KNOW GHANA BETTER WITH HUNIAH TETTEH

The Nawuris are Guan people found within the northern parts of the Oti Region and the southern parts of the Northern Region. They speak a Guan language called Ginawuri/Kinawuri based on the Nawuri dialect being spoken. Some dialects use the K-prefix to denote singular nouns whiles others use the G-prefix. The Nawuris have their annual Gewu Giba festival/Kewu kiba festival usually in the later parts of December. It is a colourful festival graced with tradition and culture. Gewu Giba translates literally as "Home coming" and it's designed to welcome Nawuris far and wide, whether in the diaspora or in the country back home to the Nawuri land. How did the Gewu Giba/Kewu kiba festival came to be? The festival came to be as a result of the Nawuri Professionals Association, an association formed to be bring togetherness among Nawuri youths and its working force. The association realised that the annual Kigyogyi festival (Yam festival) held in August was not favourable to mos...

THE AKPOSO OR AKPOSOKUBI (With the chief of Akpossokubi and his Otsiame ) The people of Akposo speak Ikposo . They were the first inhabitants of the Oti Region as it is believed.  Their original name is the Ayade people. Ayade means “children of God.” They migrated from Ancient Abyssimia presently Addis-Ababa through Sudan, Ile-Ife to the then Togoland and with time, they got to their present settlement in Ghana. During their migration, they rode camels till they got to their present settlement. They passed by the Ewes to Ghana thus, the Ewes called them those who ride the camels “Akpɔ ɔsɔ” which gradually came to replace their original name Ayade after the Ewes got to Ghana. The Ewes continued to refer to them as Anyigbatowo meaning “the owners of the land” as they are believed to be the first inhabitants of the Oti and Volta Areas. Akposso history continues that the Guans and the other tribes came to meet them. Furthermore, a Buem hunter called Ojamante from Buem-Guaman went for ...

THE EFUTUS ( Article directly sourced from the book KNOW GHANA BETTER written by Huniah Tetteh ) The Efutu ancestors lived with the Ga people when the others had left for the mountains. With time, their dialect was fading away as they became bilingual Ga and Efutu speakers and most of them alternated for the Ga language. The Ga people were confused about the type of language they were speaking. It seemed to be a mixture of languages. Also they had mixed up with the Ga people hence the name “Efutu” which means “mixed-up” in the Ga language. The Efutu learnt fishing and after some years of living with the Ga-Dangmes, they decided to leave to a desolate land where they can salvage their language which had broken down into dialects. The only surviving speakers were few so they had to divide themselves into groups. They elected a land they had previously settled on during their migration as Shuoyis to Ayawaso. So they set off to the previous place where they had temporally settled when ...