Odumase Krobo Osumaase | |
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  Odumase Krobo Location of Odumase Krobo in Eastern Region, Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 6°09′N0°01′E / 6.150°N 0.017°E | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Region | Eastern Region |
| District | Lower Manya Krobo District |
| Elevation | 702 ft (214 m) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Krobo Odumase is a town and capital of Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [1] The Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School was formerly located here.
The town is a proposed site for the construction of University of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation. [2] [3]
The Basel Mission ran a school in Odumase Krobo by 1857. The town became Manya Krobo's capital when Emmanuel Mate Kole became Konor in 1892. [4]
The town, famous for its glass beadmaking, [5] hosted the First Ghana International Beads Festival in August 2009. [6] The town has its bead markets every Wednesday and Saturday at the Agormanya market. [7]
At the end of September the town hosts the seven-day Ngmayem festival. [8]
The town is noted for the performance of the Dipo rite.
The Eastern Region is located in the Eastern part of Ghana and is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. Eastern region is bordered to the east by the Lake Volta, to the north by Bono East Region and Ashanti region, to the west by Ashanti region, to the south by Central region and Greater Accra Region. Akans are the dominant inhabitants and natives of Eastern region and Akan, Ewe, Krobo, Hausa and English are the main spoken languages. The capital town of Eastern Region is Koforidua.The Eastern region is the location of the Akosombo dam and the economy of the Eastern region is dominated by its high-capacity electricity generation. Eastern region covers an area of 19,323 square kilometres, which is about 8.1% of Ghana's total landform.
The Ga-Dangbe, Ga-Dangme, Ga-Adangme or GaDangme are an ethnic group in Ghana, Togo and Benin. The Ga and Dangbe people are grouped respectively as part of the Ga–Dangme ethnolinguistic group. The Ga-Dangmes are one ethnic group that lives primarily in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Ethnic Ga family names (surnames) include Nikoi, Amon, Kotey, Kotei, Adei, Adjei, Kutorkor, Oblitey, Lartey, Nortey, Aryee, Obodai, Oboshi, Torgbor, Torshii and Lante. The following are names derived from the ethnic Dangme and common among the Ningos Nartey, Tetteh, Kwei, Kweinor, Kwetey, Narteh, Narh, Dugbatey, Teye, Martey, Addo, Siaw, Saki, Amanor, Djangba. These are aligned to the ethnic Ga as well: Lomo, Lomotey, Tetteh, Ankrah, Tetteyfio, Laryea, Ayitey, Okai, Bortey, Quaye, Quaynor, Ashong, Kotei, Sowah, Odoi, Ablor, Adjetey, Dodoo, Darku and Quartey.
Manya Krobo District is a municipality located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Kaoga District Council. However on 29 February 2008, it was split off into two new districts: Lower Manya Krobo District and Upper Manya Krobo District. The municipal assembly is located in the eastern part of Eastern Region and has Odumase as its capital town.
Stephen Amoanor Kwao is a Ghanaian educationist and politician. He a former Member of Parliament for the Upper Manya constituency and a Minister of State at the Office of the President of Ghana. He is also a former deputy director of the Ghana Education service as well as a former national secretary of the National Democratic Congress. He is also a former minister for Employment and Social Welfare.
Upper Manya Krobo District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Formarly, it was part of the then-larger Manya Krobo District in 1988, which was created from the former Kaoga District Council, until the northwest part of the district was split off to create Upper Manya Krobo District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Lower Manya Krobo District. The district assembly is located in the eastern part of Eastern Region and has Asesewa as its capital town.
Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally, it was formerly part of the then-larger Manya Krobo District in 1988, which was created from the former Kaoga District Council, until the northwest part of the district was split off to create Upper Manya Krobo District on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Lower Manya Krobo District. It was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 6 February 2012 to become Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District. The municipality is located in the eastern part of Eastern Region and has Odumase as its capital town.
Asesewa is a small town and the district capital of Upper Manya Krobo district in the Eastern region of southern Ghana. Asesewa is a historic trading post. It has a mix of cultures who are from all over Ghana. It is located about 45 km from the regional capital of Eastern region, Koforidua.
The Dipo Rites is arguably one of the most popular yet criticized puberty rite and practice in Ghana, yet one of the most attended event in the country, receiving huge patronage from tourists. The rite is performed by the people of Odumase Krobo in the Eastern region of Ghana. The rite is performed in the month of April every year. The rite is used to usher virgin girls into puberty or womanhood, and it signifies that a participating girl is of age to be married. Parents upon hearing announcement of the rites send their qualified girls to the chief priest. However these girls would have to go through rituals and tests to prove their chastity before they qualify to partake in the festival.
Akuse is a town in the Lower Manya Krobo district of the Eastern Region of Ghana situated between Tema and Akosombo.
Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi is a Ghanaian politician and a former deputy Eastern Regional Minister of Ghana. He was appointed by President John Atta Mills and served till January 2013. He is currently the deputy Minister of Defence of Ghana.
The Krobo people are an ethnic group in Ghana. They are grouped as part of Ga-Adangbe ethnolinguistic group and they are also the largest group of the seven Dangme ethnic groups of Southeastern Ghana. The Krobo are a farming people who occupy Accra Plains, Akuapem Mountains and the Afram Basin.
Oklemekuku, Nene Azzu Mate Kole II,, known in private life as Frederick Lawer Mate Kole was a Ghanaian paramount chief and statesman who served as the fourth monarch or king, Konor of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area in southeastern Ghana and reigned from 1939 to 1990.
Nene Sakite I was the second Konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo and reigned 1867 until his death in 1892. He was succeeded by Emmanuel Mate Kole who ruled Manya Krobo from 1892 until his death in 1939.
Nene Sakite II is the fifth and reigning Konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo, enstooled in 1999. His predecessor was Azzu Mate Kole II, who ruled Manya Krobo from 1939 until his death in 1990. There was an interregnum in Manya Krobo between 1990 and 1999 due to chieftaincy succession disputes.
The Ngmayem Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The festival was established by Nene Azu Mate Kole in 1944 to replace the already existing festival called "Yeliyem", which literary means 'eating of yam'. It is usually celebrated in the month of October in Dodowa and also the Shai in the towns of Somanya and Odumase. The festival is celebrated for one week, mostly from the last two Sundays of the month of October.
The Odumase dynasty is the reigning royal house of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The monarch of the Odumase dynasty is the konor, or paramount chief.
Konor is the title of the monarch or ruler of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The current reigning house is the Odumase Dynasty.
Jeff Kavianu is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Upper manya Krobo Central Constituency in the Eastern Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Kaoga District is a former district council that was located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1975. However on 10 March 1989, it was split off into three new district assemblies: Yilo Krobo District, Manya Krobo District and Asuogyaman District. The district assembly was located in the eastern part of Eastern Region and had Somanya as its capital town.
Akro Senior High Technical School is a public school located in the Odumase-Krobo in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern region of Ghana.
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