In the Akan tradition, abosom (deities/divinities/ lesser gods; singular: obosom) are the children and messengers of Nyame (Creator). Similar in function to Yoruba orisha and Vodun loa, the abosom are spiritual forces evincing and operating throughout the Akan universe, assisting Nyame in the task of managing Creation, namely humanity. They […]
Culture
When British authorities were constructing a road in the 1950s at Larabanga, a Muslim community in the northern region of Ghana, they found a mystic stone on their path. Elimination of Stone The stone was, therefore, removed to pave way for the road to be constructed at where it lay. […]
Two lecturers of the Department of Sculpture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology KNUST are hot over the ‘wrong’ statue of the Chancellor and King of Asanteman, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the II. The University Relations on Sunday evening was forced to dissociate the entire Sculpture Department from […]
