{"id":113084,"date":"2023-10-22T09:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/22\/king-of-mamprugu-calls-for-unity-ahead-of-cultural-oneness-festival\/"},"modified":"2023-10-22T09:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:27:48","slug":"king-of-mamprugu-calls-for-unity-ahead-of-cultural-oneness-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/22\/king-of-mamprugu-calls-for-unity-ahead-of-cultural-oneness-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"King of Mamprugu Calls for Unity Ahead of Cultural Oneness Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h3><strong>The Mamprugu overlord has issued an appeal for peace and togetherness among the various northern Ghanaian tribes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When he gave his blessing to The Taste Of Afrika\u2019s Tamale Cultural Oneness Festival, he made this statement.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The northern part of Ghana is home to a number of ethnically and culturally different communities. However, despite the diversity of the Northern regions, many of their cultures have common customs. In this category are festivals like the Damba and the Fire Festival.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit organization Taste of Afrika is hosting the Cultural Oneness Festival in Tamale to bring people together and highlight the region\u2019s rich cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Tengol K. Kplemani, CEO of The Taste of Afrika, paid a visit to the palace of the overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area. The overlord took the opportunity to appeal to all the tribes in the north to put aside their tribal differences and work together for the benefit of the people and the country.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He went on to remark that the people of Ghana\u2019s northern region have an obligation to promote and gain from their cultural heritage abroad since they are the home of Ghana\u2019s longest royal dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>This is why he thinks other chiefs and traditional rulers should attend the Cultural Oneness Festival in Tamale, Ghana, on December 6-9, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-124\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mamprugu overlord has issued an appeal for peace and togetherness among the various northern Ghanaian tribes. When he gave his blessing to The Taste Of Afrika\u2019s Tamale Cultural Oneness Festival, he made this statement. The northern part of Ghana is home to a number of ethnically and culturally different communities. However, despite the diversity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>King of Mamprugu Calls for Unity Ahead of Cultural Oneness Festival - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/22\/king-of-mamprugu-calls-for-unity-ahead-of-cultural-oneness-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"King of Mamprugu Calls for Unity Ahead of Cultural Oneness Festival - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mamprugu overlord has issued an appeal for peace and togetherness among the various northern Ghanaian tribes. 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