Ghanaian highlife legend and businessman, Kaakyire Kwame Appiah, is set to be enstooled as ‘Benkumhene’ of Bosomtwe Asaman, Kokofu in the Ashanti Region.
The enstoolment ceremony of Kaakyire Kwame Appiah as Benkumhene is scheduled to take place on September 20, 2021. He would be enstooled specifically as the Chief of Lake Bosomtwe Diteiso under the stool name ‘Nana Ofisibedei Adeiemudro Trimude’ according to sources.
The “Soloku” crooner The ‘Kwadonto’ hitmaker, after going through the customary and traditional processes as ‘Bekumhene’, would be the caretaker of Lake Bosomtwe, the only natural lake in Ghana.
The event is set to be attended by some top government and other political figures and other high ranking musicians as a form of support and also celebrate the great feat the “Bronya” hitmaker has chalked.
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Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural lake in Ghana. It is situated within an ancient impact crater that is about 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) in diameter. It is about 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Kumasi the capital of Ashanti and is a popular recreational area. There are about 30 villages near crater lake Lake Bosumtwi, with a combined population of about 70,000. The most popular amongst the villages where tourists usually settle is Abono.
The Ashanti consider Bosumtwi a sacred lake. According to traditional belief, the souls of the dead come here to bid farewell to the goddess Asase Ya. Because of this, it is considered permissible to fish in the lake only from wooden planks. Among the fish species in the lake is the endemic cichlid Hemichromis frempongi, and the near-endemic cichlids Tilapia busumana and T. discolor.
SOURCE: ONESIPHORUS OBUOBI/ATL FM NEWS
