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Ashanti Besease Shrine

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The ancestral shrine house at Besease was built around 1850 and is one of ten remaining examples of traditional Ashanti architecture. Most were destroyed by the British. The shrine is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. A typical Ashanti shrine is made up of four buildings surrounding a central courtyard. Three of the buildings have raised floors and are open to the courtyard, one is for the drummers, the opposite being for the accompanying singers and the third is utilized as a kitchen where meals were prepared for the gods.The main shrine, the fourth building, will have closed walls or lattice work to allow ventilation. Only the priest and his attendants are allowed inside. (picture 2)The bones and spinal column of animals sacrificed here to appease the spirits are kept as decoration on the wall, with many sanctified meanings. (picture 3)Drums were traditionally used for...

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Meet the Ashanti King

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One of the highlights of my visit to Ghana was meeting Nana Okyere-Antwi I, the Ashanti King. Our trusted guide, Noah, had managed to secure us an audience with the king, through a local contact. We shook hands are he explained about the Ashanti kingdom and its culture before allowing us time to ask questions and take photographs. You may not address the king directly; you talk to him through his assistant who would in turn present the question to the king. In fact, we would ask Noah the question, he would relay that to the local guide/interpreter who again would pose the question to the king’s assistant. It was a surreal and extraordinary experience and one which I will never forget.

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Ashanti Traditional Museum

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The Ashanti Traditional Museum is housed within the Cultural Centre in Kumasi. Unfortunately, no photography is permitted inside. The museum houses traditional artifacts and possessions from the Ashanti Royal family amongst other things. I found the following items of interest:Stools and chairs captured by the British which were brought back by Queen Elizabeth on her visit to Ghana in 1965Weights used to measure gold dust. Gold dust was used as a currency for some time in Ghana.Replica of the king’s bathroom.The king should not place his feet on the floor as this would annul his position, so a foot rest of ivory is placed in front of his seat. Sculptures, palanquins, staff, stools and swords, including the replica golden stool (which the Ashanti fobbed the English off with as the real thing when they ransacked the palace) which was brought back in 1969 – with the gold covering...

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Kakum National Park and Canopy walkway

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The walkway was constructed in 1975 and is the only one of its kind in Africa. It is also reputed to have the longest ‘bridge’ in the world at 333m long. There are seven bridges and six platforms to walk across, and they vary in height from 11m to 40m above the ground. Although the guide will tell you that there are 240 elephants’ in the forest, as well as 40 other mammal species, and over 300 different species of birds, in reality you are unlikely to see very much wildlife at all. We went early in the morning, just after dawn at 06:30, which is reputed to offer the best animal viewing opportunities, but we hardly even saw a bird, let alone anything ‘interesting’ in the way of animals. We heard some rustling in the trees, which the guide claimed to be monkeys, and saw some tiny little birds in the tree tops, but that was all!It is, however, a beautiful experience, especially in the early...

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Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary

by Pieter11

Very close to Nkoranza, in the Brong Ahafo Region in central Ghana, you will find the very extraordinairy villages Fiema and Boabeng. The inhabitants of these villages believe that the monkies that live in the forests around their houses, are the reincarnations of their ancestors.Because they believe this, they treat these monkies as they would treat their own family. They feed them, they protect them and they even bury them at a special cemetary.At the villages you can visit the forest where these monkies live, and get very close to them. You can also visit the cemetary where they are buried and besides these monkies the forest has a lot more beautiful things that are worth a long walk through the great environment here.For more information about the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, you should check out my Fiema-page.

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Nkoranza

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The town of Nkoranza, right in between Kumasi and Tamale in the Brong Ahafo Region in Ghana, does not really have a touristical attraction. But it does have a great charity-project that is very nice to visit.The Operation Hand-in-Hand was founded by a Dutch doctor in 1992. It offers a safe shelter for mentally and physically handicapted children as well a place to study and to work. It is a great place to live in a completely different world for a few days: the world of these children.Nkoranza also is a very good base from which you can visit the Monkey Sanctuary in Boabeng-Fiema.At my Nkoranza-pages you can find more information about this town and Operation Hand-in-Hand.

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Elmina Castle

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El Mina Castle, also known as St George’s Castle, was built by the Portuguese in 1482 under the command of Don Diego d’Azambuja, and is a very important fortification in terms of history. It is the biggest and the first European building in tropical West Africa. It was captured by the Dutch in 1637, who again sold it to the British in 1872 when they left the country. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Cape Coast Castle

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Cape Coast Castle was built by the British in 1665 on the site of a small Swedish fort from 1653. Since then it has changed hands four times, being captured by the Danish in 1658, and occupied by the Dutch between 1663 and 1664. From 1667 until 1750, the castle was used by merchants trading in slaves, gold, spices and ivory. Cape Coast Castle covers an area of 76,500 square feet and was officially opened to tourists in 1974.

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National Museum, Accra

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The National Museum is well worth a visit. It is on two floors, and all in the information is in English. There is a small charge for entry, and although photography is not allowed, I was told to take pictures surreptitiously if I wanted to. There were no other visitors when we were there, and although there is a shop on the site, which appears to sell all sorts of nice artifacts, there was no-one there to man it during our visit. That was a Saturday morning. The exhibits include thrones, fishing implements, stools, wood carvings, masks, displays on dances, the slave trade, currency, pottery, youth of today and their future within the society, leather work, war, puberty rites, prehistory and contemporary art. Some of the paintings are for sale.Allow a couple of hours for your visit in order to do the museum justice. Visiting hours are 09:00-18:00 every day except Monday. There is a small...

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Mampong

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Mampong, located between Koforidua and Aburi in Ghana's Eastern Region, is a very small town that actually is nothing different from other very small town in the surroundings. But in the year 1870, there was one person that changed this forever: Tetteh Quarshie.In that year he planted the very first cocoa-trees in his village: the beginning of Ghana's most important business today. In Mampong you can still visit his cocoa farm to see the production process of cocoa and you can even see the two original cocoa-trees that were planted there in 1870.For more information about Mampong and its cocoafarm, you can have a look at my Mampong-page.

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  1. Accra Things to Do
  2. Kumasi Things to Do
  3. Cape Coast Things to Do
  4. Mole National Park Things to Do
  5. Tamale Things to Do
  6. Elmina Things to Do
  7. Bolgatanga Things to Do
  8. Akosombo Things to Do
  9. Takoradi Things to Do
  10. Aburi Things to Do
  11. Lake Bosumtwi Things to Do
  12. Hohoe Things to Do
  13. Aflao Things to Do
  14. Winneba Things to Do
  15. Senya Beraku Things to Do
  16. Ankasa Things to Do
  17. Yendi Things to Do
  18. Kintampo Things to Do
  19. Paga Things to Do
  20. Kumasi Things to Do
  21. Larabanga Things to Do
  22. Beyin Things to Do
  23. Ada Things to Do
  24. Wechiau Things to Do
  25. Busua Things to Do
  26. Gnani Things to Do
  27. Nkoranza Things to Do
  28. Damongo Things to Do
  29. Tenzugu Things to Do
  30. Mankesim Things to Do
  31. Mampong Things to Do
  32. Helekpe Things to Do
  33. Abrafo Things to Do
  34. Fiema Things to Do
  35. Buoyem Things to Do
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Q:  I'm planning my trip for Ghana for next year and I'm want to bring some food items such as can foods. Is it ok, and if so is there... 

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A: Why do you want to carry can goods? You can go to a number of grocery stores in Accra. Although I have carried some specialty items, the Accra airport does not usually... 

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