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18/04/2025

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13/04/2025

BA WE OO BA WE!
Somanya is packed with a lot of festivities this easter.

1. Play Kane festival - on Friday and Saturday
2. Wa ya Dorm festival - on Saturday
3. Jehu festival - on Monday

Come home let us celebrate together.

01/04/2025

Eid Mubarak! Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and joyful Eid celebration!

From us at Oklibone TV

01/04/2025

01/04/2025

SPOTLIGHT!
On the spotlight to end the Ghana heritage month.
Manye Horgbayo II a retired nurse and one of our cherish followers.

26/03/2025

We share in your memory. We hope your day was memorable.
Happy birthday to the CEO Dodowa TV

26/03/2025

This is LA.. It gives us our identity as a KROBO.and also as a member of a particular family. There are 3 ways we use this LA in a KROBO tradition. It is use purposely to give a new name, that is a new identity.

First it is use to name a new born child.
Secondly it is use to renamed a child or even an adult
Third it is use to name a traditional ruler.

When a child is born until he or she is given a name he or she can only be called a child (Jukuɛ) or call with the day name like Kofi or Afi because he is not yet recognised by the family to take a family name. On the day of the naming ceremony the family name or the name will be mentioned and the LA string will be tied around his wrist to seal the name or the family name that was given to the child.

In the second instant when a child is born out of ordinary relationship the man or the man family do not have the right to name the child. It is the woman's family that will name the child. The child will get a family name from the mother's family. Later for the child to be fully recognised or the father to claim ownership of the child he has to perform a custom to cut the old LA (La pomi comes in here). After the LA POMI (the cutting of the mother's family LA) the father have to rename the child by tying a new LA string which seal or signify the father's family name that will be given by the father's family.

Third, during installation of a chief the LA string is tie around his wrist to give him a new identity. He therefore takes on the new name or the stool name as his new identity. Customarily he can not be called by his old name but the stool name given to him.

Lɔɔ he wa ma de ke LA ji wa biɛ nɔ ma mi ni. Notwithstanding this there are some families that do not use LA to name their children. Yes that is their family tradition and not Krobo tradition.

Klolii ji wɔ. Our customs and traditions give us our identity.

Next time we will learn about the components (the beads) use in making the LA. WHAT DO THEY MEAN.

CREDIT: KROBO TV

14/03/2025

The people of Manya Klo are in their fifth month of their traditional calendar.
With just 7 months to celebrate the Ngmayem. What are your expectations for this year Ngmayem.

14/03/2025

02/03/2025

: Teachers in rural areas to receive 20% allowance

15/02/2025

*PERSONALITY PROFILE*
James Teye Wayo Ayertey is my name. I hail from Saisi Agormanya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal. I was born in a small village called WAWASE near Akosombo . I had my basic education in the Wawase L/A Primary school and Adjena-dornor JSS respectively. I then proceeded to Akro Secondary Technical school for my Secondary education, all in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality.
I graduated from HO Polytechnic as an Electrical engineer. After successfully finishing my National Service as a teacher in a village called Yonguase, I got enlisted into the Ghana Navy as a Bandsman.
I successfully went through all requsite trainings and courses and rose through the ranks to become a Chief Petty Officer Class One (CPO1). As a courageous young soldier, I became the eye of the Ghana Navy and the Ghana Armed forces as a whole. I got appointed as the Drum Major of the Navy Band at a tender age. Currently I'm the Chief Drum Major of the Ghana Armed Forces.

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08/02/2025

DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER DESIGNATE - Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi
Congratulations! We are hoping that something good will come out of it to Kroboland.