
Media Item Metadata
| Author | Drum Social Histories |
|---|---|
| Copyright | © The Drum Archive |
| Credit | Christian Gbabgo / Drum Social Histories / Bailey's African History Archive / african.pictures |
| Description | Ghana, 1964. Great Day For Tafo: The Queen Mother. Queen Mother of Tafo is another authority ready to correct Tafonehe on local history. Drum editor Cameroon Duodo travelled to Old Tafo, in Akeyem Abuakwa to watch the Tafohene and his people celebrate their OHUM Festival and find out the meaning of it all. The OHUM is celebrated by all the Abuakwa people but the Tafo people are its custodians. |
| Country | Ghana |
| Filename | APN33628.jpg |
| File Type | JPG |
| File Size | 6 MB |
| Dimensions | 4000 × 2775 px |
| Date Created | 2 October 1964 |
Drum Magazine social history photographs, Ghana edition 501
Ghana, 1964. Great Day For Tafo: The Queen Mother. Queen Mother of Tafo is another authority ready to correct Tafonehe on local history. Drum editor Cameroon Duodo travelled to Old Tafo, in Akeyem Abuakwa to watch the Tafohene and his people celebrate their OHUM Festival and find out the meaning of it all. The OHUM is celebrated by all the Abuakwa people but the Tafo people are its custodians.
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