page_title: Kundum Festival
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kundum Festival / History
caption_attribution_description: Fort St. Anthony at Axim, Dutch Gold Coast, 1709. Lithograph.
context_page_description: The Kundum festival is celebrated by the Ahanta or Nzema people of the Western region of Ghana. It is celebrated to thank God for the abundance of food at the time of the harvest period of the area.
context_section_description: The festival is believed to have first been celebrated in the 16th century.  The first record of the festival was made by Bossman, a Dutch explorer who traveled to the Gold Coast in the 17th century and observed the festival.
caption: lithograph of a castle in Axim
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