Asogli Yam Festival

Asogli Yam Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the people of Asogli in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is celebrated in the month of September every year to celebrate the cultivation of yam that was started by a hunter who found the tuber in the forest during his hunting expedition. According to history, the cultivation of yam among the people of Asogli started when the yam that the hunter hid during his hunting expedition to come for it later germinated and grew bigger. The celebration was brought into Ghana by the Ewe[1] people of Ghana when they migrated from Notse in the Republic of Togo; where it is still celebrated.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ewe people
  2. ↑ http://asoglistate.com/yam_festival.html


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