the Ghanaian public ... We will not be done until all those found to have been involved in this crime are duly charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, subversion against the sovereignty of... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa: Isn't It Time To Say Farewell to Arms? Jun 5, 2009
If the Honourable Deputy Minister of Information and others like him dont know, it was one Twumasi Ankrah, Ashanti Regional Propaganda Secretary of the CPP who stabbed E.Y.Baffoe, a U.P member to death that started the trouble between the NLM and the CPP. It must also be stressed that there were counter movements among the Ga-Adangbe to checkmate each other. The Ga Adanbge Shi Fimo Kpee was sympathetic to the cause of the NLM, whilst the Ga Ekomefeemo Kpee was sympathetic to the CPP. So,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Arrest Kufour, Malik and others. May 27, 2009
Imagine if this had happened to even a sub chief from the Ashanti region. I can guarantee they would have smoked out and disowned the architects. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Support the revival of brass band music May 21, 2009
Mr Isaac Osei, Member of Parliament for Subin in the Ashanti Region and a former Chief Executive of Ghana COCOBOD, urged people to give prominence to the beautiful Ghanaian culture to enable it to become a good legacy for the youth ... Mr Kojo Yankah, a former Ashanti Regional Minister in the first National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, said the politics was over and asked the people to stop antagonising each other to facilitate peace and development. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
UNESCO clubs decry immorality and crime among youth May 19, 2009
Mrs Charity Amamoo, Secretary-General of the GNC made the observation at a two-day workshop organised by the Commission for 21 selected teachers from the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo Regions in Kumasi at the weekend ... Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, Ashanti Regional Director of Education, said recent events suggest that the youth have a crucial role to play in conflict and disaster prevention, preservation of cultural heritage and political development in the country. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Chief calls for review of interstate succession law May 16, 2009
Nkoranza (B/A), May 15, (Credit Adu Simon) GNA - Barima Offe Akwasi Okogyeasuo II, Omanhene of Kokofu in Ashanti Region, has suggested a revision of the intestate succession law (PNDC law III) and said it was creating divisions among families. He said the system, which allowed widows or spouses and their children to own the larger part of the property of the deceased, had prevented collaboration among family members. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Rawlings: 2012 is sooner than You Think! May 11, 2009
The previous week, he was reported to have visited on his own accord some Ghana armed forces facilities in Ashanti Region and inspected a guard of honour. The same week he made wide-ranging public comments, including a press statement, on the occasion of president John Attah Mills first 100 days in office. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Vote of thanks to Otumfuo May 9, 2009
The high incidence of AIDS in the Ashanti Region is not only a dangerous threat to health but it is also an embarrassment for self-respecting Asante ... His influence has been felt throughout the country, but particularly in Ashanti where parties who have become disenchanted with the dilatory procedures of the formal courts have been keen to resort to his wise techniques of dispute resolution ... In this respect may I address a special appeal to all parents and guardians in Ashanti. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
VH1 Moves Back In With The Gotti's For 'Gotti's Way 2' Apr 29, 2009
Premiering on Monday, May 4 at 10:30 PM ET/PT, "Gotti's Way 2" provides an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Irv's company and the music machine that he is, working with artists such as Ashanti, Lloyd, Ja Rule and more. Convinced that that hip-hop needs a shot in the arm and thinks he's found what he's looking for in his latest artist, Newz. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Is Democracy Good For Africa? Apr 16, 2009
It has made us more divided than before with the National Democratic Congress party still accusing the National Patriotic Party of vote rigging in the Ashanti Region and the latter accusing the former of rigging in the Volta Region. Such cases often lead to acrimony, division, tribalism, animosity which is unhealthy for the development of Africa. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The President and Nananom are Partners in Development. Apr 13, 2009
As the supreme commander and father of the country, President Mills has pledge to seek consulship from the National House of Chiefs and eminent traditional rulers, including Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, King of the Ashanti Kingdom, Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin II, the King of the ancient kingdom of Akyem Abuakwa, Togbe Afede XIV, a paramount king of the Ewe tribe in Ghana, (a financial and investment entrepreneur who is known for his tenacity to encourage more inward investment into his... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
And Mills took it home A Rejoinder Apr 6, 2009
Ato Kwame Dadzie is quiet right to point out that during the campaign for the last December 2008 elections, both the New Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party were wrong to seek legitimacy (by inflating electoral results in Volta and Ashanti regions respectively) on by playing the ethnic card ... Rawlings, who is married to an Ashanti, is seen as non-tribal and champion of the common man by the Ghanaian people ... President Mills who served as Rawlings vice in the (P) NDC second... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
How Property-Owning Democracy Was Bastardised Apr 3, 2009
The partys policy, in the thinking of J B Danquah, "is to liberate the energies of the people for the growth of a property owning democracy in this land, with right to life, freedom and justice, as the principles to which the Government and laws of the land should be dedicated in order specifically to enrich life, property and liberty of each and every citizen. President Mills and his Vice say, with tongue in cheek, that Ghanaians have changed to move forward in the right... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
CPP North America challenges President Mills Mar 23, 2009
He offered Ghanaians of all social classes equality of opportunity to receive education, and equality of opportunity for employment, and more importantly, raised our awareness of our African identity and laid the foundation for national integration of a hodgepodge of colonial creation Eastern and Western provinces (the colony), Ashanti, Northern Territories, and Trans-Volta Togo. We will like to remind you that the Akofenata (the State Sword) with which you took the oath of office; the Oman... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Kufuor Institute of Leadership Training Speaks Out Mar 23, 2009
A typical example in the Ashanti region are Aboabo, Moshie Zongo, Allah Bar, Fante New Town, Anloga and many others where people of either ethnic group predominantly live ... We have never heard any Ashanti Youth Association or any group of persons in the region taking the law into their own hands to evacuate these ethnic groups. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
* Dutch hospital to send Ghanaian chiefs head home Mar 22, 2009
Last year, the embassy urged the return for the king and his clan in the countrys Ashanti region. Without burial of the head, the deceased will be hunted in the afterlife. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
King's head, in jar, going home to Ghana Mar 21, 2009
He's incomplete'Last year, the embassy urged the return for the king and his clan in the country's Ashanti region ... Verveer was recruiting soldiers and slaves in Ashanti to serve in the East Indies in the late 1830s. (MSNBC -- International)
NPP Unite or find a neutral leader Mar 21, 2009
The problems facing NPP is not just the Old Tradition of the Ashantis and the Akyems, but in reality, it is a compounded of many problems ... This is unthinkable, amazingly to really see a black man as head of this " Grand Ole Party and black man as President of U.S.A. NPP should change to grow. We're tired of this separation in the NPP party. Lead or get out of the way for somebody who is capable to lead the Party and the Nation into UNITY. Honestly, we're tired of the internal strangling and... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Dutch to return Ghana king's head Mar 21, 2009
The Ashanti tribe is still powerful in Ghana ... Badu Bonsu II, leader of the Ashanti tribe, is believed to have been decapitated in retaliation for the killing of two Dutch emissaries. (BBC News)
The creation of a new Region out of Northern Region Mar 17, 2009
These regions are Ashanti (24,390 ... 1% of the Ghanaian population next only to the Ashanti, Greater Accra and Eastern regions ... It is about five times the size of Upper East, two times the size of Ashanti and God knows how many regions of the size of the Greater Accra can be carved out of Northern Region. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ghana and Africa The way forward Mar 17, 2009
There was a team called Great Ashanti. The skipper was Kwame Nti. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Promoting Tribal Cohesion and Unity in Ghana! Mar 6, 2009
So in my opinion, it is neither here nor there if a minister of state calls the Asantehene a King or a Chief, provided he acknowledges him as the custodian of the Ashanti Kingdom ... He cannot come and sit in state during the Akwapim Ojura festival and begin to do what the Akwapimhene is required to do for his people, likewise the Akwapimhene cannot go to the Ashanti Region and sit in state during the Adeakese and act in the stead of the Asantehene. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Menace T Album Review Mar 3, 2009
He was born to Mr and Mrs Antobre on the 18 of september 1984 in kumasi the capital of the Great Ashanti kingdom. He started school at Mizpah primary and later went to St francis primary. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Mills must call his men to order - Ntim Feb 28, 2009
In a related development Mr. Egbert Faibille was also removed under controversial circumstances from GTVs Talking Point as the host because he had a soft spot for the NPP. Mr. Daniel Ohene Agyekum the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NDC also vowed to make life a living hell for Mr. Akenten Appiah-Menka even before the latter lost in his bid to become a Member of the Council of State due to his political affiliation, oblivious of the fact that Emma Mitchel was APPOINTED, not elected by Fmr.... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
