Just when I lost hope of seeing a frafra music industry making a Big Bang
On the scene,SOOREBIA just appeared and accelerated my hope to a #BolgaBoyTinz level.guess what ??? I call him my saviour in the frapop Music industry.this jigga is really crazy about placing frapop on the rap map.

#ReppingTheFrafraTribe #FrafraTribeOnTheMove

You think you love B-Town?? you think you wanna see B-Town rise?? Then this is the time to show all that by clicking this direct link www.ghanadjawards.org to norminate “DJ AKEL” for “Discovery of the Year” award.It’s a simple process .lets take B-Town to a next LEVEL.

#BtownRising

Bailah,a B-town jigga based in Accra has released yet another single titled:SUICIDE,this track is dope.download track here: http://24hitz.com/Bailah-ft-whizz-prince-suicide-prod-by-beatzbank-mixed-by-alvin/.the track is featured by whizz prince a twipop Rapper also based in Accra.production credit goes to beatzbank and Alvin.

#BtownRising #Frapop

See the top 5 High Schools in Upper east region according to the research we made . These rankings were based on academic excellence, facilities, number of successful graduates among other factors.

5 top senior high schools in Upper east for year 2016,the listing is in no particular order:

(5)bawku secondary

(4)Navrongo secondary (navasco)

(3) Bolga girls secondary (bogiss)

(2) Notre dame sem sec

(1)Bolga secondary (big boss)

LigriNaba@ Northerners. 2016

Dedicated to the memory of Akurupoka

Ironically, as I indicated, our marriages are expensive, but we care the less. Talk of polygamy, and we northerners top the chart. How we like marrying!!! For most of my southern friends, when you say polygamy, they will ask, “so you mean he has two wives?”. But a typical northerner has a better insight into what polygamy is all about. When my dagaati friend tells me his father is a polygamist, I just ask him, “so you mean your father has more than two wives?”. Catch the difference?

For most northern men, both literate and illiterate, marrying is a pastime. He and his wife have a problem, and the next day a new woman is brought. Just like that. Simple, short and shocking. For most northerners, a man and a woman don’t come together to make ONE in marriage, rather a man and two women will come together to make one.
That is to say for most of us, I’m married to one is not much of a big deal of a marriage. You have to show you are a man, isn’t it? And what kind of a man are you when you are married to only one woman? The magic is in the numbers- marry two, three, four, five and so on, and so forth. That’s what variety can add spice to your life.

So for we northerners, the polygamy itself has levels. We have two-gamist( married to two), three-gamist( married to three), four-gamist( married to four), etc, etc. I hear my grandfather, one Adendaanaba, had fourty(40) wives. Now, this is what I called 40-gamy. Far more wives than the chief of Bolgatanga at the time could brag about.

And there can be very interesting reasons why we revel in marrying plenty wives. The least said about these reasons, the shorter this write up will be. But the question is, why all these women? Why commit so much resources to such marrying sprees? Why not concentrate on one woman, her children and yourself? You can answer that whilst we look at procreation.

Directly linked to marriage, and plenty of marriages, is procreation- and here I trust that we northerners understand the biblical instruction than any other person. “Procreate and fill the earth” occurs to me to be our most favourite quote of the bible. Come to think of it, if we won’t marry one, is it giving birth that we will give birth to one? We will give birth and give birth and give birth, until the earth is surely filled.

We won’t only marry two, three four or five, but we will make sure each woman gives birth to two, three, four, or five- this is our best shot at filling the earth, a divine inspired duty.

Make the stats. If an average man in terms of income, is married to three women, and each is giving birth to three, that’s nine kids. The net effect is that these kids won’t get the best health, education, care and attention. That’s why it is called poverty. There is no other better definition of poverty than when you can’t afford good health, quality education, nutritious food and a stable roof under your head, simply because you don’t have the wherewithal.
You might think I’m being hyperbolic about it but chances are any northerner reading this is close to 40percent probability that he/she has step siblings- it can be legitimate or contraband children, but they are still the man’s children.

And lastly, our lifestyle. Northerners, we like enjoyment, especially we those in the upper east and west. There is this saying that “because we will die, and so we shouldn’t sleep?”. But we northerners have adapted it to suit our purpose. “We are poor, and so what, we shouldn’t enjoy?”. We may not be rich but when we mean to enjoy, I don’t think most tribes will come near. And for most of northerners, as with many other places, enjoyment is drinking, eating and chewing.

Especially our youth, I mean the young teachers, nurses, and the young graduates- drinking be what? We can’t be faulted so much. What were you thinking? We have lived a life of deprivation of the goodies of life, so when eventually we come across these things, we make sure nothing bypasses us. Come witness us in our beer parlors converting cement bags, iron rods, school fees, etc into bottles of beer, tots of alomos and satchets of Akpet ices. When we mean to drink, a drinking parlor don’t need so much of us. A handful of us can make a days fortune for a beer bar owner. It is in the capacity of our drinking strength. The main distributor of Guinness Ghana products in Bolga keeps bagging awards every year for volumes sold. Accra and kumasi may have the numbers but we have the leaking barrels.

I don’t know how we came about this but it occurs to me our definition of good life is good food, good drinks, and plentiful meat.

That’s good life and life is short so we got to live it good. Until then it has always been LigriNaba and when you find yourself in my hometown, just open your eyes wide, and tell me your thoughts.

Dedicated to the memory of Akurupoka.

LigriNaba@Northerners. 2016.                  written by ANABA IRVING ADUGBIRE

this is one of the many frafra proverbs that the blog will be posting every week,this proverbs comes with their meanings and translations.

proverb (1) “tarana kum kan yalik3 noore”

translation: another’s death wont prevent us from eating.

meaning ;no matter how we may be sad about someone else’s problem, we won’t be soo saddled by it that we stop living our own life. it is always their problem not ours.

there is a new generation of people in the upper east region of ghana who have taken the challenge to make a change in the region.they have taken the challenge to put smiles on the faces of others,develop and to create opportunities for the youth in the region.

the main aim of this post is not only to expose this change makers to the world at large but to celebrate this great outside the box thinkers and to let them know that
their work and contributionn to the developement of the region is acknowleged
and well appreciated.

meet one of the regions change makers who is doing all she can to put smiles on the faces of underpriveleged children in some communities in the upper east region of ghana

Ms Sally Lariba Azoteyine,21 years , a media and mass communications student of Tamale polytechnic and a native of bolgatanga in the upper east region of ghana.she isalso the founder of little feet-bolga project a non governmental organisation(NGO) aimed at collecting footware (used/new) for underprivileged children in the communities under the bolgatanga Municipality such as sirigu, sokabisi, Gambibgo, Dorungo and Tondongo.she also provide  this children with books,uniforms and other materials.

during my interview with her she cited her late father Mr.Robert Abaah as the one whom she got her inspiration from,Mr Robert Abaah whom she said was someone who loved helping people and seeing smiles on people’s faces,so while growing up she learnt to offer a helping hand to people in need,and as the years went by it became something she loved doing, she then decided she could do something for her people with her time and sacrifice.

she realised that school children in her community and beyond were lacking some basic learning materials,footwear and uniforms.thats when she decided to do something about it.with the help of her father she created the little feet-bolga project in july 2015 to help bring smiles to the faces of alot of children who through no fault of theirs have to walk bare footed to school and about and also to close the gap of school children in need of footwear and school materials.
she runs this NGO all alone but has some dedicated friends who sometimes help her out.after every donation she encourages her beneficiaries to be determined, focused and study real hard and with all this they can be whatever they want to be.
she intend studying law after her polytecnic education.

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This is the frafra proverb of the week.ayinesblog will be posting proverbs from all languages spoken in the upper east region of ghana every week to teach and remind people of their cultural heritage

PROVERB …..(1) “A la n gube n de kpe’engo.”
Unity is power ,when we come together as one we can achieve a common goal.

PROVERB…..(2) “Saana ki’ire me la panga, amaa aka yesiri la panga.”
A stranger enters with force but cannot leave with force~One can enter with force, but one can not leave with force.

PROVERB…..(3) “Noore daana ka tuure sore.”
~a loud mouth will never get lost because she will always ask people for her way out
If you have a mouth, you’ll never get lost.

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The deejay world is mostly dominated by men but this beautiful and talented lady has shown us that in the world we live in presently,there is nothing like man’s world or woman’s world,both are allowed to do whatever they want to do provided they can do it well.

Emmanuella Afulani Akelentugna is her name a 24 year old DJ and a final year marketing student of the university of professional studies.she was born and in bolgatanga the regional capital of the upper east region of ghana.she is popularly known in the disk jokey world as DJ Akel.
She has always loved to play and listen to music at a young age,She recalled during my interview with her that back in secondary school,her French teacher asked her what she wanted to be in future and she said a DJ and her French teacher told her she wasn’t serious but AKEL knew what she was talking about,she knew what she wanted.
After she graduated senior high school,she did an internship at A1 radio as a presenter ,A1 radio is a popular radio station in bolgatanga.this internship at A1 radio served as a stepping stone that would sky rocket her to what she has always wanted to be.
She was shot to the deejay scene when she knocked at the door of the accountant of YFM a radio station in Accra and expressed her desire to be a DJ,the accountant then introduced her to DJ Champagne and he taught her all she needed to know about DEEJAYING.
Dj Akel plays all style of music but mostly hip hop,tecno and African beats.she has deejayed for songstress Ezzy and a lot of events including campus events ,clubs ,parties and also hall week celebrations.she is now the official Dj at H2o lounge and restaurant in East legon.the little advice she gave to aspiring Djs was that ,nothing should hold them back,they should go for it and do it with passion.
We here at ayinesblog wish her further many nice moments in her work and in private life with lots of success.

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(1) The upper east region has a total land area of 8,842 square kilometers and

The regional capital has a land area of 729 square kilometers.

(2) The regions capital bolgatanga has a growth rate of 1.1% .population density is 180 persons per square km.

(3) Bolgatanga falls within the birimian,Tarkwaian and Voltaian rocks of ghana.mineral deposites include gold and manganese found along kalbeo And sirigu areas.

(4) Major ethnic groups in the upper east region of ghana include Bimoba,Buli,
Frafra,Kantosi,Kasem,Kusasi and Bissa.

(5) Religious groups in the region are;
Islam (22.6%)
Christianity (28.3%)
Traditional (46.4%)

(6) The main occupation of the employed population in the Bolgatanga municipality:
Crafts and related workers (22.7%)
Service and sales workers (18.5%)
Professionals (6.9%)
Managers (2.3%)
Plant and machine operators (2.9%)
This is according to the 2014 population and housing census published by Ghana statistical service.

(7) The upper east region of ghana lies within the “Meningitis Belt” of Africa.

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(1) Rlg is the first indigenous ICT manufacturing and assembling company in Ghana

(2) Roland Agambire was awarded the marketing man of the year for 2011,
the youngest person to ever recieve that award from (CIMG)

(3) He was voted as the most influencial ghanaian for the year 2012 by E-TV.

(4) In 2012 he won the entrepreneur of the year in a competition organised by
entrepreneur foundation of ghana.

(5) Rlg communications has their global office located in Dubai

(6) Mr. Roland Agambire was born in Sirigu in the upper east region of ghana.

(7) He is the CEO of Agams Holdings and also the chairman and CEO of Rlg communications.

(8) He trained as a teacher and also studied in ghana institute of management and
public reltion(GIMPA)

(9) Rlg communications first started as a mobile phone repair outlet in 2001.

(10) Rlg group of companies have business offices in countries like Dubai,China,Angola,
Nigeria,Kenya,Gambia,Rwanda,UAE and South Africa.

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History;
the bolga basket was first woven by farmers in the upper east region to serve as containers for
harveting crops and some were woven as sieves to brew the local alcohol known as pito.the first bolga
baskets were round in shape and had no handles like we see this days.
legend has it that the founders of the gurune tribe used the baskets as fish traps to enable them harvest fish from rivers but as years passed by these woven sieves,harvesting containers and fish traps evolved into baskets with handles that made carrying easy.another legend has it that many years ago the bolga basket was first crafted by gurune shepherds making hats for themselves using a particular kind of grass to help shield themselves from the sun.

Types;
the bolga basket comes in different colors,sizes and shapes.the round bottom shape basket is the common one that is mostly found in the market, apart from that they are other shapes such as the v-shapeed basket,u-shaped basket and the square shaped.some baskets even have names and meanings,these names are given depending on the shape and color of the basket.attractive colours are mostly used,these colours include red,green, yellow,and voilet.African countries like benin,nigeria and  burkina-faso produce this colors.bolga baskets are woven out of straws known as elephant grass but the locals call them kinkahe,these straws are sold in Bolga market,kumasi,and
makola market in Accra.the straws are sold in bundles of about thousands of straws in each bundle.

Market;
The famous bolga basket when fisnished is exported to different parts of the world.these baskets have been spotted in Asian coutries,European countries,American countries and African
countries.in Ghana,bolga baskets are mostly sold in art centers,Kumasi markets,makola market,shoping malls and the famous bolga market.baskets can also be purchased on ecommerce websites or online markets such as Tonaton,OLX,and eshopAfrica.tourist from other countries also purchase these baskets whenever they visit ghana.

Uses;
These baskets are used by many people around the world,from heads of state to monarchs and celebrities in the art industry.when the likes of michelle Obama,the first lady of the united states of America is seen shopping  with a bolga basket,then you know that the bolga basket is on its way to becoming one of the most used baskets in the world.

Apart from shopping with the bolga basket,others use them for
picnics,fashion,storing of jewels and important items.some ethnic groups in ghana also use these baskets in funnerals,marriage ceremonies and naming ceremonies.

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Every photographer in the world aspires to shoot professional-looking images.in other to do this one must master photography techniques with advice from experts.there is an uncountable number of photographers in the upper east region of Ghana but when it comes to outdoor photography,there is no one in the region who does it like this young man.

this is an in-depth exclusive on the only outdoor photographer  in the upper east region of Ghana who is doing his best to showcase his talent and every hidden beauty of the region.

Nyaaba Joseph Akolgo,29 years of age and a health personnel, born in Bolgatanga,the capital of the upper east region of Ghana.
He attended the bolgatanga senior secondary school(bigboss) and later to the Bolgatanga Nurses Training College.Joseph has gained mass recognition both in the region and beyond for his work as an outdoor photographer.

His interest for outdoor photography started in 2011 when he started following a page on facebook called wonderful places,this page shows amazing pictures from all over the world.
With a smart phone,Joseph started taking pictures of students in his campus and gradually as his interest in the field grew he  decide to delve deep into the world of photography by studying about it.

Outdoor photography is a broad field and Joseph learns new things  everyday as he shoots,he also finds time to read more
about outdoor photography on the internet by watching tutorials
from youtube and becoming a member to many photography groups on facebook,instagram and whatsapp.
through this groups Joseph has been able to equip himself well for his work.

After acquiring some knowledge of what he was dealing with,he bought his first camera in 2015 just after graduating from nurses training college.to be able to show his work to the world,Joseph used the social media to his advantage by creating two facebook pages,Bolga NTC photo gallery and Joseph Nyaaba photography
where he displays his wonderful works.

Joseph was inspired by the works of Geoffrey Buta photographer /photo journalist based in Tamale the capital of the Northern region of Ghana.

Behind every photographers work lies a message that the
photographer tries to send out to people,in Joseph’s work, he always try to let people know that the North has beautiful places,
scenery,talents,models etc.

Joseph has shot professional-looking images of weddings,parties, models and well known persons in the region like Patience Azure of Ghana’s most beautiful.

The outdoor photographer is yet to release a picture he took last year about the landscape of one of the dams in the region,he selects this picture as his favourite.he sees his works as a hobby and not a career.

some of joseph’s work

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Rap is a type of popular music with strong rhythm in which the words are spoken and not sung,this words are normally the reflection of the rappers reality .rap music is mostly enjoyed more for its lyrical content .rap has been in in ghana for a long time and various tribes have experimented rapping in their tongue but a few have been successful .like twipop (twi rap ), frapop is here to stay and for it to stay, it needs a rap custodian to keep it alive and this rap custodian is:

Martin Soore,born in bolgatanga,he attended Notre Dame Minor Seminary and latter to the university for development studies -Tamale campus.over 10 years now he has been doing music both professionally and unprofessionally.he raps in frafra (gurune), a language spoken in the Northern part of Ghana
specifically,the upper east region.
Soorebia has made a name for himself both in his region and other nabouring regions but is yet to make an impact at the national level.his songs have received massive airplay on local radio stations in bolgatanga and Tamale.
Songs like: “we own the streets”, ” kiimah kin na”, “sugar and love”, “pas la rubbers”, “primus” and others became instant hits.on march 2016 he received an award at the Northern Entertainment award (Nea),for his song “Primus” as the most popular song in upper east region.

This rap genius draws inspiration from both international hip hop artist and local artist like Jay-z, 2Pac,lil Wayne,Kendrick Lamar,obrafour,Reggie rockstone and lord Kenya.
his lyrical flow is mostly about things happening around him,the music industry in his region and love. To move his game to the top,soorebia is prepared to work with any artist in the industry.

The region in recent years boast of musicians such as king Ayisoba and Atongo Zimba .Soorebia represents a new generation of musicians from the upper east region that will put frafra rap music (frapop) on the map.

Soorebia is the originator of terms like BBT (Bolga Boy Things) and “Tumane” this terms are popular among his fans both in Bolga and Tamale.

His music can be downloaded at: www.hamattangh.com/artistecatalog/soorebia
www.facebook.com/soorebia for all the links to his music
www.youtube.com/soorebia

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Birth name: Apozora Ayisoba

Born: June1975, Bongo Soe,Ghana

Genres: Korlikor music

Associated acts: Terry bonchaka,becca,Wanluv,kwaw kesse

Early life

King Ayisoba was born and raised in Bongo Soe (upper east region of ghana).for about three clear years after his birth, little king Ayisoba could not walk .his parents Mr and Mrs Apoore Abaadongo tried everything possible to help their son walk but all failed.
It is said that his father met a soothsayer at the bongo Soe market and was told his son was a fetish priest and that,he should quit sending him to various places for treatment and give him a korlikor which is a native guitar.his father took the advice of the soothsayer and provided his son with the instrument and he started walking shortly after.he learnt to play it by himself.
As he was growing up he became perfect in playing the korlikor instrument and was always invited to perform in funerals,outdooring and other events.he later dropped out of school to focus on his korlikor.

Music career

King Ayisoba finally left his home town bongo Soe to Techiman Nyampenase and ther he worked as a farmer for a year before moving to Accra.in Accra,He got a job as a security guard at Dome Hotel,Kokomlemle .
He played his local guitar almost everyday while on duty.he was discovered by one Mr Daryl T.T. Who later introduced him to the late hip life musician, Terry Bonchaka.king Ayisoba performed with Terry on many stages.

His album Modern Ghana contained songs that made hits, songs like fame sika mame, my friend my friend.
He is regarded as one of the promoters of northern cultural music.

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If you are a person having a strong belief on religious front then we are sure that you will be willing to know the background of this successful man of God,forthright preacher of the word, a mentor and father to those God has placed under His ministry.

Rev.Eastwood Anaba is from the upper east region of ghana.he is a graduate pharmacist from the kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,Kumasi, Ghana. He is Married to Rosemond Anaba who also a graduate Biological Scientist from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Pastor Eastwood Anaba left the pharmacy profession to go into full time ministry of the Lord in 1988.

This anointed preacher is the president of Eastwood Anaba Ministries (EAM) that has it headquarters in Bolgatanga, Upper East region of Ghana with mission centers in London and the United State of America.

He is also the founder of Fountain Gate Chapel and Fountain Gate international School. The a church has over one hundred branches around the world. He pastors the DESERT PASTURES, a member church of the Fountain Gate Chapel.the DESERT PASTURES church in Bolgatanga is regarded as one of the most magnificent buildings in the upper east region it has really redefined the architectural face of Bolgatanga.the church boast of a congregation of over three Thousand members.

Pastor Eastwood Anaba is the author of over forty books including His best sellers: God’s End Time Millitia, The Quest for Supremacy and The love Revolution.

We see this anointed man of God as the most successful pastor in the Northern region of Ghana because He is at the Top of His Game and His ministry is flourishing.

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One way of identifying the peoples of Northern Ghana is through the languages that they speak. Language can be viewed as a rough guide to ethnic differentiation. A people may speak the same or similar dialects of the same language yet not see themselves as one ethnic unit. Social and cultural differences as well as traditional enmities might divide such people despite shared language. In pre-colonial times it was possible for communities to speak similar dialects and yet not have a sense of common ethnic identity.

The peoples of the Northern Regions of Ghana speak a variety of related languages. However, in spite of the closeness of their languages they did not have the opportunity to develop a pan-Northern Ghanaian linguistic medium of communication among themselves. Therefore, even today these people use several languages including English (if they are educated literates), Hausa, (for those who have lived in the bigger Northern towns where Hausa trading communities had come into existence) and sometimes Twi, (for those who have lived in Southern Ghana) as media of wider communication. Within the Districts some local languages may serve as media of communication between people who do not share the same first language or mother tongue.
Most of the languages spoken indigenously in Northern Ghana have been classified as members of the “Gur” sub-family of languages. These languages are not however unrelated to other West African languages, since Gur itself is a branch of the North-Volta-Congo group of languages which together with the Kwa group (Southern Ghanaian languages belong to this family) and several others make up the Volta-Congo sub-branch of languages found mainly in West Africa. The Gur languages are not however exclusive to Northern Ghana; many of the languages spoken in the northern parts of Cote D’Ivoire, Togo and Benin are members of the Gur branch of languages. The linguistic relationship between some of the Northern Ghanaian languages and some languages spoken in Burkina Faso, such as Moore, is so close that we can talk of the existence of mutual intelligibility. However, not all Northern Ghanaian languages belong to Gur. A number of languages such as those spoken by the Gonja people (Ngbanyito), the Nchumuru, and the Nawuri people are Guang languages and as such fall within the Volta-Comoe sub-branch of the Kwa group of languages. Although the history of the Gonja people indicates a colonization of the vast area once occupied by the Gonja kingdom by a warrior group of Mende or Wangara origin, there are very few traces of the original language spoken by the invaders of the area who came from further north under the leadership of Jakpa. Anufo (Chokosi) spoken in the northern-east corner of the Northern Region around Chereponi in the Chere-Saboba District in fact a Bia language akin to Nzema and the like. These are thus closer to the Akan languages of southern Ghana than they are to any Northern Ghana languages.
Nevertheless and in spite of the linguistic differences and similarities, these people all feel ‘northern’ in every way, being united by history and geography. Their interrelationships in the past have been characterized by both friendship and kinship on the one hand and enmity and antagonism on the other. Powerful and better organized groups attempted in the past to extend territory at the expense of their unorganized neighbours. Today mutual suspicions still obtain between groups. This has sometimes led to conflicts such as those that have bedeviled Nanumba-Konkomba co-existence in recent times. In recent times with the creation of a sense of wider ethnicity and nationality among once acephalous people these peoples have tended to contest the overlordship of the centrally organized peoples like the Dagomba, Gonja and Nanumba over them. Past friendships and alliance such as those that existed between the Dagbamba (Nanumba, Dagomba and Mamprusi) peoples have tended to be upheld to date. However, some formerly antagonistic peoples have since reconciled and transformed their antagonism into friendships, even quasi-kinships. For example, Gonja and Dagomba formerly arch-enemies now have a joking relationship. Peoples who probably had no awareness of kinship now realizing their connectedness have established friends and joking relationships. Sisala and Kasena, both speakers of Grusi have a joking relationship just as Dagaba people have not only institutionalized a joking relationship they now have the friendship games in Accra.
If in the absence of a better criterion for the sub-classification of the peoples of Northern Ghana, we choose to adopt a language-based scheme, then the most widespread grouping of Northern Ghanaian people would be the speakers of that group of languages commonly identified as Moore-Gurma or Oti-Volta. Within this group are the Dagbamba peoples.Oti-Volta Languages and their Speakers Gur languages are sub-divided into sub-branches of related languages. The major sub-branches as far as Northern Ghana is concerned are the Moore-Gurma, also referred to as Oti-Volta branch of languages, and the Gur sub-branch of languages. In terms of numbers and size the Oti-Volta languages are more numerous and individually are spoken by larger populations than is the case with the Grusi languages.
Oti-Volta includes the following groups of languages: Gurma languages: Bimoba (spoken in the eastern part of the Tempane-Garu and Nalerigu districts). Konkomba (or Likpakpaln spoken to the east of Yendi in the Oti basin) and Bassari (spoken in an area east of Zabzugu close to the Ghana-Togo border). Dagaare- Wali-Birifor: These are closely related languages which could even be described as more or less mutually intelligible dialects spoken in broad area within which are situated the districts of Lambussie-Nandom, Lawra-Jirapa, Wa and parts of the Bole district to the south of Wa town. Also closely related to these languages is Safalba (to the south of Wa in the Bole district).
The majority of languages spoken in the Upper East Region are also Oti-Volta ones and include Frafra-Nankani, Talni, Nabit and Kusaal. These too are closely related and to a large extent mutually intelligible languages.
The Dabgani-Nanuni languages spoken by the Dagomba, Mamprussi and Nanumba peoples are found In the Northern Region of Ghana. They are very closely related languages and perfectly mutually intelligible. The Dagbani languages are officially sponsored by the Government of Ghana and are taught in schools and used in radio and television broadcasts.

Source; northerngh

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The University for Development Studies, Wa Campus is a universal community full of intellectuals.
Some Students in this institution are having their names on the lips of almost every student on Campus for some actions and comments made especially within this latter period where the trimester is almost ending.

As the adage goes, “If nothing touches the palm-leaves, they do not rustle”

Below are the list of the top ten “Most talked about people within this latter period”.

10. SIR NOBLE

Noble Kwabena Domfeh Emmanuel is his name and called by many as, “the only sir in Radio”. He is the host of the most authoritative show, Matters Arising show on ultimate Fm( Campus Radio). He is noted for discussing issues of students concern and admired by many for that. People have been talking about him because of his write-ups such as “the election rumours”, leaders are not to be blamed alone among others and he has been tagged as the “controversial writer”. He was talked about more when he interviewed the SRC President. Listeners felt he wasn’t fair in reading their text and WhatsApp messages and didn’t put the SRC President on his toes to answer questions they needed to hear during the show. Personal invectives were said to his personality after the interview.

9. STAPH

Profy is what some students call him. He doubles as the entertainment committee chair and the Head of Sports Department of Ultimate Fm. He is very quiet and was talked about by many because of the Students week celebration he organized with his team. Some students showed their concerns about the budget for the week celebration and thinks it was too huge. That was how he managed to be one of the most talked about students on campus.

8. FARIS

H. E Faris, the 2nd in Command (Veep) of UDS WA Campus wasn’t much known by a bigger fraction of the students populace until recently when he was awarded the Most Influential SRC/NUGS Executive Award. This gave rise to a lot of controversies as to whether indeed he is the Most Influential SRC/Nugs Executive on Campus because he’s hardly seen or heard of on Campus. His comments after the award that he is the ladies man was also a thing to talk about.
‘I would Rate our Administration 90%’; in fact this statement by H. E Faris Salman Ayuba on Matters Arising show hosted by Sir Noble on Ultimate Fm, a campus based Radio Station didn’t land well as a lot of students expressed their disagreement.

7. FIRDAUSE

Miss Fridause Kassim, the Women’s Commissioner of Wa Campus had a rest to her name after the WOCOM Cloth Saga early this trime; but somewhere along the lane, her name popped up again after she fused the WOCOM Week Celebration into the Local Students Week Celebration. A lot of people questioned how the said WOCOM week was celebrated, since they witnessed nothing aside a banner of the Week Celebration hanged at the bus terminal.

Just as the WOCOM Week Celebration was at the climax, Miss Firdause had to be at the Src/Nugs 2016 Elections vetting as she was part of the Vetting Committee, where students complained bitterly about her choice of dressing to the vetting grounds.

6. JOE GAMA

He is the immediate past CASA President and an SRC Presidential candidate in the Wa Campus general election this year. He is one of the most talked about aspirants in the race. Alot of rumours were made about him during the day before the election (which was stopped by the police). Some section of the students support his idea of contesting whiles others doesn’t because they argue that, he is running from the “duty of God”. This made him a public figure and one of the most talked about people. The vision will speak ” is his motto for campaign.

5. JOEMENS

Joseph Harry Mensah popularly known as “Joemens” is also an SRC Presidential Candidate in this years elections. He contested last year with the sitting President and lost. He didn’t give up. Coming in again with lots of experience this year, he has a team who sells his name afar. He was also attributed to some rumors. His running mate was part of the race and joined him when the game got more heated. This as well got people to talk about him more.

4. B. A

B. A is the initials of Bernard Amoh who happens to be the SRC President of this institution. It has been usual thing that every president is mostly talked about. Undoubtedly, H. E Benard Amoh’s stories have been on the lips of many since he started his administration resumed office. On way or the other, almost every student on campus has problem with his adminstration. There is always something to hear in his tenure of office. He is always blamed for everything as a President even if his appointees committed the wrong. Rumors have it that he has a favorite candidate among the aspirants. I believe many of us have seen the cartoon of both our president and his alleged favorite candidate (made by an unknown person) going round the social media especially WhatsApp, albeit, he debunked that allegation last Wednesday on the campus Radio. Many people share sentiments that “he appointed incompetent appointees and needs not to interfere the works of the E. C. or any other of his independent committees. The temporal closure of the campus Radio station by his order also contributed much to the frequent mentioning of his name by students.

3. Sampson

The SRC Public Relations Officer was talked about early this trimester and latter part of last trimester when the students were not happy with his comments/answers on a hanging ceiling at the school’s auditorium.
He was also known to be using understandable vocabularies in addressing or giving information to students. He was topping the list of the most talked about during the vetting period especially his statement to the NUGS President. Some section of the crowd revealed that, he chaired the vetting committee when he wasn’t supposed to and they saw him to be “too knowing “.

He has been the most verbally attacked SRC executive so far by students of Wa Campus.

2. Glondy Donkor

“Your form was not completely filled and therefore per the Constitution, we cannot vet you”. Anybody who was present at this year’s vetting process would understand this statement by Mr. Glondy Donkor who is the electoral commission chairman. This was the statement said to aspirants who didn’t fill their forms well. He was lambasted by many students after the first day of the vetting process for allowing the SRC PRO to take over his responsibility. To show the students that he is competent, he came the following day with that statement but was critized for selling a Faculty Rep forms to aspirants. That wasn’t enough, some of the aspirants who were not vetted petitioned him to the judicial board but he won. The elections he organized on the 5th of April was stopped by Police and this brought a whole lot of rumours about him. He was not known by many until he conducted the faculty Rep elections last trimester which brought controversies. People were Lloyd with the view that the budget for the faculty election was too much.

1. Nicholas

Nicholas Amoah, the hero of our time? Well, this name has been on the lips of almost every student on Campus. He has been a ‘hopeful’ SRC President since 2014 although he couldn’t pull much in the 2015 elections, this young man has been on his toes since then and has proven to the student populace his determination to lead the school. Nicholas was one of the biggest threats in the 2016 SRC/NUGS Elections until he was disqualified during the vetting process because he didn’t fill his nomination form precisely.

In disagreement, Nicholas pressed charges against the EC to the school’s Judicial Board for disqualifying him on weak grounds. The ruling of the school’s Judicial Board wasn’t in favour of Nicholas so he appealed and latter sent the case to the Wa High Court where it was alleged that he (Nicholas) was given injunction letters to be served to the SRC President, EC chairman and the Vice Dean of Students for them to not hold the 2016 Elections until the court has finally ruled the Case.

Yet, the EC went ahead to conduct the Elections which most students had doubts about but had no other choice than to join long queues to cast their ballots for the respective candidates. In the process, the Police stormed the various pulling stations to pick up the ballot boxes claiming there was an Injunction placed on the Elections so the EC therefore had no authority to conduct the elections.
This incident triggered the name ‘Nicholas’ as to how he has strived to fight for justice.

Source; InsideUds

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Dagaabaland, especially in northern Ghana is the Vatican of Ghana. Despite the fact that over 55% of Dagaaba are traditional African religion practitioners, the remaining population are Roman Catholics.

Since the 1930s, mass conversions to Catholicism have taken place, beginning among the LoPiel population around Dissin. The pioneer missionaries, Frs Remigius McCoy and Arthur Paquet (both White Fathers from Canada) and Brother Basilid Koot (from Holland) began work at Jirapa in 1929. The treatment they gave for yaws and other prevalent diseases created immediate interest. Within ten months there were two catechumens, and despite some persecution the number grew quickly.

Then in 1932 the rains failed. April to July, usually the heart of the rainy season, were dry. The ancestors were repeatedly invoked, and countless sacrifices were offered to the traditional gods, but to no avail. At last, on 24 July, the people of Jirapa turned to the little Catholic mission, promising generous payment if the God of the Catholic Fathers could succeed where their own priests had failed. In ‘A short history of the Catholic Church in Ghana’, Helene Pfann describes what happened:
“Father McCoy told them that God wanted no presents. He only wanted them to believe that he loved them and would help them. He took them into the church and all prayed together. The following night, on July 25th, clouds gathered in the sky over Jirapa and, for the first time in months, rain fell in torrents. The people were so happy that they ran out of their houses and sang and danced with joy, letting the rain soak them through.
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The next morning a crowd of Dagaaba, all demanding to become Christians, besieged the Mission House . That rainy season 25,000 Dagaaba became adherents. No similar mass conversion had ever before taken place in Africa.
A four-year catechumenate was established, and the Fathers started on the daunting task of teaching this vast new community. Following the speedy growth of the work at Jirapa new parishes were opened at Kaleo (1932), Nandom (1933), and at Ko and Daffiama (1952). In 1959 the Dagaaba area was created a diocese, with the seat of the bishop in Wa. There are now 16 parishes, nearly all Dagaare-speaking, but hardly in Wa East and Wa West Districts.
As the numbers grew, three orders of sisters and two orders of brothers sent missionaries.
The first Dagao priest was ordained in 1951; by 1959 there were six, and in 1984 there were in the Wa diocese no less than 53 African priests, 98 sisters, and 17 brothers, compared with only 8 missionary priests, 17 sisters, and 23 brothers. Fr McCoy, aged 89 in 1986, continued to work actively at Jirapa and becane a legend in his lifetime.
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Worship and church life tends to be based on large church buildings in the main towns, to which people come from the surrounding villages. For instance Ko, a small town some 10 km off the Nandom road, has a church 75 metres long (said to be longer than the longest church in Accra), with seating for 2,000. Even on weekdays the early morning mass is attended by over 100, and the church is comfortably full on Sundays.
The 14 Dagaare-speaking parishes probably have a total adult membership exceeding 40,000, which is over 15 per cent of the local population. A further 10 per cent would call themselves Catholics, though not full members.

Source: northergh

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