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Akweesi
Akweesi (known late in life as "the Grand Old Man", whose lifespan is given by his biographer as 1780–1896) was a Fante people, Fante who lived in Ekumfi District, Ekumfi State. His life is known from oral traditions, and to a lesser extent documentary sources, collected around 1952, primarily from his descendants, by the Ghanaian teacher John Brandford Crayner, though Crayner's view of events associated with Akweesi has been criticised as Christian and colonialist. Akweesi is noted as an early Methodist minister in what is now Ghana, and for his role in destroying the traditional Fante sacred grove Nananom Pɔw, characterised by J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu as "one of the best known clashes" between Christianity and traditional religion in the history of the region that would become Ghana. Family Akweesi's mother was Asikan and his father was Kyia. He was born in the village of Esiwahyia, where he farmed Gourd, gourds, gaining wealth through this practice and becoming a prominent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nananom Pɔw
Nananom Mpow (also Nananom Pɔw "the grove of the ancestors", Agya Nana "ancestral father", Borbor Agya "Father of the Borbor Fante", Owura Owura Agya "Distinguished Father") is a traditional sacred grove associated with the Fante people in Ghana; according to Rebecca Shumway, "every self-professed Fante is familiar with the name 'Nananom Mpow'". The name is in the Akan language and is believed to refer to Oburumankoma, Odapagyan, and Oson, the legendary founders of Fante settlement on the West African coast. The grove's destruction in 1851 has been described as "one of the best known clashes" between Christianity and traditional religion in the history of the region that would become Ghana. Geography Nananom Mpow is half a mile south of Obidan, thought to have been founded in 1840 by Akweesi, who would later become a key Christian opponent of the grove and its customs. It is also near to the Eminsa Ɔkye river and Mankessim. Nananom Mpow comprised dense and biodiverse woodland, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |