Akropong-Akuapem · Eastern Region · Ghana

Under whoseauspices

The association works under the traditional authority of Akropong-Akuapem. These are the stools it answers to, the council that runs it, and the neighbours from Shoreline who have come up the ridge to sit with us.

The Okuapehene seated in state, in kente and gold regalia, on a gilded chair
The paramount stool of Akuapem

The Okuapehene

The Okuapehene is the paramount chief of the Akuapem Traditional Area — the confederation of hill towns that came together in the 1730s — and sits on the paramount stool at Akropong, the capital of the state.

The office presides over the Traditional Council, opens the Odwira festival for all the Akuapem towns, and is the authority under whose auspices the Akropong Sister City Association was formed and this museum assembled.

The Krontihene carried in palanquin beneath a state umbrella during a durbar at Akropong
Photograph: Ofie Television, Akropong
The Kronti stool of Akropong

The Krontihene

The Krontihene heads the Kronti division — the senior of the divisions of an Akan state, and the first among the paramount chief’s counsellors. The office speaks for the town in council and stands as regent when the paramount stool is vacant.

In Akropong the Kronti stool has carried the town’s development work, and the association’s first project, Y-CRAFS, is run with the Kuronti Development Initiative.

The association — officers and members

The council

The Council sets policy, appoints officers and approves every budget. It always includes the traditional authority of Akropong-Akuapem, local government, and youth and women representatives — five to nine members, each serving a three-year term.

  1. 01Michael Kwasi Osae Kwabi
  2. 02Peter Amoako
  3. 03Enoch Aryeh
  4. 04Emmanuel Offei Nuworzah
  5. 05Osahene Boafo Ansah III

More officers are still being confirmed; this roster is added to as they are.

How the association is governed
Shoreline, Washington · received at Akropong

Thank you for comingup the ridge.

A sister city is not a document, it is a visit. The association records with gratitude the members of the Shoreline delegation who travelled to Akropong-Akuapem, were received by the traditional authority, and sat with the community that is building this friendship.

The delegation’s names are being confirmed with Shoreline so that each is recorded correctly, and will be published here.