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HELLO MANK-CITY CREW

GOOD MORNING? WHERE U ALL AT?

AKWAMBO IS COMING.....WHAT DO U KNOW ABOUT YOUR OWN COMMUNITY?

1. WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE SUBURBS ?

2. WHAT IS BORBOR FANTSE AKWAMBO?

3. IS AKWAMBO JUST ABOUT ROYAL PEE, KESSEMU DURBAR AND BAAFIKROM BEACH?

4. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF TWAFO AS A SUBURB OF MANKESSIM?

5.WHAT IS THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OBROMU POSITION TO MANKESSIM?

6. AKWEESI AGU NANANOM MPOW? WAS NANANOM THAT BAD? WHERE IS IT LOCATED? HAS IT ANY SIGNIFICANT IN THE FOUNDING OF MANKESSIM STATE? ARE AKOMFO RELEVANT TODAY?

7. WHO IS WHO IN THE MANKESSIM TRADITIONAL COUNCIL?

8. TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION IN A CONTEMPORARY WORLD: WHAT SUGGESTIONS DO U HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY LEADERS?

9. WHAT ROLE DOES ARTS AND SPORTS PLAY IN FOSTERING UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY? WHO HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL SPONSOR OF SPORTS EVENTS DURING AKWAMBO? WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF COMMUNITY BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO THE COMMUNITY? ARE THEY DOING IT?

10 . THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MINUS AZONTO MENTALITY..................................ANY WAY FORWARD?

11. MANKESSIM DIASPORA.................WHAT ROLE ARE THEY PLAYING IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? IS IT ABOUT JUST BUILDING HOUSES AND DRIVING POSH CARS ON DILAPIDATED MANKESSIM ROADS?
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brief ASAFO NOTES about Omanmu.............

1.TWAFO....The Front Guard ( No.1) Asafo Company ( Wear Yellow Asafo Uniform, b4 it used to be dark blue).....Use ADAWURO ANAN- 4 bells and no Frankatunyi (fkagbearer). During Akwambo celebration, Eshirow Asafo members support the Twafo company
2. OBROMU.....The Number 2 Asafo Company ( Traditional Red). Traditionally are supported by Baafikrom Asafo and play no Adawuro Anan but have 5 Otuakwans ( oNE with Booduya (fly-whisk), the other with old twin bell ( no rafia skirt) , another with BIG bell oRIGINALLY danced by Uncle Inkoom...2 Flagbearers ( Otuakwan Panyin and the late Otuakwan Alhassan and then the rarely seen OKUKUYAYA.......

3. ANAAFO ...number 3 Asafo Company....................................The Anaafo Asafo Company also called the NKYIDOM are the last of the Mankessim groups: They maintain Adawuroanan and the company during Akwambo are supported by the Asafo groups from Krofu,Nkwanta and Gyadu. Their current costume is red strips which was outdoored in the 1980s to replace an old one...................

The above make up THE THREE MAIN MANKESSIM tRADTIONAL COUNCIL

NKUSUKUM..........part of the Nkusukum Traditional Council
EDUMADZE................Is part of the Ekumfi Traditional Council

GETTING EXCITED.......WATCH OUT FOR OUR BOOK ON MANKESSIM COMING SOON:

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