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A Krobo girl undertaking Dipo ceremony. The Krobo people are an ethnic group in Ghana. They are grouped as part of Ga-Adangbe ethnolinguistic group and they are also the largest group of the seven Dangme ethnic groups of Southeastern Ghana. The Krobo are a farming people who occupy Accra Plains, Akuapem Mountains and the Afram Basin. [1]
For the Shai and Krobo people, the Dipo is the formal rite of passage. Originally designed as a formal marriage training for mature women in their twenties, [ 9 ] Dipo has evolved into a pre-marital sexual purification [ 10 ] rite that involves teenage girls conducting traditional religious rituals and putting on dance performances for the public.
The 2024 Ghanaian general election took place on 7 December 2024 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 9th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. [1]The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though must be qualified to stand for election as such.
Krobo Edusei married three times and had numerous children who remain active in the Ghanaian business world. The more well known of his children include prominent millionaire Ghanaian businessman and ports operator, Yaw Krobo Edusei, Lucy Lamptey, former legal director of the Ghanaian government agency Social Security and National Insurance Trust, property entrepreneur and former Coca-Cola ...
Tenure Incumbent Notes c.1500 Foundation of Manya Krobo state: Konor (rulers) : Odumase Dynasty: 1835 to 1867: Odonkor Azu, Konor: 1867 to 1892: Sakite I, Konor: 1892 to 1939: Emmanuel Mate Kole I Konor
Manya Krobo District is a municipality located in Eastern Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Kaoga District Council.
Emmanuel Mate Kole or Nene Sir Azzu Mate Kole I, Kt (1860 in Odumase – 1939) was the third Konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo from 1892 until his death in 1939. . He was succeeded by his son, Nene Azzu Mate Kole II, who ruled Manya Krobo from 1939 until his death in 19
Yilo Krobo Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. [1] [2] Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Yilo Krobo District, which it was created from the former Kaoga District Council, until it was elevated to municipal district assembly status on 6 February 2012 to become Yilo Krobo Municipal District.