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Compilation of Akwamu State Book is in the right direction- Akwamuhene

The Akwamuhene Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III has commended the officials of Ghana State Book Project for expressing interest to compile the Akwamu state Book which will contain the ancestral history of the Akwamu kingdom.

Date Created : 9/9/2020 3:32:13 AM : Story Author : William Dei-Gyau/Ghanadistricts.com

The Omanhene who described the Ghana State Book as the custodian of Ghana's history made this recommendation at his palace during the observation of the 6th Akwasidae where officials of the Ghana State Book Project paid a courtesy visit to present the commemoration certificate to the King of the Akwamu Kingdom to signify the State Book Project's readiness to kick start the compilation of the Akwamu State Book.

According to Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, "the Akwamu Traditional State has for the past three years been communicating with you, we were expecting you and here you are today. We appreciate your efforts so far and we believe your project in Akwamuman will be successful.

He charged the officials led by Mr. Bright Isaac Botchway to discharge the duty with diligence, do not dilute the information or any accounts giving to you by the indigenous to the advantage of anybody so at the end of your project Akwamuman could boost of a state book which reflects and represent the true history of Akwamman.

He called on the royal families, kingsmaker, Chief's and all his subjects of Akwamuman home and abroad to cooperate and support the officials of the Ghana State Book Project to produce an accurate state book which will be accepted to be more or less the constitution of our kingdom, "the book, if completed I am told will be the reference book in solving every dispute in the Akwamu kingdom ranging from chieftaincy through to land dispute among anything that relates to the traditions and customs of Akwamman".

Handing over the commemoration certificate to the Akwamuhene Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, Mr. Bright Isaac Botchway the Coordinator of the Ghana State Book Project after expressing his profound gratitude to the King and people of the area for the warm reception given them observed that the compilation of the Akwamu State Book has been long overdue as there is no written history of the kingdom and that is what the Ghana State Book Project has come to do.

"This project seeks to gather and authenticate traditional histories towards creating a state book as reference materials for resolving chieftaincy, family, and tribal disputes in the Akwamu Traditional State whilst making the information available for public usage and for further-reaching" he explained.

Educating the colourful gathering on the objectives of the project indicated that "our primary objective is to document the histories of the royal families in the traditional area to avoid chieftaincy conflicts, land disputes, inheritance contestations amongst other by joining all pieces of histories together considering both written and unwritten as one cohesive and authentic history of the Akwamus whilst preventing misrepresentation in order to avoid misconception".

He stressed that the book after compilation will provide the international community easy access to credible information about traditional histories and its cultural practices as well as producing a book that serves as reference material for students, educational institutions, religious groups, research organizations, and individuals for further research.

Mr. Botchway seized the opportunity to establish some achievement after the creation of the office in 2006 "I am happy to inform your highness about some achievement of the Ghana State Book Project after its inception in 2006, has successfully produced five State Books which includes the Awutu State Book, Techiman State Book, Offinso State Book Hwidiem state book and that of tepa state book. We are currently working on the Kwahu state book which is expected to complete in a few months.

He observed that the compilation of the Akwamu State Book will take the Ghana State Book two years maximum to complete the documentation. He then solicited for the cooperation of the traditional authority, kingmaker, Royal families, and indigence of Akwamuman to ensure a smooth exercise.