Ewes are Clones. A timewaister blowing horns about an Asantes weaving tradition of Majesty. Asante is kente. Get valuable information from Manhyia and stop fooling yourself .How could this writer write to steal Kente from A ... read full comment
Ewes are Clones. A timewaister blowing horns about an Asantes weaving tradition of Majesty. Asante is kente. Get valuable information from Manhyia and stop fooling yourself .How could this writer write to steal Kente from Asanteland ?
Isaac Mensah 8 years ago
WHEN EUROPEANS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR AND MANY PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL VALIDITY IS UNITING, WE ARE FINDING WAYS TO FURTHER DIVIDE OURSELVES.
THIS ARTICLE IS DIVISIVE AND USELESS. LETS SEE OURSELVES AS ... read full comment
WHEN EUROPEANS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR AND MANY PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL VALIDITY IS UNITING, WE ARE FINDING WAYS TO FURTHER DIVIDE OURSELVES.
THIS ARTICLE IS DIVISIVE AND USELESS. LETS SEE OURSELVES AS GHANAIANS. I AM NOT EWE OR ASANTE BUT I STILL TAKE PRIDE IN MY AFRICAN KENTE, EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS AND THE GREAT WALL OF ZIMBABWE. UNITED WE STAND.
Kobooh 8 years ago
Thank you. His is only a booklong nonsense.
Thank you. His is only a booklong nonsense.
Fugar 8 years ago
u guys find it difficult to accept the truth, but the truth can only be one
u guys find it difficult to accept the truth, but the truth can only be one
Joe 7 years ago
Have you ever written anything about anybody just shut up.and read and learn.
Have you ever written anything about anybody just shut up.and read and learn.
Fiifi 7 years ago
You can't be an.Asante or Ewe so just shut up you dont exist. You probably are a bastard who don't even know your root or history.
You can't be an.Asante or Ewe so just shut up you dont exist. You probably are a bastard who don't even know your root or history.
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II 7 years ago
Wow Great writeup you said it all. The only
reason Tsala disn't bother about Anlos was
because they were not fighting among
themselves and were already great with
Tsali his twin brother staying in Anlo whose shrine still ... read full comment
Wow Great writeup you said it all. The only
reason Tsala disn't bother about Anlos was
because they were not fighting among
themselves and were already great with
Tsali his twin brother staying in Anlo whose shrine still exists today. I go there for protection as you king.
Captein 8 years ago
Sorry the history written on Ghana by Prof Adu Boahen was mostly flawed. And even on slavery he said the Africans sold their brothers into slavery
You are right on the research, anthropology, anecdotes and record about first ... read full comment
Sorry the history written on Ghana by Prof Adu Boahen was mostly flawed. And even on slavery he said the Africans sold their brothers into slavery
You are right on the research, anthropology, anecdotes and record about firstly (kete) of Anlo and latter use of Kente to ryhmn as much as possible by the Ashanti.
The truth is the Anlo Kingdom is highly sophisticated and the Ashanti Kingdom know that.
Also note who is Anokye (an Anlo) a who brought the Golden stool to the Ashanti Kingdom and has been the most unifying relic of the Ashanti even today. By the way thank you for the information please if you have copies of a full book on the topic let me know and I will by and stock libraries in the senior high schools in Anlo District especially ANSECO.
Thank you for the factual evidence and report instead of the mostly noise making by Ashanti politicians and academics like Adu Boahen.
DR JONES 8 years ago
KENTE IS THE HERITAGE OF ALL GHANAIANS. STOP THE DIVISION.
KENTE IS THE HERITAGE OF ALL GHANAIANS. STOP THE DIVISION.
Nii 7 years ago
When it is for asantes it should be for asantes but if for Ewes then it should be for all Ghanaians hypocritics and cultural thieving asantes.
When it is for asantes it should be for asantes but if for Ewes then it should be for all Ghanaians hypocritics and cultural thieving asantes.
TONY AMENU 8 years ago
Boahen is right. How many Europeans went to the interior to enslave Africans?
Boahen is right. How many Europeans went to the interior to enslave Africans?
Only Fools Say We Enslaved Ourselves 8 years ago
If I trade in human and you refuse to buy will there be any slavery. It was the agenda of the Europeans to enslave us and had they been able to cope with our environment at that time, they would have wiped out us out and made ... read full comment
If I trade in human and you refuse to buy will there be any slavery. It was the agenda of the Europeans to enslave us and had they been able to cope with our environment at that time, they would have wiped out us out and made entire Africa a mixed race. God being so good we survived and will have a better Alkebulam
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
Market. African sold and White folks bought. Don't absolve us from guilt. We are as guilty as the Whites.
Market. African sold and White folks bought. Don't absolve us from guilt. We are as guilty as the Whites.
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
Why this forced comparison. Asante don't waste a lot of time on this EWE/ASANTE thing. Direct you energies into something productive. Historical masturbation at its worst.
Why this forced comparison. Asante don't waste a lot of time on this EWE/ASANTE thing. Direct you energies into something productive. Historical masturbation at its worst.
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II 7 years ago
You these asantes matimeho people have been.deceiving yourselves for so long in the bushes of asante now they have brought you enlightenment too you are complaining that you.dont have the energy to get knowledge that will set ... read full comment
You these asantes matimeho people have been.deceiving yourselves for so long in the bushes of asante now they have brought you enlightenment too you are complaining that you.dont have the energy to get knowledge that will set you free ah well! Ewes learn and know your history you are the foundation of any thing worth being proud of in this country.
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
That is what you want to believe. You can't change history. Example, there is this movement to reduce Akwamu might by describing their hegemony over Ewes as equal partner. Shoot, the Akwamu simply kicked everybody's ass until ... read full comment
That is what you want to believe. You can't change history. Example, there is this movement to reduce Akwamu might by describing their hegemony over Ewes as equal partner. Shoot, the Akwamu simply kicked everybody's ass until the great alliance defeated them. I laugh at those attempts. Some of the greatest intellectual frauds are started by psuedo-inleectuals.
C.Y. ANDY-K 8 years ago
Akwamus didn't defeat the Anlos in any war and so didn't dominate and rule over Anlo. The Anlos forged friendship with the Akwamus by luckily supporting the winning side in their succession dispute. So, when the Ga fugitives ... read full comment
Akwamus didn't defeat the Anlos in any war and so didn't dominate and rule over Anlo. The Anlos forged friendship with the Akwamus by luckily supporting the winning side in their succession dispute. So, when the Ga fugitives the Anlos had earlier helped to settle at Glidzi had become enemies of Anlo because the Anlos took exception to their slaving activities against the kins and kith of Anlo in Togo, esp. Whyddah, the Anlos sought the help of the Akwamus to fight the Ga fugitives in Togo. That's what brought Akwamu forces to Anlo land but the destination was Whyddah. They even didn't stay long, as the Gas in Accra had marshalled forces in their absence and they had to quickly run home to defend their homes, children and women. That's why Anlos never paid tributes to the Akwamus.
As for Weme, or Krepi, as northern Eweland was known, the Akwamus only succeeded in controlling there thanks to support from Anlo and Peki-Bosome. Once even Peki alone left the alliance in 1833 everything fell apart.
Andy-K
Korbi 7 years ago
You are so right Andy-K you have good oil in your head. Well read
You are so right Andy-K you have good oil in your head. Well read
Nana Yaw, Boston, USA 8 years ago
Read your history very well. Did Africans not sell their brothers into slavery? By brothers, Prof. Adu Boahene meant "your own kind" or people not blood brothers from the same father and mother mother. Asem ben nie?
Read your history very well. Did Africans not sell their brothers into slavery? By brothers, Prof. Adu Boahene meant "your own kind" or people not blood brothers from the same father and mother mother. Asem ben nie?
Opoku 8 years ago
Ewe or Ashanti is Ghanaian. Variety is the spice of life
Ewe or Ashanti is Ghanaian. Variety is the spice of life
proud Ashanti 8 years ago
I don't care about who invented Kente even though I'm from Bonwire in the Ashanti region. My only concern is how modern day Ashantis and Ewes hate themselves even though their ancestors were allies. We have broken the bond th ... read full comment
I don't care about who invented Kente even though I'm from Bonwire in the Ashanti region. My only concern is how modern day Ashantis and Ewes hate themselves even though their ancestors were allies. We have broken the bond that our ancestors made so its no wonder we can't develop.
CORNEY 8 years ago
Blame politics for the break up of the bond,may be one day we have to think again about our history to repair the damage.
Blame politics for the break up of the bond,may be one day we have to think again about our history to repair the damage.
C.Y. ANDY-K 8 years ago
IT WAS AN AN EVIL AND PREDATORY ALLIANCE FORGED BETWEEN SOME EWES STATES (NOT ONLY ANLO, BTW) WITH THE AKWAMUS AND ASANTES to be plundering, raiding and selling into slavery others, including some Ewes who were not in the all ... read full comment
IT WAS AN AN EVIL AND PREDATORY ALLIANCE FORGED BETWEEN SOME EWES STATES (NOT ONLY ANLO, BTW) WITH THE AKWAMUS AND ASANTES to be plundering, raiding and selling into slavery others, including some Ewes who were not in the alliances.
It was not alliance with ALL Ewes. When I read Afrifa's book and he gave as one reason his accepting Kotoka's appeal to him to join the plot to over Nkrumah, "fact" that Ewes were traditional allies of the Asantes, I cringed! He missed it by a mile. No doubt, he didn't reead or hear anywhere that even some of the "allies" were tricked into slavery instead of the gold dusts promised them. He never heard of the saying "going to Kontsiabu". Harlley, Kotoka and Deku led Ewes to Kontsiabu all over again by uncorking the evil genii Busia and his many wicked dwarves.
May that unholy alliance never come back into fruition. Awoonor devoted a whole book to that thesis but do we ever hear anyone praising him for that? They only distort his Ghana Revolution to heap insults upon him.
Andy-K
Korbi 7 years ago
Never Again the asantes are selfish and inward looking always wanting to use others.
Never Again the asantes are selfish and inward looking always wanting to use others.
nature 8 years ago
Infact this black, short and ugly looking asantes should spear us, this is the fact and if u don't like it u can go hell, offsprings of dwafs.
Infact this black, short and ugly looking asantes should spear us, this is the fact and if u don't like it u can go hell, offsprings of dwafs.
Afiafetor 8 years ago
get a break from ur capenter job and go shave your armpit..3no na 3hia. for we are one nation ghana
get a break from ur capenter job and go shave your armpit..3no na 3hia. for we are one nation ghana
Korbi 7 years ago
Afiafitor indeed you these asante thieves even steal historical events and make them yours
Afiafitor indeed you these asante thieves even steal historical events and make them yours
AGYA KOO 8 years ago
This article makes an interesting reading. This is an intellectual piece designed to educate, and instead of looking at it this way, I see some people using it to insult and reacting to it the same way they always do. Please, ... read full comment
This article makes an interesting reading. This is an intellectual piece designed to educate, and instead of looking at it this way, I see some people using it to insult and reacting to it the same way they always do. Please, let your discussions be civil.
francis kwarteng 8 years ago
Dear Agya Koo,
I agree with!
It is indeed an interesting piece, no doubt. It raises important questions about our shared history.
It is a thought-provoking piece as well.
I shall be exploring this further.
T ... read full comment
Dear Agya Koo,
I agree with!
It is indeed an interesting piece, no doubt. It raises important questions about our shared history.
It is a thought-provoking piece as well.
I shall be exploring this further.
Thanks to the authors.
ANKRAH 8 years ago
Typical Ewe pronunciation: SPEAR = spare
Typical Ewe pronunciation: SPEAR = spare
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
You have a lot of negatives too. So shut up.
You have a lot of negatives too. So shut up.
Evra 8 years ago
So four ewes (Contributors: Dr. David Tay, Mad. M. Amitor Aidam, Mr. Daniel Dzakpasu, Mr. Doe Ladzekpo) decided to writedown Ashanti and this is what they managed to come up with???
So four ewes (Contributors: Dr. David Tay, Mad. M. Amitor Aidam, Mr. Daniel Dzakpasu, Mr. Doe Ladzekpo) decided to writedown Ashanti and this is what they managed to come up with???
busumru 8 years ago
aspects may be true but smacks of desperation!
aspects may be true but smacks of desperation!
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
Be confident in yourselves. It looks like that is what they lack. And have found that about all who indulge in this. Confident and self assured Ewes don't travel this way.
Be confident in yourselves. It looks like that is what they lack. And have found that about all who indulge in this. Confident and self assured Ewes don't travel this way.
Korbi 7 years ago
Evra no one cares about writing down asantes they are already down dwarfs. They are just setting the records straight. Period those are histirical truths if you don't agree go and change them in the past. lol
Evra no one cares about writing down asantes they are already down dwarfs. They are just setting the records straight. Period those are histirical truths if you don't agree go and change them in the past. lol
Anane Kyeremeh 8 years ago
I think this work deserves applause on the content of its research and analysis. Reasonable questions have been asked by the writer(s);which needs to be addressed logically. I believe that it would make a lot of academic sens ... read full comment
I think this work deserves applause on the content of its research and analysis. Reasonable questions have been asked by the writer(s);which needs to be addressed logically. I believe that it would make a lot of academic sense for a dissenting mind to respond academically and factually instead of using few unpleasant words to discredit a well researched academic peace. Lets Grow up fast, sorry faster!.
History Student 8 years ago
The idea that kente is an Akan word informed nonacademic conclusions of the history of this unique symbol of Ghana. I couldn't of course care less whether it originated from Anlo or from Asante except for the fact that histor ... read full comment
The idea that kente is an Akan word informed nonacademic conclusions of the history of this unique symbol of Ghana. I couldn't of course care less whether it originated from Anlo or from Asante except for the fact that history calls us to scientific investigation of our collective and shared past for the benefit of the truth whatever truth means. This article provokes us all to research and establish the true origins of kente, that is if doubts still remain after reading this piece.
Obrefo 8 years ago
When did Ewes come to Ghana? In the mid 1700's. When did the Europeans first come to Ghana? Way before the Ewes arrived. Go and read the early history regarding the meetings between the Europeans and the Akans some 200 years ... read full comment
When did Ewes come to Ghana? In the mid 1700's. When did the Europeans first come to Ghana? Way before the Ewes arrived. Go and read the early history regarding the meetings between the Europeans and the Akans some 200 years before the Ewes arrived. The Akans chiefs were wearing their colourful kente clothes in these meetings. Stop your cheap revisionist crap.
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
They conveniently forgot about the Ewe migration to modern day Ghana. When the states That became Asante were already there and kente had been referenced to Asantes already.
Cotton was not cultivated in Asante, trade with ... read full comment
They conveniently forgot about the Ewe migration to modern day Ghana. When the states That became Asante were already there and kente had been referenced to Asantes already.
Cotton was not cultivated in Asante, trade with the Savanna would have made it possible to acquire it, Gold was exchanged for silk yarns with the Europeans. All these facts were conveniently brushed aside in a violent bout of selective amnesia.
Asantes are not competing with anybody. Do Asantes have that much of a psychic sway? Go easy boys. There are more important thing to worry about.
CORNEY 8 years ago
Another clueless one whose parents wasted money sending him or her to school who calls him or herself NANA BONSU
Who told you Ewes joined modern Ghana when Asantes were already there,who were on the land the Ewes currently ... read full comment
Another clueless one whose parents wasted money sending him or her to school who calls him or herself NANA BONSU
Who told you Ewes joined modern Ghana when Asantes were already there,who were on the land the Ewes currently occupy,Asantes?
Please,don't fool yourself,learn your history.
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
Dunce Corney. The Ewe group from Notsie push the original settlers out. The fact is when that group arrived, the Akan migration had already occurred. Don't be overly sensitive, I am not saying Ewes are not Ghanaians. That re ... read full comment
Dunce Corney. The Ewe group from Notsie push the original settlers out. The fact is when that group arrived, the Akan migration had already occurred. Don't be overly sensitive, I am not saying Ewes are not Ghanaians. That really riles you folks. Your folks rather wasted money on you.
Please don't fling insults just read "your" history. Develop confidence in yourself and we can all get along. Stop reading the modern writers involved in gross historical masturbation. I would suggest reading writer( AB) ELLIS informative history about Ewes. Don't get your blood pressure up over this, the truth is out there.
Bye for now.
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
The Akans were in present day Ghana before the Notsie Ewes got here. Read your own history too. Consult (AB) ELLIS book on Ewes. Why are folks so sensitive about anything which exposes your late arrival. Don't worry we are al ... read full comment
The Akans were in present day Ghana before the Notsie Ewes got here. Read your own history too. Consult (AB) ELLIS book on Ewes. Why are folks so sensitive about anything which exposes your late arrival. Don't worry we are all Ghanaians. Clanishness and you know what complex frames you thinking and causes you to carry a huge burden all the time. Just unburden your load. We are all welcome in Ghana.
C.Y. ANDY-K 8 years ago
Indeed, you are clueless! Ewes were already settled on the land they now occupy and beyond long before the rise of Akwamu and then Asante.
Ewes migrated with the Gas from Nigeria, and some actually joined the Gas to form ... read full comment
Indeed, you are clueless! Ewes were already settled on the land they now occupy and beyond long before the rise of Akwamu and then Asante.
Ewes migrated with the Gas from Nigeria, and some actually joined the Gas to form the Ga State that held sway over even the Akwamus for a long time before the incidence of the cutting of the foreskin of the Akwamu prince.
The Ada area was occupied by Ewes -the Agaves- before the Adangme fugitives from the Akwamu wars joined them. Ask any proper Ada man who know their history or go look for the The Making of Ada, Woeli Publishers, by CCC Amartey or so.
Asante came into existence after the defeat of Denkyira in 1700, as the last of the Akan forest kingdoms. Most of what are attributed to Asantes today were actually already developed by earlier Akan states. But can you tell us which of them wove kente?
Andy-K
KOFI ELLISON 8 years ago
Looks like someone did not have enough Akple to eat!!!!
I expect your next topic is going to be that Okomfo Anokye is fron Notsie!!!
(I am Afeto Amega Kofi Ellison and approve this message!)
Looks like someone did not have enough Akple to eat!!!!
I expect your next topic is going to be that Okomfo Anokye is fron Notsie!!!
(I am Afeto Amega Kofi Ellison and approve this message!)
AWUKUGUA MAN 8 years ago
This people will claim all good things. You wonder why five people will write this bogus essay taking shots at anything/anyone Akan. Adu Boahen was peerless. Tweea what did D E K Amenumey write?
This people will claim all good things. You wonder why five people will write this bogus essay taking shots at anything/anyone Akan. Adu Boahen was peerless. Tweea what did D E K Amenumey write?
C.Y. ANDY-K 8 years ago
I don't think reining insults is the apt way to respond to this piece dealing with a topic of academic interest to many.
By now, I was hoping, you'd have brushed up your history to the extent that I can fully accept you a ... read full comment
I don't think reining insults is the apt way to respond to this piece dealing with a topic of academic interest to many.
By now, I was hoping, you'd have brushed up your history to the extent that I can fully accept you as a history buff, not the history bluff you turned out to be when you encountered me in the 90s, eager to do battle with me.
I've just read this at work and too busy to comment properly on it. There is much to add and some to take out.
I wish the writers had concentrated on only the origins of kete weaving though. They could have dwelt on, e.g., how kete was woven in every sizeable settlement in Eweland in the past whereas it is simply an enclave industry in Asante. Asantes, just as other Akans, were originally raffia weavers, instead of cotton weavers.
Then, there was a nucleus of kete weaving already in Asante pre-dating the invasion of northern Eweland by Asantes led by Adu Bofo in the 1860s, which, of course, gave a boost to it, and thus explaining why the Asante fugitives after their succession civil war in the C18th carried the culture to the Ivory Coast. How it started in Asante is one of the Anlo folklores involving the usual supernatural forces being passed on to me, and so spooked me off, leading to arguments, being a non-believer in supernatural forces. In brief, it was said that, after the Anlos had taught the Asantes to weave kete, the Asantes reneged on teaching the Anlos some weaving method no doubt related to weaving raffia. Forgotten the name, as I never heard the word before. So the Anlos selected some powerful men with "shigidzor", i.e. charms to make themselves invisible, to go and learn the weaving method, which they did without being seen. A pity the source of the folklore which I last heard in 1993 is dead. But I know others were told too.
When I narrated some of the things I knew about kete weaving on Okyeame in the mid-90s, Dr Ofori E. Akyea contacted me privately to say that I was right and that I should link him with my sources, since he was involved in the research on weaving and they have been mounting exhibitions (in the US then). That they had done research to Nigeria and even there, the popular "akuete" cloth much prized among the Ibos was introduced by an Ewe from Togo whose name it bore. I didn't know then that he was from Peki with a wife from Anyako! But I wasn't excited by what he wrote to me privately, as I told myself if he knew all that but kept quiet on Okyeame, why bother linking him with my sources,and his research will remain on some shelves. I didn't help! Had he introduced himself properly, perhaps, I might have.
Btw, kete was being woven in Eweland long before the present inhabitants, mostly Ga-Adangmes, settled at Agortime. They simply embraced the kete weaving culture with a passion.
Andy-K
Gidi Makpeza 8 years ago
"They simply embraced the kete weaving culture with a passion."
Not true Andy, I am from Agotime Kpetoe and will provide more historical perspective if you care to know.
"They simply embraced the kete weaving culture with a passion."
Not true Andy, I am from Agotime Kpetoe and will provide more historical perspective if you care to know.
C.Y. ANDY-K 8 years ago
Gidi, don't get me wrong. The Ga-Adangmes settled among Ewes at
Agortime after they left Avatime due to a control with their hosts there. So the natives have every right to be part of the original kete weavers. But the desc ... read full comment
Gidi, don't get me wrong. The Ga-Adangmes settled among Ewes at
Agortime after they left Avatime due to a control with their hosts there. So the natives have every right to be part of the original kete weavers. But the descendants of the Ga-Adangmes are dominant in the Agortime area, due to their original larger population. They are the ones I am referring too. Even the Akuete from Togo, no doubt, is of Ga origins. Of course, we have to know that these people are Ewes in name except their patrilineal origins; or now part of what linguists have grouped as the Gbe people. And, of course, there are also large clans of Ga-Adangmes with Ewe origins, so it is rather a complex mix of heritages.
Andy-K
Gidi Makpeza 8 years ago
"And, of course, there are also large clans of Ga-Adangmes with Ewe origins, so it is rather a complex mix of heritages." I agree!!
"And, of course, there are also large clans of Ga-Adangmes with Ewe origins, so it is rather a complex mix of heritages." I agree!!
ZZTOP 8 years ago
Another chest-thumping Eweman. Hei, Andy-K, good for you to pass through.
Another chest-thumping Eweman. Hei, Andy-K, good for you to pass through.
GORGORDUTOR 8 years ago
TWEAA OBI A OKRA BROFODIN ORIKAKIKA W) ADI3 ONTIASE!! OWURA ELLISON WU DING NU EFI HEE?
TWEAA OBI A OKRA BROFODIN ORIKAKIKA W) ADI3 ONTIASE!! OWURA ELLISON WU DING NU EFI HEE?
Kofibaboni 8 years ago
The tone and tenor of this article is very demeaning. If you are trying to make a case for Ewes teaching Asantes how to weave kente, why do you have to be so belittling about it? This article is laughable. Just make your poin ... read full comment
The tone and tenor of this article is very demeaning. If you are trying to make a case for Ewes teaching Asantes how to weave kente, why do you have to be so belittling about it? This article is laughable. Just make your point without cringing like a hyena posturing before a lion. It is cowering and lacks self confidence. I believe a better argument can be made from Dogon Asante connection to Kente weaving by the Asantes.
The Asantes(Akans) have not always been in South, West Africa as it is widely known. Much work needs to be down on the resettlement of the Original Hebrews and Ancient Egyptians after the conquest of those two civilizations and the migration towards the sub-Sahara into Ethiopia, Sudan, Timbuktu and Songhai empires. It is the southward push to escape the Islamic revolution culminating with the new empires like the Asantes present day Ghana. So, it is most likely that the skill of kente weaving was learned by the Asantes much earlier before arriving in present day Ghana. Our history before arrival in Ghana is the missing link, not this muscle of kente weaving you are clambering over to claim for Ewes. Which I highly doubt that Akans learned from the Ewes after arriving in Ghana. Even the Dogons have this skill, and their connection to the Akans predates the Ewes. So why wouldn't they have learned before encountering the Ewes?
C.Y. ANDY-K 8 years ago
C'mmon, why are you whimpering about the tone of the article? After taking all those insults and high-brow raising and looking down upon others, you don't want your noses to be rubbed into the dust???
Do you know the story ... read full comment
C'mmon, why are you whimpering about the tone of the article? After taking all those insults and high-brow raising and looking down upon others, you don't want your noses to be rubbed into the dust???
Do you know the story of the tortoise which begged for feathers from the birds and flew high into the sky with them and then started showing off and the birds demanded their feathers back? So, when we are through with taking the colourful plumes from your Asante, it'd plummet to earth like that tortoise! Karma time is coming. Just hang around.
Andy-K
ben 8 years ago
If they were the originators they could have developed other designs than the ones taught them by the agortimes. The different ketes used in nigeria are woven by ewes.
If they were the originators they could have developed other designs than the ones taught them by the agortimes. The different ketes used in nigeria are woven by ewes.
TONY AMENU 8 years ago
Long tired essay!
Long tired essay!
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
Thanks. Just finished reading a very nice Ananse story.
Thanks. Just finished reading a very nice Ananse story.
Boss(Amansie Ba) 8 years ago
Kente is the symbol for Asantes alone and nothing more.Ewes only use small piece of cloth to cover their waist ,so how can you compare them to Asantes used to cover their entire body with kente clothe?
Kente is the symbol for Asantes alone and nothing more.Ewes only use small piece of cloth to cover their waist ,so how can you compare them to Asantes used to cover their entire body with kente clothe?
CORNEY 8 years ago
How can you say kente which is woven in almost every village in the southern part of the region from Kpetoe is Asante cloth when it is only one or two villages weave kente in the entire region,do you know when Ewes started we ... read full comment
How can you say kente which is woven in almost every village in the southern part of the region from Kpetoe is Asante cloth when it is only one or two villages weave kente in the entire region,do you know when Ewes started weaving kente,does it mean Ewes in Togo,Benin and Nigeria also learnt the kente weaving from Asantes?
We have seen that even the foods we cook you guys are trying hard to change the names for them only that it is hard for your women to learn how to cook them that is why we still have some of the names still there.
Just take banku for example and see the difference when Ewes especially Anlo women cook it as compare to your people,I hope you don't come to tell me Asantes are originators of those foods.
You guys better keep your history as raffia weavers instead stealing somebody's work and claim ownership of it.
Gidi Makpeza 8 years ago
"We have seen that even the foods we cook you guys are trying hard to change the names for them only that it is hard for your women to learn how to cook them that is why we still have some of the names still there." Common Co ... read full comment
"We have seen that even the foods we cook you guys are trying hard to change the names for them only that it is hard for your women to learn how to cook them that is why we still have some of the names still there." Common Corney,you must be joking!!
MP 8 years ago
Hahahaha! Ei people can write ooo. This piece is like a burning charcoal. Well let those who know about this react, I mean good historians not any empty head who thinks through his anus.
Hahahaha! Ei people can write ooo. This piece is like a burning charcoal. Well let those who know about this react, I mean good historians not any empty head who thinks through his anus.
Nsia 8 years ago
Can somebody tell me the first group of people in Ghana that successfully turned solar/wind/bio-mass etc to solve our "dumsor" problems?.Any group of people that designed a good drainage system to solve all the annual floodi ... read full comment
Can somebody tell me the first group of people in Ghana that successfully turned solar/wind/bio-mass etc to solve our "dumsor" problems?.Any group of people that designed a good drainage system to solve all the annual flooding,soil degradation,deforestation,affordable housing,motorable roads,etc?
Bernard 8 years ago
It is really appalling that people for whatever reasons would attempt to rewrite history. I call on forumers to dismiss this jaundiced article with all the contempt it deserves. I shall not be surprised to hear another fairy ... read full comment
It is really appalling that people for whatever reasons would attempt to rewrite history. I call on forumers to dismiss this jaundiced article with all the contempt it deserves. I shall not be surprised to hear another fairy tale that Yaa Asantewaa, the fearless fighter who stayed with her Asona people at Sreso Timpomu, metamorphosed into another being in a different tribe. Hopefully, in the foreseeable future, I shall squeeze out time and bring to light the full story behind Kente.
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
ASK THE DUNCE CORNEY!!!!!!!
ASK THE DUNCE CORNEY!!!!!!!
Jato Kaleo 8 years ago
I expected someone with a PhD to write a good historical account that is neutral.
If you are Ewe trying to reclaim for your ethnic group, something that has been attributed to another ethnic group, then it is even more ne ... read full comment
I expected someone with a PhD to write a good historical account that is neutral.
If you are Ewe trying to reclaim for your ethnic group, something that has been attributed to another ethnic group, then it is even more necessary to make a solidly concrete academic argument for your case. You should still try to be "neutral" even as you make a case for one side.
The writing itself is rather poor, winding, not well organised, unnecessary repetitions, etc. If contributions are made by others, they should be well enmeshed in the narrative.
A lot of our history is difficult to research into since writing came late to us. There are many myths in the history we grew up with. The research into our past continues and there are still many unfinished projects. One cannot declare certain things with such certitude as the present writer displays.
But I kept getting irritated about the many times the writer says: "I quote" "and I quote" he even said "unquote". These formulations are not used in writing because quotation marks indicate which passages are quotations or citations. You can't use citation marks and still tell the reader you are quoting. This thing about "quote" "unquote" are used only when delivering speeches because the audience cannot "see" the quotation marks to know what is being quoted, when it starts and ends.
me 8 years ago
long does not equal good writing
long does not equal good writing
Marcus Chris Lawson 8 years ago
History as l learnt it in form one at zico, is said to be the true accounts of people. The way they lived, do things ,eat etc etc. This piece is illuminating
History as l learnt it in form one at zico, is said to be the true accounts of people. The way they lived, do things ,eat etc etc. This piece is illuminating
Amakom 8 years ago
According to tradition, Bonwire was one of the five Kente centres founded by exiles from Denkyira, who settled around Kumasi after their people were conquered by the Ashanti in the late 17th century.
According to tradition, Bonwire was one of the five Kente centres founded by exiles from Denkyira, who settled around Kumasi after their people were conquered by the Ashanti in the late 17th century.
Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. 8 years ago
The Asantes are the last of the Great Akan states and kingdoms. Mr. Dotse had better study Akan civilization before presuming to make such facile connections between Anlo-Ewes and Asantes.
Attempting to reduce the most el ... read full comment
The Asantes are the last of the Great Akan states and kingdoms. Mr. Dotse had better study Akan civilization before presuming to make such facile connections between Anlo-Ewes and Asantes.
Attempting to reduce the most eloborate Ghanaian civilization to "Keta-Schoolboy" tribal culture is rather nauseating. The Akwamu were ruling most of West Africa between 1100CE and 1500CE, long before the emergence of the Anlo-Ewe. And they were not doing so in naked clothes.Read the Encyclopedia of West African History before you get sued for falsifying Akan history.
You also quote disgruntled anti-Akan Ewes with Akan names to deceive your readers. Come on, whom are you trying to fool here?!
Richmond Nii Armah 8 years ago
sometimes, speak fact and stop this shit. kente we all know is for Ashanti's made for Ghanaian's & WW in reference from text books and pure articles not this crap.
sometimes, speak fact and stop this shit. kente we all know is for Ashanti's made for Ghanaian's & WW in reference from text books and pure articles not this crap.
Nana Yaw, Boston, USA 8 years ago
It is very funny that the writer uses basic linguistics to explain the origins of kente. Across Africa, one is likely to find his/her native language in another's. That explains that we were once the same people or co-existe ... read full comment
It is very funny that the writer uses basic linguistics to explain the origins of kente. Across Africa, one is likely to find his/her native language in another's. That explains that we were once the same people or co-existed. The fact that you quote foreign sources should tell readers that your version is deeply corrupted. Anokye and Nortsie are two different nouns. Anokye is derived from the man's name and his hunting exploits "Ano" and kye "the catcher/hunter of spirits" in reference to having magical powers of healing. You and I can argue all day long but your version is seriously screwed against history.
Nana Yaw, Boston, USA 8 years ago
Go to Awukugua, the man's relatives are still there today. Again, why will Komfo Anokye be called "Obiri Komfo" and not the Komfo from Nortsie the way Akans usually add one's town to his/her name when last names are non-exist ... read full comment
Go to Awukugua, the man's relatives are still there today. Again, why will Komfo Anokye be called "Obiri Komfo" and not the Komfo from Nortsie the way Akans usually add one's town to his/her name when last names are non-existent. The long lies must stop.
Monica 8 years ago
I have observed something for a long time now, i started observing this since the time of the last Asantehene, and the current one. Though they are the costodiabs of the Ashante stool they do not boast. I grew up to see on ... read full comment
I have observed something for a long time now, i started observing this since the time of the last Asantehene, and the current one. Though they are the costodiabs of the Ashante stool they do not boast. I grew up to see only these 2 kings, they seem to be humble and not boastful. After these observations i concluded that some dzidehlormis (bastards) claiming to be Ashantis are the boastful ones.
Derek 8 years ago
Thank you so much for educating broading our scope on kante A.k.a kete,it really fascinate me to understand the fact that the Asantes and the ewes worked hand in hand like brothers and sisters in a uninanimous alliance to ach ... read full comment
Thank you so much for educating broading our scope on kante A.k.a kete,it really fascinate me to understand the fact that the Asantes and the ewes worked hand in hand like brothers and sisters in a uninanimous alliance to achieve a common perspective .However the pride of superiority of one tribe over others should be abolished and must not be encouraged at all but rather cordinate with each other to help Forster peace and love within us for there is strength in togetherness (nkabomu).
Ibn Batuta 8 years ago
Okomfo Anokye ( Atsu Tsali Akpormada) was the twin brother of Togbui Tsali of Anlo. The middlename therefore is not ' Tsala ' but Tsali. A good job done. Ashanti history is an exaggerated nonsense from Ashanti/Akan academics ... read full comment
Okomfo Anokye ( Atsu Tsali Akpormada) was the twin brother of Togbui Tsali of Anlo. The middlename therefore is not ' Tsala ' but Tsali. A good job done. Ashanti history is an exaggerated nonsense from Ashanti/Akan academics and historians to make their nation look great. It is all a farce.
Owusu 8 years ago
The jealousy of you people knows no boundary. You wish your tribes were as great as the Asantes.
They fought and conquered your forefathers.
The jealousy of you people knows no boundary. You wish your tribes were as great as the Asantes.
They fought and conquered your forefathers.
NANA BONSU 8 years ago
Clanishness and inferiority complex will kill you. You invest too much time in trying to change unchangable.
Clanishness and inferiority complex will kill you. You invest too much time in trying to change unchangable.
chief abrampah Okoampah 8 years ago
Bonwire weavers are royal weavers from Denkyira who later settled in Asante kingdom after the defeat of Ntim Gyakari.This weaving skills was brought from Mande land(Ghana and Mali Empire) to current Akanland.so was it Ewes wh ... read full comment
Bonwire weavers are royal weavers from Denkyira who later settled in Asante kingdom after the defeat of Ntim Gyakari.This weaving skills was brought from Mande land(Ghana and Mali Empire) to current Akanland.so was it Ewes who thought Mandes(Old Ghana and Mali) weaving? Evidence proves some royal craftsmen especially weavers,smiths and potters from Denkyira to escape from Asante hegemony after defeat to lower Volta Basin under Denkyira divisional chief Akunor who founded Vume and others went to Kpetoe and Togo as Mina tribe.
Adomakoh Froboo 8 years ago
Fist time I have read such utter rubbish. A group of Ewe intellectuals trying to rewrite history. Kofi Awonoor all over. There is no Ghanaian intellectual who is more revered than the late Adu Boahene. Did I read it right tha ... read full comment
Fist time I have read such utter rubbish. A group of Ewe intellectuals trying to rewrite history. Kofi Awonoor all over. There is no Ghanaian intellectual who is more revered than the late Adu Boahene. Did I read it right that Okomfo Anokye was an Ewe?Next we shall be reading that the 1958 Plebicice was farce
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Ama Acheapomaah 8 years ago
nobody can change the history to suit himself we all know the history of kente so stop writing these useless articles in any case are you jealous of the great Ashanti Empire
nobody can change the history to suit himself we all know the history of kente so stop writing these useless articles in any case are you jealous of the great Ashanti Empire
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II 7 years ago
Wow Great writeup you said it all. The only reason Tsala disn't bother about Anlos was because they were not fighting among themselves and were already great with Tsali his twin brother staying in Anlo whose shrine still exis ... read full comment
Wow Great writeup you said it all. The only reason Tsala disn't bother about Anlos was because they were not fighting among themselves and were already great with Tsali his twin brother staying in Anlo whose shrine still exists today.
Ewes are Clones. A timewaister blowing horns about an Asantes weaving tradition of Majesty. Asante is kente. Get valuable information from Manhyia and stop fooling yourself .How could this writer write to steal Kente from A ...
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WHEN EUROPEANS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR AND MANY PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL VALIDITY IS UNITING, WE ARE FINDING WAYS TO FURTHER DIVIDE OURSELVES.
THIS ARTICLE IS DIVISIVE AND USELESS. LETS SEE OURSELVES AS ...
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Thank you. His is only a booklong nonsense.
u guys find it difficult to accept the truth, but the truth can only be one
Have you ever written anything about anybody just shut up.and read and learn.
You can't be an.Asante or Ewe so just shut up you dont exist. You probably are a bastard who don't even know your root or history.
Wow Great writeup you said it all. The only
reason Tsala disn't bother about Anlos was
because they were not fighting among
themselves and were already great with
Tsali his twin brother staying in Anlo whose shrine still ...
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Sorry the history written on Ghana by Prof Adu Boahen was mostly flawed. And even on slavery he said the Africans sold their brothers into slavery
You are right on the research, anthropology, anecdotes and record about first ...
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KENTE IS THE HERITAGE OF ALL GHANAIANS. STOP THE DIVISION.
When it is for asantes it should be for asantes but if for Ewes then it should be for all Ghanaians hypocritics and cultural thieving asantes.
Boahen is right. How many Europeans went to the interior to enslave Africans?
If I trade in human and you refuse to buy will there be any slavery. It was the agenda of the Europeans to enslave us and had they been able to cope with our environment at that time, they would have wiped out us out and made ...
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Market. African sold and White folks bought. Don't absolve us from guilt. We are as guilty as the Whites.
Why this forced comparison. Asante don't waste a lot of time on this EWE/ASANTE thing. Direct you energies into something productive. Historical masturbation at its worst.
You these asantes matimeho people have been.deceiving yourselves for so long in the bushes of asante now they have brought you enlightenment too you are complaining that you.dont have the energy to get knowledge that will set ...
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That is what you want to believe. You can't change history. Example, there is this movement to reduce Akwamu might by describing their hegemony over Ewes as equal partner. Shoot, the Akwamu simply kicked everybody's ass until ...
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Akwamus didn't defeat the Anlos in any war and so didn't dominate and rule over Anlo. The Anlos forged friendship with the Akwamus by luckily supporting the winning side in their succession dispute. So, when the Ga fugitives ...
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You are so right Andy-K you have good oil in your head. Well read
Read your history very well. Did Africans not sell their brothers into slavery? By brothers, Prof. Adu Boahene meant "your own kind" or people not blood brothers from the same father and mother mother. Asem ben nie?
Ewe or Ashanti is Ghanaian. Variety is the spice of life
I don't care about who invented Kente even though I'm from Bonwire in the Ashanti region. My only concern is how modern day Ashantis and Ewes hate themselves even though their ancestors were allies. We have broken the bond th ...
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Blame politics for the break up of the bond,may be one day we have to think again about our history to repair the damage.
IT WAS AN AN EVIL AND PREDATORY ALLIANCE FORGED BETWEEN SOME EWES STATES (NOT ONLY ANLO, BTW) WITH THE AKWAMUS AND ASANTES to be plundering, raiding and selling into slavery others, including some Ewes who were not in the all ...
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Never Again the asantes are selfish and inward looking always wanting to use others.
Infact this black, short and ugly looking asantes should spear us, this is the fact and if u don't like it u can go hell, offsprings of dwafs.
get a break from ur capenter job and go shave your armpit..3no na 3hia. for we are one nation ghana
Afiafitor indeed you these asante thieves even steal historical events and make them yours
This article makes an interesting reading. This is an intellectual piece designed to educate, and instead of looking at it this way, I see some people using it to insult and reacting to it the same way they always do. Please, ...
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Dear Agya Koo,
I agree with!
It is indeed an interesting piece, no doubt. It raises important questions about our shared history.
It is a thought-provoking piece as well.
I shall be exploring this further.
T ...
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Typical Ewe pronunciation: SPEAR = spare
You have a lot of negatives too. So shut up.
So four ewes (Contributors: Dr. David Tay, Mad. M. Amitor Aidam, Mr. Daniel Dzakpasu, Mr. Doe Ladzekpo) decided to writedown Ashanti and this is what they managed to come up with???
aspects may be true but smacks of desperation!
Be confident in yourselves. It looks like that is what they lack. And have found that about all who indulge in this. Confident and self assured Ewes don't travel this way.
Evra no one cares about writing down asantes they are already down dwarfs. They are just setting the records straight. Period those are histirical truths if you don't agree go and change them in the past. lol
I think this work deserves applause on the content of its research and analysis. Reasonable questions have been asked by the writer(s);which needs to be addressed logically. I believe that it would make a lot of academic sens ...
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The idea that kente is an Akan word informed nonacademic conclusions of the history of this unique symbol of Ghana. I couldn't of course care less whether it originated from Anlo or from Asante except for the fact that histor ...
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When did Ewes come to Ghana? In the mid 1700's. When did the Europeans first come to Ghana? Way before the Ewes arrived. Go and read the early history regarding the meetings between the Europeans and the Akans some 200 years ...
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They conveniently forgot about the Ewe migration to modern day Ghana. When the states That became Asante were already there and kente had been referenced to Asantes already.
Cotton was not cultivated in Asante, trade with ...
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Another clueless one whose parents wasted money sending him or her to school who calls him or herself NANA BONSU
Who told you Ewes joined modern Ghana when Asantes were already there,who were on the land the Ewes currently ...
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Dunce Corney. The Ewe group from Notsie push the original settlers out. The fact is when that group arrived, the Akan migration had already occurred. Don't be overly sensitive, I am not saying Ewes are not Ghanaians. That re ...
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The Akans were in present day Ghana before the Notsie Ewes got here. Read your own history too. Consult (AB) ELLIS book on Ewes. Why are folks so sensitive about anything which exposes your late arrival. Don't worry we are al ...
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Indeed, you are clueless! Ewes were already settled on the land they now occupy and beyond long before the rise of Akwamu and then Asante.
Ewes migrated with the Gas from Nigeria, and some actually joined the Gas to form ...
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Looks like someone did not have enough Akple to eat!!!!
I expect your next topic is going to be that Okomfo Anokye is fron Notsie!!!
(I am Afeto Amega Kofi Ellison and approve this message!)
This people will claim all good things. You wonder why five people will write this bogus essay taking shots at anything/anyone Akan. Adu Boahen was peerless. Tweea what did D E K Amenumey write?
I don't think reining insults is the apt way to respond to this piece dealing with a topic of academic interest to many.
By now, I was hoping, you'd have brushed up your history to the extent that I can fully accept you a ...
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"They simply embraced the kete weaving culture with a passion."
Not true Andy, I am from Agotime Kpetoe and will provide more historical perspective if you care to know.
Gidi, don't get me wrong. The Ga-Adangmes settled among Ewes at
Agortime after they left Avatime due to a control with their hosts there. So the natives have every right to be part of the original kete weavers. But the desc ...
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"And, of course, there are also large clans of Ga-Adangmes with Ewe origins, so it is rather a complex mix of heritages." I agree!!
Another chest-thumping Eweman. Hei, Andy-K, good for you to pass through.
TWEAA OBI A OKRA BROFODIN ORIKAKIKA W) ADI3 ONTIASE!! OWURA ELLISON WU DING NU EFI HEE?
The tone and tenor of this article is very demeaning. If you are trying to make a case for Ewes teaching Asantes how to weave kente, why do you have to be so belittling about it? This article is laughable. Just make your poin ...
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C'mmon, why are you whimpering about the tone of the article? After taking all those insults and high-brow raising and looking down upon others, you don't want your noses to be rubbed into the dust???
Do you know the story ...
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If they were the originators they could have developed other designs than the ones taught them by the agortimes. The different ketes used in nigeria are woven by ewes.
Long tired essay!
Thanks. Just finished reading a very nice Ananse story.
Kente is the symbol for Asantes alone and nothing more.Ewes only use small piece of cloth to cover their waist ,so how can you compare them to Asantes used to cover their entire body with kente clothe?
How can you say kente which is woven in almost every village in the southern part of the region from Kpetoe is Asante cloth when it is only one or two villages weave kente in the entire region,do you know when Ewes started we ...
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"We have seen that even the foods we cook you guys are trying hard to change the names for them only that it is hard for your women to learn how to cook them that is why we still have some of the names still there." Common Co ...
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Hahahaha! Ei people can write ooo. This piece is like a burning charcoal. Well let those who know about this react, I mean good historians not any empty head who thinks through his anus.
Can somebody tell me the first group of people in Ghana that successfully turned solar/wind/bio-mass etc to solve our "dumsor" problems?.Any group of people that designed a good drainage system to solve all the annual floodi ...
read full comment
It is really appalling that people for whatever reasons would attempt to rewrite history. I call on forumers to dismiss this jaundiced article with all the contempt it deserves. I shall not be surprised to hear another fairy ...
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ASK THE DUNCE CORNEY!!!!!!!
I expected someone with a PhD to write a good historical account that is neutral.
If you are Ewe trying to reclaim for your ethnic group, something that has been attributed to another ethnic group, then it is even more ne ...
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long does not equal good writing
History as l learnt it in form one at zico, is said to be the true accounts of people. The way they lived, do things ,eat etc etc. This piece is illuminating
According to tradition, Bonwire was one of the five Kente centres founded by exiles from Denkyira, who settled around Kumasi after their people were conquered by the Ashanti in the late 17th century.
The Asantes are the last of the Great Akan states and kingdoms. Mr. Dotse had better study Akan civilization before presuming to make such facile connections between Anlo-Ewes and Asantes.
Attempting to reduce the most el ...
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sometimes, speak fact and stop this shit. kente we all know is for Ashanti's made for Ghanaian's & WW in reference from text books and pure articles not this crap.
It is very funny that the writer uses basic linguistics to explain the origins of kente. Across Africa, one is likely to find his/her native language in another's. That explains that we were once the same people or co-existe ...
read full comment
Go to Awukugua, the man's relatives are still there today. Again, why will Komfo Anokye be called "Obiri Komfo" and not the Komfo from Nortsie the way Akans usually add one's town to his/her name when last names are non-exist ...
read full comment
I have observed something for a long time now, i started observing this since the time of the last Asantehene, and the current one. Though they are the costodiabs of the Ashante stool they do not boast. I grew up to see on ...
read full comment
Thank you so much for educating broading our scope on kante A.k.a kete,it really fascinate me to understand the fact that the Asantes and the ewes worked hand in hand like brothers and sisters in a uninanimous alliance to ach ...
read full comment
Okomfo Anokye ( Atsu Tsali Akpormada) was the twin brother of Togbui Tsali of Anlo. The middlename therefore is not ' Tsala ' but Tsali. A good job done. Ashanti history is an exaggerated nonsense from Ashanti/Akan academics ...
read full comment
The jealousy of you people knows no boundary. You wish your tribes were as great as the Asantes.
They fought and conquered your forefathers.
Clanishness and inferiority complex will kill you. You invest too much time in trying to change unchangable.
Bonwire weavers are royal weavers from Denkyira who later settled in Asante kingdom after the defeat of Ntim Gyakari.This weaving skills was brought from Mande land(Ghana and Mali Empire) to current Akanland.so was it Ewes wh ...
read full comment
Fist time I have read such utter rubbish. A group of Ewe intellectuals trying to rewrite history. Kofi Awonoor all over. There is no Ghanaian intellectual who is more revered than the late Adu Boahene. Did I read it right tha ...
read full comment
nobody can change the history to suit himself we all know the history of kente so stop writing these useless articles in any case are you jealous of the great Ashanti Empire
Wow Great writeup you said it all. The only reason Tsala disn't bother about Anlos was because they were not fighting among themselves and were already great with Tsali his twin brother staying in Anlo whose shrine still exis ...
read full comment