Northern Factors in Asante History

Emmanuel Akyeampong

Imam


Date: February 12, 2006

Alhaji Muniru Marhaba, Imam of the Wangara Community of Ghana

Alhaji Muniru Marhaba has been the Imam of the Wangara community since 1975. His father was the Imam of the Wangara community before him. He teaches, leads prayer, preaches and settles disputes among the Wanagara. He is also custodian of the Marhaba Mosque, set up in 1953.

Date: February 25, 2006

Alhaji Abdul Mumin Harun, Asantehene's Kramo or Imam

The function of the Asantehene's Kramo has been played by prominent Muslims since the time of Asantehene Osei Kwame, who first brought Muslims in a significant way to Kumasi in the mid-eighteenth Century.