Cape Coast

Cape Coast yɛ kurow kɛse,  beebi a woyi enam fa, nna Oguaa ahenkurow no Mantɔw na Finimfin Mantɔw a ɔwɔ Ghana. ɔyɛ ɔman n’abakɔsɛm kurow no mu kor, wiadze nyinara nserahwɛ bea, Oguaa Kastle no fie a po da n’anaafo.  Nna ɔyɛ Ghana no kurowpɔn a odzikan. 2021 nyimpa nkanee no kyerɛ dɛ, Oguaa wɔ nyimpa dodow 189,925. Oguaa nkorɔfo hɔn kasaa nye Fante.

Edzin a amambra mu akyɛr paa nye Oguaa na kotokuraba (ɔkyerɛ ‘’ nsu a nkɔtɔ wɔ mu’’ anaa nkɔtɔ hɔn ekura ase’’). Portuguesefo a wɔbaa Oguaa Joao de Santarém na Pedro Escobar a wobotwaa wɔ Oguaa 1471 frɛ kurow no Cabo Corso ( ɔkyerɛ dɛ Oguaa tsietsia’’), iyi mu na dzin Oguaa for bae. Fir awo ntoatoado 16 kɛpen fahodzi ber 1957 mu no, ɔman no nye Britishfo no dzii nsesa, Portuguesefono, Swedishfo no, Danishfo na Dutchfo no. ɔyɛ fie ma afahyɛ ahorow 32.

 Abakɔsɛm 
Oguaa nkorɔfo na wɔtseew Oguaa na ne Mantɔw no Nananom atsenankungua na wodzi do, anaa ɔmanhen, wonyim no seseiara dɛ Oguaa Nananom atsenankugua. Oguaa ka abakɔsɛm kurowpɔn noho. Portuguese ndzidofo no sii adzetɔn dan wɔ bea hɔ. 1650 mu no, Swedishfo no sii dan bi a ekyir yi ɔbɛyɛɛ Oguaa Kastel, a seseiara ɔyɛ wiadze afanae nserahwɛ bea. Nkurow ahorow nyinara tserɛɛw wɔ noho. Dutchfo no dzii hɔn do 1650 mu na wɔtserɛɛw mu kɛpen 1652. Hɔ na Britishfo no so faa no 1664 mu.

Adzetɔn yɛ nkuranhyɛsɛm a noho hiaa wɔ hɔn wɔtsena Oguaa no. Adzetɔnfo a nna wofifi Europe amanaman do yɛɛ hɔn adzetɔndze yi, adan na Kastles wɔ Ghana mpoano. Dza annkɔ yie no, dɛ wobenya sika kɔkɔɔ,nkoasomfo, ewo, na ndzɛmba ahorow a ɔkeka ho a ɔyɛ Ebibifo egyapadze adzetɔn no kɔr sor wɔ oguaa. 1847 mu no, Britishfo no dzii Europe aman horow adzetɔnfo no nyinara a nna wɔwɔ Ghana mpoano a wɔfa Oguaa dɛ wɔdze dzi hɔn dwuma, Gold Coast.

Mfe horow ɔtɔdo 19 mu no, adze a ɔfa Oguaa ho no wimu nsakrae nsɛm ho no dze nkɔmbɔtwetwe bi baa a ɔfa ahenkurow nsesaa a wɔdze bɔkɔ Nkran ho, wohun no dɛ noho behia paa. Kolonel Henry Ord amandzɛɛbɔ wɔ 1865 mu no daa nsɛntsitsir ɔfa Nkran nsɛmake no ho no, mbom asaase wosow a osii  1862 mu no sɛɛ aban adan noho hia paara, iyi sɛɛ hɔn ntotoo. Kɛpen 1870 mu no, Oguaa wimu nsakrae na ahodzi nsɛm kɔr sor, iyi Maa wɔdze Ada, Elmina na Nkran kɔr adwendwen mu. ɔnnfa ho dɛ woyii Elmina too nkyɛn no, Nkran n’akwanya a n’asetsena na adzetɔn nkɔdo, na wɔhwɛɛ ne sintɔ kaa ho. No mpɔnpɔbro no, 1875 mu no, wosii egyinae dɛ wɔdze Gold Coast n’amambu n’ahenhurow bɔkɔ Nkran.

Dɛ wɔtseew hɔn amambu akasa no, wotuu kɔr Nkran a nna akotsiafo a wokoo tsiaa ‘’window tax’’ wɔ 1877 mu. Nkran bɛyɛɛ hɔn ahenkurow. Oguaa Kastle na nna wɔkora nkoa no bebiree ana wɔ wɔdze hɔn akɔ.

 Akwantu Ho Nsɛm 
Wɔwɔ amansan ahɛn ahorow a ofi Oguaa kɔ nkurow akɛse bi tse dɛ  Accra; Kumasi, Mim, Ahafo; Sunyani; Tamale; Tema; Ho; Wa; Bolgatanga; Elubo; Aflao, Techiman.

 N’amanyɛsɛm Ho Ntotoe 
Oguaa pɛr na ɔyɛ Mansin kɛse a ɔwɔ Finimfin Mantɔw mu. Dɛm Mansin n’anaafo no pim epo no, n’atɔe no nye Komenda Edinafo Eguafo Abrem, n’epuei nye Anura Asebu Kwamankɛse Mansin, n’etsifi nye Twifu Heman Lower Denkyira mansin. ɔsan so wɔ Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa ebien, a ɔyɛ Oguaa Etsifi ( Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa) na Oguaa Anaafo( Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa). Mansin no wɔ beebi a wɔtow aba 45 a no mu 30 wɔ Oguaa n’anaafo (Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa) na no my 15 wɔ Oguaa n’etsifi ( Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa).

 Mbea Ahorow a wɔtow aba wɔhɔ 
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 Nsrahwɛbea ahorow 
ɔkɔtɔ nye kurow no nkaedze na honyi kor osi kurowpɔn no Finimfin. Fort William, sii no 1820 mu nna ɔyɛ dan a odzi dwumasom fir 1835 mu kɛpem 1970 mu, mbom Fort Victoria wosii no 1702 mu.

Oguaa hɔn guadzibea tsitsir no wɔfrɛ no Kotokuraba guadzi.

Nsrahwɛbea ahorow bebiree so nye Asafo Abosomfie, Oguaa  ɔmanmu amambra bea, Oguaa Fetu Afahyɛ ( Wodzi no Memenda a odzikan wɔ Fankwa bosoom biara mu) na ofir afe 1992 mu no biennial Panafestheatre afahyɛ. Kurowpɔn no wɔ akwansin bɛyɛ 30 km wɔ Kakum National Park n’anaafo, ɔyɛ Ebibir Atɔe national park no mu kor a wɔbɔ ho ban paara na odzi mu so.

Gyadzi nye dɛ Michelle Obama a ɔyɛ Amerika Mampanyin no yer a odzikan no, gyadzi dɛ Oguaa yɛ n’Abosom Fie na wɔ Ayɛwoho 11, 2009 mu no, ɔnye n’ebusuafo baa nsrahwɛ Oguaa castle dɛ ɔKa no kun n’alwantu a ɔdze baa Oguaa noho.

 Nwomasua 
Oguaa nye bea a Oguaa Osuapɔn no wɔ (UCC). ɔsan so wɔ Oguaa Tɛknikal Osuapɔn. Kuropɔn no sanso wɔ nsɔwdo skuul ahorow iyi no:

 Wesley Girls' High School
 St. Augustine College
 Holy Child High School, Ghana
 Mfantsipim School
 Adisadel College
 Aggrey Memorial Senior High School
 Ghana National College
 Mfantsiman Girls' Senior High School
 Edinaman Senior High School
 Cape Coast Technical Institute
 Asuansi Technical Institute
 Academy of Christ the King Senior High School
 Cape Coast International Senior High School
 University Practice Senior High School 
 St. Nicholas Seminary Senior High School
 Efutu Senior High Technical School
 Sammo Senior High School
 Commercial Service Institute (CSI)
 Oguaa Senior High Technical School

 Nyimpa Binom A Wofi Oguaa 
Nyimpa binom a wɔwoo hɔn Oguaa anaa wɔnye Oguaa wɔ nkitsaho bi nye:

 John Atta Mills: 1944-2012 Ghana Mampanyin dadaw.
 Frederick Acheampong: (Wɔwoo no 1978); ɔKa  Ghana Football Association's Executive Council ho.
 Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur:1951– 2018; Ghana Mampanyin Abadziekyir dadaw.
 Samuel Richard Brew Attoh-Ahuma: 1863–1921; clergyman, nationalist, pioneering Pan-Africanist.
 Kofi Bentsi-Enchill: 1895–1948; textiles tycoon, philanthropist.
 Prince James Hutton Brew: 1844–1915; solicitor.
 Kwesi Brew: 1928–2007; poet and diplomat.
 Joseph Peter Brown: 1843–1932; patriot, statesman.
 Margaret Busby, OBE, also titled Nana Akua Ackon I: 1944–; publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster. Enstoolment in 1999.
 Kwadwo Egyir, slave trader  and tribal chief. Also involved in colonial diplomatic missions.
 J. E. Casely Hayford: 1866–1930; author, lawyer, politician and educator.
 James Cheetham: 1834–1902; merchant, member of the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast.
 Ambrose Thompson Cooke: 1930–; millionaire, industrialist, textiles CEO and entrepreneur. Alumni London School of Economics and St Augustine's College Cape Coast.
 Sir James Henley Coussey, KBE: 1895–1958; High Court judge, chairman of the Coussey Commission, president of the West Africa Court of Appeal.
 John Coleman de-Graft Johnson: 1884–1956; secretary of Native Affairs, anthropologist.
 Samuel George Duker: 1905–1994; LRCP Edin, LRCS Edin, LRFPS Glasg; pioneering physician
 King John Aggery Essien: 1809–1899; King of Cape Coast, pioneer Pan-Africanist.
 Nana Amba Eyiaba I: 1950–; Queen mother of Effutu 16 of the Effutu Municipal District, educator and advocate for political rights of queen mothers
 Francis Chapman Grant: 1823–1889; founding member of the Fanti Confederation; cousin of Ulysses Grant.
 Charles Emmanuel Graves: 1884–1929; musicologist, composer.
 Mark Christian Hayford: 1863–1935; author, founder of Gold Coast Baptist Church and the Christian Army of the Gold Coast
 Robert Hutchison: 1828–1863; statesman, soldier, philanthropist.
 Prophet Jemisimiham Jehu-Appiah: 1892–1948; founder of Musama Disco Christo Church in Africa.
 Thomas Frederic Edward Jones: 1850–1927; petitioned Queen Victoria about Lands Bill.
 The poet and writer, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, arrived with her husband George MacLean in 1838 and died here shortly after, on 15 October of that year. She is buried in Cape Coast Castle.
 John Mensah-Sarbah: 1864–1910; barrister, author, published Fanti Customary Laws.
 Henry Mercer-Ricketts: 1895–1980; pioneering physician.
 George Edward Moore: 1879–1950; recipient of the Ashanti Medal, executive member of the Aborigines' Rights Protection Society.
 Hon. Ebo Barton Odro, First Deputy Speaker of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic
 Andrew William Parker: 1840–1912; conscientious nationalist, fought in the Ashanti expedition.
 Philip Quaque: 1741–1816; first ordained African clergy of the Church of England.
 John Sarbah: 1834–1892; educationist, merchant, industrialist.
 William Esuman Gwira Kobina Sekyi: 1892–1956; lawyer, politician, author.
 Jacob Wilson Sey, alias Kwaa Bonyi: 1832–1902; millionaire, philanthropist, founding member of the Aborigines' Rights Protection Society.
 Efua Sutherland: 1924–1996; writer, dramatist, educationalist and cultural activist
 James Robert Thompson: 1810–1886; pioneering educationist.
 Peter Turkson: 1948–; Cardinal-Archbishop of Cape Coast.
 Herbert Taylor Ussher: 1836–1880; early administrator
 Henry van Hien: 1858–1928; President of the Aboriginal Rights Protection Society.
 Hon. William Ward-Brew, OBE: 1878–1943; lawyer, VP of Aborigines' Rights Protection Society.
 Herbert Winful: 1952–; engineering professor.
 Quarme Zaggy: 1981-; musician

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 Edziban Ahorow 
Mfantsefo a wɔwɔ Ghana no adze a wɔdze nyim hɔn nye hɔn edzibanoa. Wonyim hɔn fa dɛ wodzi edziban a apɔwmudzen wɔmu, mpɛn bebiree bi nye nsum nam, bogya nam, anaa apɔwmudzen edziban. Gyadzi nye dɛ osiandɛ nsu bebiree etwa hɔn ho ehyia. Nkorɔfo yi wonyim hɔn wɔ hɔn po kɔ na hɔn nam a wɔbɔ ho ban ho. Hɔn ndziban no bi nye fante fante, frɔe na muoko frɔe anaa nkruma frɔe, fante dɔkon a wotum dze Ka nkwan, frɔe anaa shito.

 Mfɛfo Nkurow 
Oguaa no mfɛfo nkurow ahorow, iyi nye amanɔne mfɛfo nkurow no:
CountryCityCounty / District / Region / StateDateGermanyBonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia2012United StatesBuffaloNew York1976United StatesHanover ParkIllinois

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