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Akuapem people in Ghana celebrate 200th anniversary of a victory over the Ashanti Empire

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Nipah, D., & Acquah, E. (2026, October 4). Akuapem people in Ghana celebrate 200th anniversary of a victory over the Ashanti Empire. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/akuapem-people-in-ghana-celebrate-200th-anniversary-of-a-victory-over-the-ashanti-empire/article_a69bfbf8-31d9-5317-8876-00b350cc1263.html

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In Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana, the Akuapem people celebrated the 200th anniversary of their victory over the Ashanti Empire in 1826 with a two-week festival called Akuapem Odwira. The celebration included reenactments of the battle and traditional ceremonies like libations at a stream believed to be part of the battlefield site, along with parades featuring Kente cloth and gold ornaments. Queen Mother Nanahemaa Adwoa Awindor highlighted the event’s significance in preserving cultural heritage across generations.

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The Indigenous Akuapem people in eastern Ghana celebrated this week their military victory over the Ashanti Empire exactly 200 years ago, marking a significant event that reshaped parts of modern Ghana. The battle against the powerful 18th-century West African state is still vivid in memory, as evidenced by the biennial celebration called Akuapem Odwira, which started on September 21 and runs for two weeks. This year's celebrations included reenactments of the war, ceremonial gatherings known as durbar, and traditional performances with participants wearing Kente cloth and gold ornaments. Queen Mother Nanahemaa Adwoa Awindor highlighted the importance of this bicentennial anniversary in showcasing how cultural traditions can endure across generations, emphasizing that 200 years of Odwira signify more than just a passage of time but also spiritual renewal and thanksgiving.

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Dennis Nipah

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🔮 The empire might be long gone, but the battle has not faded from memory.

2026-10-04 · assertive framing · Akuapem people in Ghana celebrate 200th anniversary of a victory over the Ashanti Empire

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Edward Acquah

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🔮 The empire might be long gone, but the battle has not faded from memory.

2026-10-04 · assertive framing · Akuapem people in Ghana celebrate 200th anniversary of a victory over the Ashanti Empire

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Topics

AKROPONG-AKUAPEM Akuapem Ghana Odwira the Ashanti Empire

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Akuapem NORP · 3× Ghana GPE · 3× AKROPONG-AKUAPEM GPE · 1× Kente NORP · 1× Kingsley Ketegu PERSON · 1× Nanahemaa Adwoa Awindor PERSON · 1× West African NORP · 1× the Ashanti Empire GPE · 1×

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Nanahemaa Adwoa Awindor, the Queen Mother in charge of developmental activities, said the bicentennial anniversary was important because it showed how culture can survive across generations. “Two hundred years of Odwira represents far more than the passage of time.

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🔮 The empire might be long gone, but the battle has not faded from memory.

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star

Akuapem people in Ghana celebrate 200th anniversary of a victory over the Ashanti Empire · assertive framing

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The Indigenous Akuapem people in eastern Ghana celebrated this week their military victory over the Ashanti Empire 200 years ago, a vast, sprawling and powerful 18th-century West African state. asserted

people → celebrate → Empire

The battle helped reshape the area into what has become part of modern Ghana. asserted

what → reshape → Ghana

The empire might be long gone, but the battle has not faded from memory. uncertain

battle → go → memory

Two centuries later, the Akuapem people still come together to honor their victory by reenacting the war. asserted

people → come → war

The festival, called Akuapem Odwira, is also a means of purification, spiritual renewal and thanksgiving, they say. asserted

they → call → purification

The two-week-long celebration, which started on Sept. 21, has featured an array of pageantry, a re-enactment and a durbar, or ceremonial gathering. asserted

which → start → pageantry

Both royalty and subjects engaging in the festivities were draped in traditional Kente cloth. asserted

royalty → engage → cloth

Gold ornaments glinted in the afternoon sun as drums rolled through the streets and the chiefs arrived on decorated palanquins carried by attendants. asserted

chiefs → glint → attendants

Praise singers and dancers performed around the clock in the streets. asserted

singers → perform → streets

On the 10th day of the celebration, young men dressed as warriors marched from the palace into the hills and forest for the re-enactment of the battle, fought on Aug. 7, 1826. asserted

men → dress → Aug.

The performers climbed a steep mountain into the forest, following the route toward the area where the battle is believed to have taken place. asserted

battle → climb → place

At a stream, libations were poured and other rituals performed. asserted

rituals → pour → stream

Some participants, acting as captured enemy soldiers, were chained and led back toward the community, where crowds gathered to receive them before they were presented to the chief. asserted

they → act → chief

years → say → time

It is a remarkable testimony to the resilience of the people, the continuity of tradition, and the enduring power of culture to bind generations together,” she said. asserted

she → endure → generations

For younger generations, the anniversary has also become a means to reconnect with a heritage they say is too easily overlooked. asserted

they → become → heritage

Kingsley Ketegu, a 36-year-old Akuapem resident who took part in the celebrations, said young people should use such occasions to learn about their history. asserted

people → take → history

“As young people, we should embrace this and learn our culture,” he said. asserted

he → embrace → culture

But we have underrated it.” asserted

we → underrate → it