SENYA BERAKU

One of the Seven Beaches of Senya Beraku, called Enyi Poase Overview of a part of the community, taken from the top of Fort Good Hope Anona Royal House. The Methodist Church Pictures from Senya. More to be added

THE SENYA LANGUAGE (EWUTU) Senya/Ewutu is one of the numerous Guan dialects spoken across the breath and length of the Republic of Ghana and part of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo. Senya is exclusively spoken by the people of Senya-Bireku. With Guan being the aboriginal language of this nation and the Guans as the first settlers on this soil, Senya can rightly be said to be one of the most ancient languages spoken by a section of the earliest people in Ghana. However, in spite of its antique richness, the language is under threat of extinction or adulteration sooner than the birth of another millennium. My research has brought me to the discovery that long ago the ancestors of Senya had a way of recording information in the course of trading. The various parts of the human body were used to represent various symbols that gave meanings to credit transactions. Later, these symbols were used to develop distinct alphabets (named Aseba, by the Great Ekuba Topi Odoom Isaac of...

Senya Beraku Traditional Area is in the Awutu Senya District of the Central Region. The people of this land are Guans and they speak the Senya dialect. Fishing is the dominant occupation of the people but farming, building construction, dress making, hairdressing, trading, driving, mechanics and teaching provide other means of livelihood. The Senya Beraku Akumase festival is traditional farming processes that culminate into the August celebration of bumper harvest in August each year. It is a festival that recounts the greatest historical famine that ever struck the community and how our ancestors were able to use systematic agricultural process to combat the affliction, eventually ending it with bumper harvest. The festival is celebrated in the third week of August each year. The celebration is spearheaded by the Nkyiew Anu patrilineal family, who are the custodians of the festival. All other patrilineal families also spearhead one ritual/tradition or the other, making the festival...

TUES. AUGUST 16 General Clean-up exercise THURS. AUGUST 18 Lifting of Ban on Drumming Ceremony FRI. AUGUST, 19 1. Path Clearing – by the Dentiwo Asafo Company 2. Asafo Procession 3. “Atta Kwesi Ndaase” – Children’s parade 4. Variety Entertainment SAT. AUGUST 20 1. Family Re-union 2. Social Functions 3. Sports/ Games 4. Variety Entertainment SUN. AUGUST 21 1. Traditional Retual Ceremonies 2. Social Functions 3. Sports/ Games 4. Variety Entertainment MON. AUGUST 22 1. Path-Clearing – by the Tuawo Asafo Company 2. Asafo Procession 3. Variety Entertainment TUES. AUGUST 23 1. Traditional Groups Procession 2. State Durbar 3. Variety Entertainment

Senya Beraku Traditional Area is in the Awutu Senya District of the Central Region. The people of this land are Guans and they speak the Senya dialect. Fishing is the dominant occupation of the people but farming, building construction, dress making, hairdressing, trading, driving, mechanics and teaching provide other means of livelihood. The Senya Beraku Akumase festival is traditional farming processes that culminate into the August celebration of bumper harvest in August each year. It is a festival that recounts the greatest historical famine that ever struck the community and how our ancestors were able to use systematic agricultural process to combat the affliction, eventually ending it with bumper harvest. The festival is celebrated in the third week of August each year. The celebration is spearheaded by the Nkyiew Anu patrilineal family, who are the custodians of the festival. All other patrilineal families also spearhead one ritual/tradition or the other, making the festival...