A Festival of Lights and Drums

• Big celebrations rest on many small jobs.

No specific real festival is depicted. Any festival featured later will be described only with advisory input from the communities who hold it.

Fictional setting. No real festival location is claimed.

Setting in the series: Ashanti — Cultural exploration area.

Afahyɛ

Twi (Akan)

Festival or celebration.

“Afahyɛ!” the drummers shouted as the procession began.

“Obi nkyerɛ abofra Nyame.”

An Akan proverb: “no one teaches a child about God” — some things a child comes to understand by growing up among them.

• Ghana has many festivals through the year, including Homowo in Ga communities and Akwasidae in Asante communities.
• Festivals often bring families home from far away, so they are also big family reunions.

• Community contributor pending — To be named after advisory review.

In the story: Tikenenkenen, Nana Abena

Design a celebration job list

1. Imagine a celebration for your street.
2. List ten jobs it would need.
3. Choose the one you would want.

• Best for ages 7–12.
• Currently a draft treatment, not a cultural reference.

More guidance on the For Grown-Ups page.

• Ghana — Encyclopaedia Britannica — General reference for Ghana's geography, peoples, languages and history.
• Ghana Museums & Monuments Board — National body responsible for Ghana's museums, forts and heritage sites.
• Ananse Adventures editorial review — Cultural and historical detail is checked with advisors and fluent speakers before an episode is published.