Kuntu Village (Ghana) and the Kuntu

Village Nkosohen Committee-USA

Nana Baffoe's return to Kuntu in August 2005.   

On August 11, Nana Baffoe was in the receiving line of chiefs to greet Ghana president, Mr. John Kufor (in the white shirt) at Saltpond.

On August 12, Nana Kwame Baffoe II was introduced to the Nkusukum Traditional Council of Chiefs


Nana Baffoe was introduced by Nana Kwesi Brebo III, chief of Kuntu


Nana Baffoe addressed the council in Fante.


Each year the major celebration in the Nkusukum traditional area is the 5-day Odambea festival where the chiefs dance and parade in their best cloths.  The Odambea festival remembers the ancestors who migrated and settled in the villages of the Nkusukum traditional area.


Nana Baffoe danced in the Odambea Parade of Chiefs


Nana Kwesi Brebo III, Chief of Kuntu


Nana Obo Montoa II, Queen Mother of the Nsona Royal family of Kuntu


Nana Brebo is carried on the heads of 4 men followed by drummers.  Sub-chiefs and elders marched and danced in front of their chief.

In the ceremonies after the Odambea parade, Nana Baffoe joined the other chiefs in honoring the chief justice of the Ghana supreme court.


Nana Baffoe with Nana Okesse Essandoh VIII, Omanhen (Paramount Chief) of Nkusukum Traditional Area


Nana Baffoe discussed issues of the Nkusukum with many of the Nkusukum chiefs.