Aburi Off The Beaten Path

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Very close to Aburi, in a nearby village named Konkonuru, you can see the place where the widow of Bob Marley, Rita Marley lives. You might think: what the hell is she doing in the hills in Ghana? Well, both she and Bob are Rastafarians. These Rastafarians have a bond with the continent of their roots: Africa. A return to this "motherland" is always their wish. And because most of the Jamaican Rastafarians were brought to the island as slaves from Ghana, Ghana is often seen as this "motherland".

That is why Rita Marley decided to moved to Ghana. Today she is living there in a huge house together with her children and 37 grandchildren. She even is made chief of the village and is locally known as Nana Afua Addobea. She has founded a day care centre here as well as a school and they are working on a hospital at this moment.

Just before you enter Konkonuru you can visit the Bob Marley Gift Shop that is ran by a former bodyguard of Bob, and just before you enter Aburi coming from Accra you can see the new music studio's that were built here. This way, the Marley-family does not have to go back to Jamaica to do recordings.

If you want to now exactly where to go, you can just ask Kofi of Aburi Bike & Hike Tours. He can explain you or even take you there by bike.