Kintampo

Alhaji Abdullah Muhammad, Proprietor and Headmaster, Fawziya Islamic School

Date: February 12, 2006
Format: Audio/mp3The Fawziya Islamic School is Quranic School in Nima, Accra, started 20 years ago (c. 1986) to teach children the principles of Islamic religion. It is co-ed institution. With 180 children aged between 4 and 13 years. Classes are held during week - ends during the regular school year and children obtain their formal education elsewhere.

Alhaji Muniru Marhaba, Imam of the Wangara Community of Ghana (1)

Date: 2006
Format: Image/jpegAlhaji 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 Wangara. He is also custodian of the Marhaba Mosque, set up in 1953.

Alhaji Muniru Marhaba, Imam of the Wangara Community of Ghana (2)

Date: 2006
Format: Image/jpegAlhaji 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 Wangara. He is also custodian of the Marhaba Mosque, set up in 1953.

Alhaji Abdullah Muhammad, Principal Fawziya Islamic School, Nima, Accra

Date: 2006
Format: Image/jpegThe Fawziya Islamic School is Quranic School in Nima, Accra, started 20 years ago (c. 1986) to teach children the principles of Islamic religion. It is a co-ed institution with 180 children aged between 4 and 13 years. Classes are held during weekends during the regular school year and children obtain their formal education elsewhere.

Landing site at new Kete

Date: 2008
Format: Image/jpegThe landing site on the Volta Lake in new Kete after the abandonment of old Kete due to flooding from the Volta Lake.

Compound of Dente priest in Krachi town

Date: 2010
Format: Image/jpegSeated in the compound of the priest of Dente Shrine. Dente priest Nana Ojiminkpa II in white cloth, Professor Akyeampong sitting on skin before priest, and Jackson Donkor (former registrar of Kete Krachi Traditional Council) opposite in white “T” shirt.

Rocks in Volta River at old Kete

Date: 2008
Format: Image/jpegRocks in Volta River marking approximate site of Old Dente Shrine. Dente has an affinity for rocks and his new location is also in a rocky setting.

Alhaji Muniru Marhaba, Imam of the Wangara Community of Ghana

Date: February 12, 2006
Format: Text/txtAlhaji 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.

Section of old Kete reclaimed by Bush

Date: 2008
Format: ImageAbandoned site of old Kete, an important market town in the precolonial and colonial era. Old Kete was flooded with the damming of the Volta River in the 1960s. Kete Krachi was one of the most affected districts by the new Volta Lake. This site housed offices of the German administration before World War I.

Old Quran in the family of Fanyinama III, Chief of the Wangara Community

Date: 2006
Format: Image/jpegThe Wangara are Muslim and played a major role in the extension of Islam in precolonial Asante. They are also at the center of early Islamic scholarship in precolonial Ghana. This Quran is one of the oldest held by the family of the Fanyinama of the Wangara community.

Nana Ojiminkpa II, Bosomfuo (priest) of Krachi Dente Shrine (in white) with shrine officials

Date: July 24, 2010
Format: Image/jpegKrachi Dente, a Guan deity that relocated from Larteh in Akuapem to Krachi, was one of the most revered deities in precolonial Asante. It was consulted often by the Asante state in matters of war.

Chief Fanyinama III, Head of the Wangara Community in Ghana

Date: March 21, 2006
Format: Audio/mp3Chief Fanyinama III is the Head of all Wangaras in Ghana. Kintampo represents the Spiritual home of the Wangara in Ghana. Historically, the Wangara are among the earliest residents of Kintampo. Kintampo is claimed by the rival states of Mo and Nkoranza. In this context, the Fanyinama of Kintampo has traditionally exercised much influence in Kintampo.