“Imagine catching a lion every year.” That sentence alone changes the way many people understand Ghana’s famous Aboakyer Festival. Behind the colourful processions, dancing Asafo companies,...
The deep sound of fontomfrom drums rolls through the streets before sunrise, while women in bright cloth balance baskets of fresh yams on their heads and...
Before sunrise, Elmina is already moving. Fishermen gather near the shoreline, children weave through crowded streets wrapped in bright cloth, and the steady rhythm of drums...
As dawn breaks over the coastal town of Anomabu, the sound of drums rolls through the salty Atlantic breeze. Women wrapped in colourful cloth gather along...
If your timeline felt like a high-speed rollercoaster on Thursday, you weren’t alone. Ghana’s X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook spaces erupted into a perfect storm of...
By mid-morning, the streets of Accra are already vibrating with drumbeats. Women wrapped in bright cloth move in groups through narrow lanes, children weave through the...
This summer, the rhythm of Asante drums will echo far beyond Ghana’s borders, as Washington D.C. prepares to host what is being described as the biggest...
The drums don’t just announce the festival. They wake the ancestors. It’s Easter Monday in Abura Dunkwa, Central Region, and the air has already thickened with...
There is a moment during Ghana’s presidential inauguration that has nothing to do with ballot sheets, constitutional affidavits, or the usual political chatter. It happens when...
A viral Instagram video from Curious Rock (@curiousrock27) has sparked global fascination with a centuries-old practice from Northern Nigeria known as Geyya or Geya — a...
