Ghana’s chief imam, who recently turned 100, has been praised for championing peace after he attended a Catholic Church service as part of his birthday celebrations. Pictures of Sheikh Osman Sharubutu, sitting attentively in the pews of Christ the King Catholic Church in the Ghanaian capital Accra, have gone viral on social media. The grand mufti,…
Category: Ghanaian Religion
Famous Ghanaians: Jesus Christ was a Ghanaian, an Akyem. So says Martin Kwasi Abrokwah, a Ghanaian Anthropologist.
Martin Kwasi Abrokwah, who is an Author of the book the “Revelation, Movement of Akan People from Canaan to Ghana”, has disclosed that Jesus Christ was full blooded Ghanaian. Now I have to admit I am not 100% sold on the idea or such a statement, however, I do have to add that I am…
Accra is loud and proud, but be warned, sometimes it can be very very loud
If you disobey the laws of God, the serpent will bite you. Satan will consume you,” shouts Apostle Michael Sarfo at a major road intersection in Ghana’s capital, Accra. He preaches for five hours every weekday morning, with a stack of speakers amplifying his evangelism. Passersby stop to receive prayers and blessings, some tossing their…
Their football crazy, and in truth it’s all about The Arsenal !
The unofficial number one club in Ghana is clearly The Arsenal. They certainly have the most organised and dedicated supporters club. And the supporters club that is the most active and even socially involved. The GhanaArsenal supporters club is an excellent example of how clubs should be run and operated and is a fine example of how football clubs can reach and interact with fans from around the world.
Weird and wonderful, the fantasy coffins of Ghana, the only way to go.
In Ghana, a funeral is a celebration as well as a time of sadness. With prestige riding on the size and extravagance of the funeral, family members collect, borrow, and donate money to send their loved ones off to the afterlife in style. Funerals can cost up to a year’s salary.
Christianity in Ghana
However, the negative impact is the rise of ‘fake’ churches emerging where false acclaimed ‘Men of God’ use dubious means in worship against the rules of the church in other to get rich quickly.
