The tribe also believe there are good and bad spirits. As the Gas travelled south, they came across many rivers like the Ghazal and Jebe rivers; these rivers were As Professor Odotei (ibid) forcefully points out, so far no definite date has been established for the first migration into the Accra plains. Through my own research I have found that the Ga-Dnagmes believe in one supreme being and an evil being who we would call Satan in Europe society. Major Ethnic Groups of Ghana - WorldAtlas Sections of Ga Mashie trace their origins as Far East as the southern part of modern Nigeria, though so far no confirmatory evidence has been established for this. Besides, in Ga religious expressions, mpai (libation), otutu (a mound of shrine) etc, are also of Akan origin. They believe that they did not have any crops left in the past centuries due to the inadequate seasonal rains that made the people experience severe hunger. Henderson-Quartey (2001) indicates that it has been widely accepted that the Guans preceded the Ga in settling along the coast of Accra, the duration of which Ga historians have not been able to determine. They are known to change their shapes at their will at any time. Quarteys all over the world are descendants of the Royal Family of Kpakpatse We clan of the Asr group of the Ga speaking people, which is one of the seven quarters (Akutsii) that constituted the Ashiedu Ktk District within the Odododiodioo Constituency of the Ga Mashie Community in Accra. A number of factors, including these shared characteristics, influenced the precolonial period's state creation. A documentary I watched discussed this very point and even the indigenous Igbo of the land are aware of this and confirm the difference in the 2 religions. themselves into two groups; one group travelled west towards mainland Nigeria to a place called Benin, where For examples, words such as Okyeame (linguist), Asafo (company or troop), Akwashon (corrupted form of eku eson council of seven), bitim, odono, atumpam (types of drums), pleko (iron nail), nklakla (light soup), ampeshi (boiled plantain), etc. We, can see evidence of some of these in : The naming of children on the 8, of the similarities in Ga and Hebrew cultures. unoccupied lands began again for the GaDangbe people of Ghana after living in Boma, Bone, Benin and Ife for so The report that came back confirmed that this was indeed a good place for habitation and the mountain later became known as "Klo yo" (Krobo Mountain). The Ga are descended from immigrants who came down the Niger River and across the Volta during the 17th century. These were the people who lived South of Goshen along the eastern parts of the Nile river. Meanwhile, Adote Nii Ashare and Tete Kpshi who with their retinue made their abode beyond the Korle lagoon returned and settled by the same Fort; and their descendants also established the Sempi quarters. This castle was used in Ghana to ship the slaves across the continent. THE CULTURE OF GA LANGUAGE Religion unfortunately has used its power to dominate and rule over certain people claiming all men worshiped numerous Gods and therefore had to be taken under control. In fact the name "Krobo" is of Akan origin and is derived from the term "Kro-obo-so-Fo", meaning "Town of rock/mountain dwellers". They left Egypt and migrated to Ghana via Nigeria and Ethiopia there is much discussion around this on the internet. 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According to some sources. The origin of the Ga-speaking ethnic groups from the early Sixteenth Century in the then Gold Coast has been a subject of controversy, since various scholars have given different versions of their migration stories. James Town. There are other celebrations and festivals that these people have to prepare for every year. By the 18th century an estimated 68,400 slaves were exported from Africa each year, of whom about 41,000 came from West Africa, according to published accounts of the times. Although relatively small in area and population, Ghana is one of the leading countries of Africa, partly because of its considerable natural wealth and partly because it was the first black African country south of the Sahara to achieve independence from colonial rule. In his capacity as linguist of the English, his influence became tremendous, especially in the section of Accra under the English, i.e. their spirits will use it in paying for their passage across the River Jordan. They travelled south- Africa Guide - People and Culture of Ghana. After being in a tributary relationship with the Akwamu until 1730, Accra regained and largely maintained its independence until it was occupied by the British in 1874. Evidence of its application was conflicting and somewhat meagre, but this may be attributable form Rouna the stool of the Ga Mantse Those of Alata, Sempe and Akumanji the left wing, those of Osu, La, Teshie, Nungua and Tema, the right wing. But this is not all- religiously, the Israeli descendants have Kple and kpagods which are Ga and Obutu (Awutu), Me gods which are of Adanme origin, Otu gods which are Fante and Effutu and Akong gods which are Akuapem. Wulm (Chief Priest) among the Gas; Gbii kpaanyo anina w,an extract from from Hmw greetings What language does the Ga-Adangbe tribe speak? way; long after they left Egypt(S/Ethiopia). Origins of the Afro-Brazilian community in Ghana[ edit] The Afro-Brazilian descendants and community in the south of Ghana dates back to one study from the 19th century that between an estimated 3,000 and 8,000 former slaves decided to return to Africa. Ghana Table of Contents. All quarters have clan houses known as, the original homes of Ga patrilineages, and chiefs called, Ham & Shem Egyptians Hebrews & Arabs in The land of the blacks Bilad al Sudan, The History of Ouidah aka Juda, Judea Judah Whydah, My Igbo & Akan slave ancestors from Jamaica & The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade connection. One of the reasons for this is the belief by the Ga people that the dead are powerful and can be benevolent or disastrous, depending on how you treat them in death. DIFINITION OF GA Priests can either be male or be female. The following forts: Crevecoeur (the Present Ussher fort), James Fort and Christiansborg, belonging to the Dutch, English and Danes, had been respectively, built. Needful to note also is that Ga women have been traders since the sixteenth century. After settling in West Africa, Ga and Adangbe were highly influenced by their neighbours. (Ga-Adangbe people, Origin and History, 2013 n.d) [11] P. Ozanne, Notes on the Early Archaeology of Accra, Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, Vol.VI, 1962. Everything you need to know, Kim Kardashian considers leaving reality TV to become a full-time lawyer, her plan sparks reactions, British woman gives birth to Irish Twins 9 months apart, video goes viral, US may risk debt default 'as early as June 1': Yellen, Australia targets Big Tobacco in crackdown on vaping, "Signs of economic recovery are obvious": Akufo-Addo tells workers at May Day event. In ancient Israel of the Bible, the deceased were said to be buried across the river Jordan. This was after about 430yrs of slavery. Thus, the arrival of the refugee emigrant families changed the landscape when the people of Wo Sagba, Wo Doku, Wo Krowor and Wo Kpele established the coastal towns of Ga Mashie, La Boni, Nungua, Tema and later on Osu and Teshie respectively. It does not matter whether the deceased's family is impoverished; they must ensure that their departed is ushered from the physical realm to the ancestor's realm with fanfare. She argued that these were emigrant refugee families of the Ga Boni, Ga Wo, Ga Mashie and the Obutu fleeing in separate parties from Tetetutu and other Benin parts, probably travelling along the beach, and eventually settled along the coastlines of the Gulf of Guinea, in the Greater Accra region. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Even though these narratives of the origin of the Ga-speaking people depended mainly on the generics of oral traditions, legends, etc: it is obvious that names of certain places such as Tetetutu, Benin, Boni, Boma, Sam or Seme, Aneho and others have featured prominently in the migration stories of most scholars of Ga history. The Asr group of people comprises of five different clans which relocated to the coastal settlements of Little Akra (Ga Mashie) after the destruction of Great Akra (Ayawaso) by the Akwamus in the early Sixteen Century. Because of the gold and the presence of Lake Volta, the Ashanti people built an empire in 1670. Jacob has two sons with Rachel. The rites of passage events for boys and girls in the Ga-Adangbe tribe are not conducted in the same way. They speak the Kwa Ga and Dangm languages. Moses and his brother They settled then at around Afram Plains across the Black Volta and the Akuapim Hills and later spread to the south to occupy the coastal plains. In 1850, they bought the Danish forts and possessions and in 1872 the Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast. prominent kings in our history, Nii Oka mashi had said that, him and his people came from Boma. The largest population of Ewe people is in Ghana (6.0 million), and the second largest population is in Togo (3.1 million). For example, the Otublohum of Ga Mashie originally settled in Accra as representatives of the Akwamu government. The Adangbe are found to the east, the Ga groups, to the west of the Accra coastlands. Besides, this led to the effective control of the local population and the maintenance of law and order within these trading enclaves to safeguard the traffic of goods between the hinterlands and the coast for the benefit of their respective companies. The original Ga immigrants were farmers, but today fishing and trading in imported goods are the principal occupations. Yes, it is, and it goes by several names in the country. There are many rules and regulations that girls pass through during this period compared to boys. Biblical history suggests that Jacob, whom God named YISRAEL had Leah as his wife who gave birth to four sons for him. Of course, the Guans also on the other hand, had contributed extensively to the lexicological development of the modern Ga language through the formal principles of inflexion of Ga words; and grammatical features such as the usage of verb forms for the present progressive and the future tenses, which are not found in the Adangme verb forms. Also, other tribes such as the Ewe are believed to have influenced the Adangbe. Ga is the derivation of Gaga (soldier ants) which according to Reindorf (1895, p.24) is the names of the big black ants which bites severely and are dangerous to the white ants. The Nungua Mantse, in consultation with the Ga Mashi Mantse gave Osu lands to the KADI GBOI as people of Osu were referred to. Field on her part, states that these group of Ga emigrants mainly fishermen, consist of seven families led by Nii Tete and Nii Moi: Wlmi of the Nai and Onyeni deities respectively. Accra became the most prominent Ga town and is now the capital of Ghana. A wise man will most likely be buried in a coffin-shaped like an antelope, while a dead fisherman (the predominant occupation of the Ga people) will mostly be sent to the ancestral realm in a fish-shaped coffin. While asapatre (Shoe), goa (Guava), dashi (Bribe), gudiimin (Good Evening), moonimooni (Good Morning), feesi (First) are corrupted forms of Portuguese and English words respectively. A section of the Alatas of Ga Mashie came as slaves and servants from Moure on a fishing expedition to La and stayed permanently. The Ga Mashie community of the Ashiedu Ktk District of the Greater Accra region is believed to have been established by the Wo Sagba group of the Ga-speaking emigrants that begin to arrived and settled among the lagoon-worshipping Kpshi aborigines in the hinterlands and along the coast, probably at the end of the Seventeenth Century. So, international relations scholars have come to terms that in their efforts to [over]protect what appear on the surface as their own- being it history, culture, or lifestyle, closer inspection might shockingly or uncomfortably reveal to them something foreign. He then traced their movements from Nigeria through Dahomey (now Republic of Benin) and to Togo where they settled at Aneho, before eventually moving on to their present locations in the then Gold Coast. So who could actually be called a pure Ga? In the seventeenth century the English, Dutch, Swedes, and Danes established spheres of influence, entering into a preexisting coastal trade. http://www.ghanadot.com have great information regarding this. The building that once housed a Portuguese Catholic Church became Elminas slave market, where African dealers brought their captives, many of them victims of tribal wars. The great castle then became the African headquarters of the Dutch West Indies Company, whose business was supplying the needs of the New Worlds great plantations. Among other towns founded by the Ga was Aneho. The Ga are descended from immigrants who came down the Niger River and across the Volta during the 17th century. The abayan, cloth belonging to the deceased, which is torn to pieces, and each piece placed on the left wrist of the deceased relatives and very close friends, is an ancient Jewish custom. What can be said without qualms is that the Ga people were not stable, but dynamic and engaged in the very common phenomenon of migration- the Homowo [Passover] festival had its origin in such migration the second divide of belief attributed the unleavened com bread to that of Jewish unleavened flour bread as the ritual food, the red clay painted at the door posts and the way the people eat in hurry during the festival are linked to the traditions of the Jewish Passover feast. But like the said Ewe-Israeli ancestral links, this one too, I have difficulty to accept whole-heartedly in that we know that Israelis cherish their blood bond. Ancestry DNA shows I have an African ancestor by the name of Quartey. It is believed that one of the So he decid, would be free from all those calamities they suffered. Sections of Ga Mashie trace their origins as Far East as the southern part of modern Nigeria, though so far no confirmatory evidence has been established for this. After what is believed to have been a very long stay in Boma, the Gas decided once again that it was time to While Akumadzei one of the seven quarters of Ga Mashie community was of Guan origin. before moving on to their present home in Ghana. Detailed History of The Guans: AD 2020 Marks 1,020 Years of Their Entry Ga is the name applied to a particular ethnic group of people living along the shoreline of the Gulf of Guinea. Quarteys all over the world are descendants of the Royal Family of Kpakpatse We clan of the Asr group of the Ga speaking people, which is one of the seven quarters (Akutsii) that constituted the Ashiedu Ktk District within the Odododiodioo Constituency of the Ga Mashie Community in Accra. INTRODUCTION There had been [reoccurring] reported sorry state of the Ga State and the feared scenario of its bonafide Ga Language, on the ebb of extinction due to massive occupation of various ethnic groups, especially, the Akan peoples- many of whom their preferred spoken languages in Accra, to the dismay of the puritan traditional Ga, had always been the Akan Languages, instead of learning the indigenous Ga Language. Aboma, a suburb in Tshi came from. These are the Tarbon of Ga Mashie. At about 1250BC, the then king of Egypt, King Amenhotep 2 ( 7 th Pharaoh of Egypt ) couldnt stand any longer the King AYI KUSHI, spelled Cush in Hebrew, Genesis 10: 6 Jeremiah 13:23, Isaiah 18:12) led the Ga-Dangmes from Cush in Jerusalem to Ayawaso and was the founder of the GA DYNASTY. It must also be noted that, in those days, Gas didnt have scholars Many slaves were transported from the castle below. The Ga-Adangbe people have a unique culture with many traditional economic and social benefits, which is still observed to date. A large number of the Asantes of today originated from Akwamu especially, people from Asafo, Adum and sections of people from Bantama and Barekese. Down-town Accra; the Ga, adopted a policy of incorporating immigrants into the governmental machinery. What is the traditional dance of Ga-Adangbe? 2, (Lon), 1968. Abomsam is known to be the head of all evil spirits. These are the languages that they speak in that area. The Guan people are an ethnic group found almost in all parts of Ghana, including the Krachi people, language-Kaakye people Nkonya tribe, the Gonja, Anum, Larteh, Nawuri and Ntsumburu . A personal account of St George Castle in Elmina is below by the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/25/travel/the-slave-fortresses-of-ghana.html?pagewanted=all. These marauding ants known to the Akans as nkrang, and whose aggressive nature were attributed to the powerful wandering Ga emigrant tribes; easily subdued other tribes as well as the Guans who were the aborigines of the land. Elmina is conveniently located at the shore line providing a means of transporting the slaves at the time. The Kusasi people are farmers. According to him, the Ga refers to the Guans as Shits mi (landowners) and on this basis, acknowledged seniority to them for being first to settle in the territory. This arrangement according to Henderson-Quartey brought these towns within the vicinity of the three forts, and under the protection of the Danes (Osu), Dutch (Kinka) and the English (Ngleshi-Alata) from the Akwamu marauders. Trading is generally in the hands of women, and a husband has no control over his wifes money. Built in 1482 by the Portuguese in the area they called Mina de Ouro (the gold mine), after they found vast quantities of the precious metal there, the castle is the oldest European structure in sub-Saharan Africa. This is for the deceased victors who fought on the battlefield for the Ga people to be where they are today.
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