Tag Archives: Drumming

Month Long ban on drumming and noise making lifted in Accra

The ban on drumming and noise making in the Ga Mashie and other areas under Gbese, Otublohum, Sempe, Akamajen, Asere, Abola and Ngleshie Alata, has been lifted with a call for peace and unity to ensure development. The Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II beat the Odadao twin drums to signify …

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Ban on noise-making, drumming in Accra begins

Effective today, May 15, 2023, all forms of noise-making and drumming in Accra will be put on hold following a ban on same. This comes ahead of preparations for the 2023 Homowo festival by the Ga people. Per the ban, activities that involve the use of loudspeakers, drums, funeral rites, …

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Dr Ago Tetteh sounds alarm ahead of Ga Traditional Council’s ban on drumming, noisemaking

It is almost that time of the year when the Ga Traditional Council put a ban on drumming and noise-making in communities of the Greater Accra Region ahead of the Homowo festival. Those who have always stood against the directive and called for change have been urged to relocate to …

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Drumming and singing: Dampare mobbed with ‘royal’ welcome to Wurupong

The Inspector-General of Police, COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has received a community welcome akin to that of royalty. This happened when the IGP passed through Wurupong Traditional Area at Nkonya Wurupong, in the Oti Region. In a video shared by a page on Facebook called Reality Images, it said …

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