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Cockroach under the bed

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Some Local Ladies showing Their Beauty

The Coming of the Golden Stool

All arts By Nana Elvis

THE HEAT OF MANHYIA

The Kingdom of Asante have reign for decades of years now. The Kingdom existed so many years even before the coming of the Europeans especially the British. The people of Ashanti had their own system of governance. They had hierarchical system or form of governance. They had the King as the heard. He has the final say. But before that he had his subordinates, they are the chiefs. He had his paramount chiefs around him, such as the Paramount chief of Mampong, Nsuta, Ejisu, Offinso, Juaben and others

They are mostly represented at every dispute settlement  sitting. Most cases are redrawn from court to be settled at the Manhyia by the King.There is great respect for the great king among his people. One can be cast out of the land of Ashanti if he or she becomes disobedient and disrespectful. This has instill in the people of Ashanti to be respectful where ever they found their selves to be. They hail their King and listens to him even in this modern world. They keep to the culture of service to him without change.

But there are some people, which, when you think about them, you do not understand their behavior towards the Asanteman. Is it because of their political affiliation. They think they can underestimate the powers of Asanteman.

They should bring their disrespect onto the Kingdom and speak against it or face the needed punishment if even you are a son or daughter of the land.

KWAHU OOO KWAHU

One interesting place to visit and have fun is Kwahu, which is found in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The fun associated with the place of interest if great.It has become an annual Easter thing. This is where families, friends and lovers travel to have fun and chill out on Easter. It is time where people from all round the country and the world to have fun.

A whole lot of activities goes on at that time.There is a lot to drink and eat. Visitors treat themselves with Hip life life music and dance the Azonto.It is a place you can relax to release some stress during the years hard days work. It has become a festival norm during Easter time of the year. People who comes from that area goes home during Easter for their friends and families to see them.

The grand event is the Para riding section. This is what attract tourists to the place more.You can be in the sky for sometime before you land on the ground. You get to see the beautiful mountains of Kwahu. With great site and sounds, you enjoy from the sky. Some too becomes frighten so they do not ride it themselves. Some just go and watch those riding the para ride. It is nice to be at Kwahu during Easter.

CONSIDERING BAD ROADS AS FORM OF ATTRACTING TOURIST

Bad roads are part of our every day life. You can be living in an very nice mansion, but the moment you come out of the house you walk on untied road to your office or your work place. Unless maybe you use a car for your self.

The only places you find a third class or second class roads are the towns and cities. There, the roads have been tiled. This allows free vehicular movements, which speeds production and productivity. If the high percentage of roads were all in good shape, then we could see effective development that yields results.

Imagine roads that leads to most tourist attraction centers in the country are all in very deplorable state. It make it impossible for tourist to move up and down these places, thereby minimizing the monies that could have come from tourism.

For those roads which have have already been tiled, you could one day see people from no where adding poor chippings to it. It in-turn brigs uncomfortable to pedestrians walking on the road and drivers alike. If the old road was there, it could have been enough.

For some, when it rains people cannot go to their farms. More - over cars and lorries can also not go and bring ready foodstuffs from the farms. All you need to do is to wait for some days before cars can go there. Those cars that tries to force their way in are stuck on the road for days and weeks until a heavy truck pulls them back.

These foodstuffs get spoiled, living farmers with nothing, but crying and sadness. When these happens school fees of the wards of the farmers are at stake.

Not forgetting, women who are in labor and lives in towns and villages with bad roads. They suffer and they are delayed when going to their respective hospital. This account for high rise in maternal mortality. Although there will be expensive advertisement of our various television and radio camping for the reduction in these mortality, but the shun away from the fact that our roads leading to towns and villages needs to attend to.

Further more professional like teachers, nurses, doctors, headmaster, security officers and others, this hinders them from giving their best to their clients. They may be delayed or even stop from going to work because of bad roads that have being washed away by erosion and making it difficult for them to go to work, these people should not be blamed.

Not forgetting, the numerous accidents on these roads. The most fear ably and dangerous thing is pot holes. Most driver tries to avoid these pot holes and in the effect, got themselves in accident. As these are going on, you could see and hear, expensive road safety campaigns going on in the media. Instead of repairing these roads they will push the blame on over speeding and alcohol.

On the other hand too, if these roads were in good condition then things would have being running in accurate and effective manner. Not withstanding the fact that, it would have accerelate development and foreign exchange earning from travelers an tourist who are in the position of discovering newly found places. As the saying goes travel and see.

Everybody needs to play his or her own side roles. For example, if you see a bad road, that is an accident prone, then you draw the right authorities in charge and make them aware so they attend and repair it fast, so as to not bring problems.

Lastly, authorities should also act fast when the see such things. They should again make roads which are strong and everlasting. Those that deserve the price they tell us to have been used on it.

Dumsor as a Culture

Dumsor Papa

I started writing this content  with a very happy and cheerful face. Smiles were running all over my face. But all of a sudden, the lights went off, which is known here as Dumsor. The "Dum" which simply means off and the "sor" which also simply means on. When your combine them them is it "off and on.

This has continue for some years now and I must say it is becoming a culture. How is Culture define, it s defined as " a way of life. So if I may i ask, is Dumsor becoming a way of life such as how we eat, dress, cook,  greet, dance, move and smile.

I must confess, this cannot be. I f you know how this Dumsor have affected poorly to the life's of people, then it should be cut off outright from the lives of people. As I was writing this content, I was happy but the moment dumsor catched us I became sad till I waited for 5 hours before it came back.

Imagine if you were working with light at your work place, you would have miss huge amount of money, because time is money.

I will keep praying Dumsor does not become a culture but a different thing else. Maybe it should be thrown into the sea forever for a shark to swallow.

KENTEPA MOURNS

The final funeral rites of Obaapanin Abena Anyamesem comes off on the 31st of May 2014. All friends and Sympatizers are cordially in vited.

Maame, you have fought a good fight, May the Almighty God keeps you on the bosom of  his heart. What you did in this world far out ways our imagination. you were indeed Obaaberima .

You never forget to say your prayer daily. I will never forget how you starts your prayers by saying, Jesus Christ, Eno Mary, Anthony, Joseph, Philomena.

We will be missing you all out Maame. You never made us want. You are indeed a great woman.

Maame Damirifa due, Damiraifa due, due ne Amanehunu

May your soul rest in perfect peace.