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HISTOR Y OF THE GA-ADANGBE PEOPLE

Ga People of Ghana, Togo and Benin. Ga People are part of the Ga Dangme group of the Kwa speaking branch, they can be found in mostly Ghana, Togo and
some parts of Benin and Benin have a small population of the Ga.

The Ga people celebrate the Homowo festival, which literally means “hooting at hunger.” This festival originated several centuries ago. It is celebrated in re-
membrance of a great famine that hit the Ga people in the sixteenth century. It is mainly a food festival which celebrates the passing of that terrible period in Ga
history. It takes place in August every year and is celebrated by all the Ga clans. The Dangbe people from Ada celebrate the Asafotu festival, which is also called
‘Asafotufiam’, an annual warrior’s festival celebrated by Ada people from the last Thursday of July to the first weekend of August.

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