Over the weekend, the chiefs and people of Oguaa Traditional Area brought activities of this year’s Fetu Afahye to a head with a street procession and a grand durbar which had in attendance, Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
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Our cameras were there to capture the moments which saw over 30,000 people from all walks of life throng the streets of Cape Coast to engage in the revelries.
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The Fetu Afahye is a festival of the people of the Oguaa Traditional Area and is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of September by communities in the Cape Coast Traditional Area (Fetu).
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It is characterized by a durbar of chiefs and processions of “Asafo Companies” (traditional warrior groups) and numerous social organisations.
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