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 SIKA DWA KOFI (THE GOLDEN STOOL) The Golden stool itself is a mass of solid gold. It stands about a foot and a half from the ground, and the seat is about two (2) feet long and one (1) foot wide. It is treated as a living being, and is named after the manner of Akan child from the day of the week on which it was born: hence it is known as Sika Dwa Kofi.  ‘The Golden stool born on Friday’. It is fed at regular intervals according to Akan calendar, and the cycle of Addae festivals is linked to this. The food prescribed comprises brown sheep, yam and liquor. If it is left angry the stool and the Asante Kingdom it represents, would be considered in danger of dying. The Golden Stool is believed to have descended from the skies about 1700 through the incarnations of Komfo Anokye. The stool was presented to the people as enshrining the soul of the nation and symbolizing the unity and the authority of the Asantehene.  The Sika Dwa Kofi is being regarded as a sacred object, the...

 AKPLƆ̃MADA!! Okomfo Anokye was an Ewe Togbi & the twin of Togbi Tsali ‼️ Tsali and Tsala (alias Okomfo kye) were twin brothers. Their father was Togbui Akplormada. These brothers were mysteriously endowed with potent spiritual powers. Tsala, who later became known as Okomfo Anokye, left Notsie on his sojourn at a youthful age, and finally settled at Awukugua in present day Eastern Region. Because of his spiritual powers, he became known as Okomfo Notsie (in Ewe language, Notsie Hunor) or Notsie priest. In Anlo oral history, we learnt Tsala (Okomfo Anokye) returned to Notsie around 1695 to consult with his brother Tsali before accepting the invitation of King Osei Tutu of Ashanti to help establish his kingdom (Ashanti Kingdom). During the reign of King Opoku Ware, a war broke out around 1746, Tsala (Okomfo Anokye) sought permission from the king to visit his twin brother Tsali at Keteklebi (Fiaxor) to celebrate and fortify himself at the annual Dzawuwu celebration of Mama Adexe...

WHERE WERE YOU IN 1987? That was the year Oba Yesufu Oloyede Asanike,  Olubadan of Ibadan made history. Olubadan installed Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola as the Bashorun of Ibadan. It was a prestigious title befitting of a distinguished personality in the mould of MKO Abiola. That was the title of  the legendary Bashorun Oluyole who was the paramount chief of Ibadan in 1850. It was also the title of Bashorun Ogunmola  who reigned between 1865 and 1867. It was therefore historic that exactly 120 years after the death of Ogunmola, MKO Abiola became the fourth person to be conferred with the prestigious title. It was indeed a befitting honour for someone who had amassed chieftaincy titles from almost every town in Nigeria.As of the time of his installation in 1987, MKO Abiola  was reputed to have over 150 chieftaincy titles. He was the Bobajiro of Ode-Remo. He was the Bada Musulumi of Gbagura Egba. As he drove out of the palace of Oba Asanike that fateful day with h...

 103 years ago today in 1919, Ian Douglas Smith was born in Selukwe, a small mining town in Southern Rhodesia.  Ian showed much promise from a young age, becoming the captain of his schools tennis, rugby, and cricket teams. His grades were high enough that he was able to attend Rhodes University College in South Africa, a common practice among young Rhodesians as Rhodesia had no university at the time. When World War II broke out in 1939, as a British colony Rhodesia entered the conflict immediately. At this point Smith was halfway through his university courses when the rush of patriotism hit him. Fascinated by the idea of aerial combat he joined the Royal Air Force in 1941 and was deployed to the No. 237 Squadron RAF in the Middle East. Smith crashed his plane when the throttle malfunctioned during a morning takeoff, he suffered serious facial disfigurement and broke his jaw, leg, and shoulder. Surgeons in Cairo reassembled his face using skin grafts and plastic surgeries, a...

  "The Rise of Togo: From Colonial Rule to Independence" Tucked away in West Africa, the Republic of Togo has a story of independence that is as unique and inspiring as the nation itself. After over six decades of German and French colonial rule, the people of Togo rose up in the 1960s, demanding the right to self-governance and a future free from foreign interference.  First president of TOGO slyvanus olympio   On April 27, 1960, Togo declared it s independence from France, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the country's history. The road to independence for Togo was a long and difficult one. After World War I, Togo was divided between British and French spheres of influence, with the French taking control of the majority of the country. For decades, Togo was ruled by the French as a colony, with little regard for the rights and needs of its people. In the 1950s, however, a wave of anti-colonial sentiment began to sweep through Togo, fueled by a growing sense of ...