Sefwi Sui is a small farming community in Ghana with a population of approximately 3,000 people. A
Jewish community
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from the
House of Israel
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lives in Sefwi Sui. Other Jews from the House of Israel live in
Sefwi Wiawso, a larger community located twenty miles from Sefwi Sui.
Like other communities in the
Western North Region
The Western North region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in 2019. The region is bounded by the Ivory Coast ( Comoé District) on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions ...
of Ghana, the
Alluolue Festival
Alluolue (Yam, Eluo) Festival is a Ghanaian annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sefwi Wiawso and Sefwi Bekwai in the Western North region, formerly Western region of Ghana
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is celebrated annually in Sefwi Sui.
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House of Israel (Ghana)
Jewish communities
Populated places in the Western North Region
Sefwi people