Krobo Odumase is a town and capital of Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District in the Eastern Region of

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. The

Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC, Legon) is a secondary boarding school for boys. It is located in Legon, Accra, Ghana. It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Presbyterian Church of the Gold C ...

was formerly located here.

Prominent sites

The town is a proposed site for the construction of University of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.

History

The

Basel Mission The Basel Mission is a Christianity, Christian missionary society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to , the successor organization of ''Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione'' ...

ran a school in Odumase Krobo by 1857. The town became Manya Krobo's capital when Emmanuel Mate Kole became Konor in 1892.

Economy

The town, famous for its

glass beadmaking Glass bead making has long traditions, with the oldest known beads dating over 3,000 years. People have been making beads out of glass since at least Ancient Roman times. Perhaps the earliest glass-like beads were Egyptian faience beads, a for ...

, hosted the First Ghana International Beads Festival in August 2009. The town has its bead markets every Wednesday and Saturday at the Agormanya market.

Culture

At the end of September the town hosts the seven-day Ngmayem festival.Donna R. Barnes, 'Play in historical and cross-cultural contexts', in Doris Fromberg & Doris Bergin, eds., ''Play from birth to twelve'', p. 250 The town is noted for the performance of the

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rite.

Notable people

* Tetteh Adzedu (fashion designer), was born in Odumase Krobo * Thomas Partey (born 1993),

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player for

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

* Sparqlyn (musician), born 1983 in Odumase Krobo

References

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{{Commonscatinline Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana)