Cape Coast

Cape Coast

big city, metropolitan area

Continent	Africa(Ebibirim)
Country	Ghana
Capital of	Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Finimfin Mantɔw( Central region Ghana)
Located in the administrative territorial entity	Finimfin Mantɔw( Central region Ghana)
Located in time zone	Coordinated Universal Time
Location	Finimfin Mantɔw( Central region Ghana)
Coordinate location	5°6′0″N 1°15′0″W
Twinned administrative body	Bonn, Buffalo, Hanover Park
Replaced by	Nkran Kuropɔn Mantɔw
Hɔn wɛbsaet	http://ccma.gov.gh/

Cape Coast yɛ kurow kɛse, beebi a woyi enam fa, nna Oguaa ahenkurow no Mantɔw na Finimfin Mantɔw a ɔwɔ Ghana. ɔyɛ ɔman n’abakɔsɛm kurow no mu kor, wiadze nyinara nserahwɛ bea, Oguaa Kastle no fie a po da n’anaafo. Nna ɔyɛ Ghana no kurowpɔn a odzikan. 2021 nyimpa nkanee no kyerɛ dɛ, Oguaa wɔ nyimpa dodow 189,925. Oguaa nkorɔfo hɔn kasaa nye Fante.

Edzin a amambra mu akyɛr paa nye Oguaa na kotokuraba (ɔkyerɛ ‘’ nsu a nkɔtɔ wɔ mu’’ anaa nkɔtɔ hɔn ekura ase’’). Portuguesefo a wɔbaa Oguaa João de Santarém na Pedro Escobar a wobotwaa wɔ Oguaa 1471 frɛ kurow no Cabo Corso ( ɔkyerɛ dɛ Oguaa tsietsia’’), iyi mu na dzin Oguaa for bae. Fir awo ntoatoado 16 kɛpen fahodzi ber 1957 mu no, ɔman no nye Britishfo no dzii nsesa, Portuguesefono, Swedishfo no, Danishfo na Dutchfo no. ɔyɛ fie ma afahyɛ ahorow 32.

Abakɔsɛm

Oguaa nkorɔfo na wɔtseew Oguaa na ne Mantɔw no Nananom atsenankungua na wodzi do, anaa ɔmanhen, wonyim no seseiara dɛ Oguaa Nananom atsenankugua. Oguaa ka abakɔsɛm kurowpɔn noho. Portuguese ndzidofo no sii adzetɔn dan wɔ bea hɔ. 1650 mu no, Swedishfo no sii dan bi a ekyir yi ɔbɛyɛɛ Oguaa Kastel, a seseiara ɔyɛ wiadze afanae nserahwɛ bea. Nkurow ahorow nyinara tserɛɛw wɔ noho. Dutchfo no dzii hɔn do 1650 mu na wɔtserɛɛw mu kɛpen 1652. Hɔ na Britishfo no so faa no 1664 mu.

Adzetɔn yɛ nkuranhyɛsɛm a noho hiaa wɔ hɔn wɔtsena Oguaa no. Adzetɔnfo a nna wofifi Europe amanaman do yɛɛ hɔn adzetɔndze yi, adan na Kastles wɔ Ghana mpoano. Dza annkɔ yie no, dɛ wobenya sika kɔkɔɔ,nkoasomfo, ewo, na ndzɛmba ahorow a ɔkeka ho a ɔyɛ Ebibifo egyapadze adzetɔn no kɔr sor wɔ oguaa. 1847 mu no, Britishfo no dzii Europe aman horow adzetɔnfo no nyinara a nna wɔwɔ Ghana mpoano a wɔfa Oguaa dɛ wɔdze dzi hɔn dwuma, Gold Coast.

Mfe horow ɔtɔdo 19 mu no, adze a ɔfa Oguaa ho no wimu nsakrae nsɛm ho no dze nkɔmbɔtwetwe bi baa a ɔfa ahenkurow nsesaa a wɔdze bɔkɔ Nkran ho, wohun no dɛ noho behia paa. Kolonel Henry Ord amandzɛɛbɔ wɔ 1865 mu no daa nsɛntsitsir ɔfa Nkran nsɛmake no ho no, mbom asaase wosow a osii 1862 mu no sɛɛ aban adan noho hia paara, iyi sɛɛ hɔn ntotoo. Kɛpen 1870 mu no, Oguaa wimu nsakrae na ahodzi nsɛm kɔr sor, iyi Maa wɔdze Ada, Elmina na Nkran kɔr adwendwen mu. ɔnnfa ho dɛ woyii Elmina too nkyɛn no, Nkran n’akwanya a n’asetsena na adzetɔn nkɔdo, na wɔhwɛɛ ne sintɔ kaa ho. No mpɔnpɔbro no, 1875 mu no, wosii egyinae dɛ wɔdze Gold Coast n’amambu n’ahenhurow bɔkɔ Nkran.

Dɛ wɔtseew hɔn amambu akasa no, wotuu kɔr Nkran a nna akotsiafo a wokoo tsiaa ‘’window tax’’ wɔ 1877 mu. Nkran bɛyɛɛ hɔn ahenkurow. Oguaa Kastle na nna wɔkora nkoa no bebiree ana wɔ wɔdze hɔn akɔ.

Akwantu Ho Nsɛm

Wɔwɔ amansan ahɛn ahorow a ofi Oguaa kɔ nkurow akɛse bi tse dɛ Accra; Kumasi, Mim, Ahafo; Sunyani; Tamale; Tema; Ho; Wa; Bolgatanga; Elubo; Aflao, Techiman.

N’amanyɛsɛm Ho Ntotoe

Oguaa pɛr na ɔyɛ Mansin kɛse a ɔwɔ Finimfin Mantɔw mu. Dɛm Mansin n’anaafo no pim epo no, n’atɔe no nye Komenda Edinafo Eguafo Abrem, n’epuei nye Anura Asebu Kwamankɛse Mansin, n’etsifi nye Twifu Heman Lower Denkyira mansin. ɔsan so wɔ Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa ebien, a ɔyɛ Oguaa Etsifi ( Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa) na Oguaa Anaafo( Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa). Mansin no wɔ beebi a wɔtow aba 45 a no mu 30 wɔ Oguaa n’anaafo (Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa) na no my 15 wɔ Oguaa n’etsifi ( Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua Abatowmpasoa).

Mbea Ahorow a wɔtow aba wɔhɔ

Name	Gender	Membership Type	Region Name	District Name	Constituency Name	Electoral Name	Term ends
EBOW HALM	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	AKYIM	Dec-23
MENSAH JOHN	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	EKON ETSIFI	Dec-23
GIDEON MPUSU	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	EKON ANAAFO	Dec-23
LAMIDI ALHASSAN	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	TANTRI/AYIKOO AYIKOO	Dec-23
JUSTICE OBENG	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	BROFOYEDUR	Dec-23
JOHN SAM	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	MPEASEM/AMOAKOFOA	Dec-23
PAUL ATO AMOAKO	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	AMANFUL EAST	Dec-23
ABRAHAM WOODE	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	AMANFUL WEST	Dec-23
JOSEPH HAGAN	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	GEGEM	Dec-23
ANTHONY MENSAH-SPIO	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	ENYITSIWDO	Dec-23
STEPHEN DOFFOE FORSON	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	KROO TOWN	Dec-23
SAMUEL KOBNA BIADOO-ACGUAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	GYEGYEANO	Dec-23
AUGUSTINE KOJO PENIEL AIDOO	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	NTSIN	Dec-23
GODFRED ABRAHAM	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	CHAPEL SQUARE NICTORIA PARK	Dec-23
SAMUEL DOUGLAS DUNCAN	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST NORTH	TAMESEASE	Dec-23
RICHARD EKOW MOSES	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	LONDON BRIDGE	Dec-23
EDDIE DAWSON	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	TUROM	Dec-23
ALBERT BEDFORD MOSES.	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	BAKAANO	Dec-23
NOEL MIAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ANOKYINEIFAWOHODZI	Dec-23
EKOW FILSON	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	KAWANOPADO	Dec-23
AHMED ABDULAI	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	TSIMTSIMHWE 1KOTOKURABA	Dec-23
BABA ALI SUMAILA	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	KADADWEN	Dec-23
JOEL AMPONSAH-DADZIE	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ABOOM WELLS	Dec-23
FREDERICK JOHNSON	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ABOOMIMASTER SAM	Dec-23
ALHASSAN SULEMAN	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ASIKAFOAMBANTEM /ANTEM	Dec-23
MUNTALA MOHAMMED	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ADISADEL	Dec-23
HUSSEINI SHAIBU	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	TSIBU DARKO	Dec-23
ISAAC WINFUL	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	BLACK STAR	Dec-23
TSIBU-DARKO PRINCE	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	OLA LOW COST	Dec-23
SAMUEL E. KRAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	OLA MAD I NA	Dec-23
FREDERICK JUSTICE THAM MENSAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	3RD RIDGE / NKANFOA	Dec-23
ISAAC KOBINA MENSAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	PEDU NGUABADO	Dec-23
JAMES ARTHUR	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	PEDU ABAKADZE	Dec-23
WISDOM SUKA	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ABAKAM/AHENEBOBOI	Dec-23
FRANCIS MENSAH EGYIR	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	UNIVERSITY OLD SITE /APEVVOSIKA	Dec-23
JOHN KILSON MENSAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	UNIVERSITY NEW SITE / KWAPROW	Dec-23
MOSES ARTHUR	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	NKWANTADO/ASSIM	Dec-23
ABDUL MALIK ADJEI	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ETSIFUEYIFUA	Dec-23
USMAN EGYIN ABBAM	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	KAKOMDO	Dec-23
KOBINA ISSAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	EBUBONKOIAMISSANO	Dec-23
BENJAMIN MANSO	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ESSUEKYIR	Dec-23
GEORGE ANAFO	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	ANKAFUL	Dec-23
DAVID OWU	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	MPEASEWBIRIMS0	Dec-23
PAUL NAT AMISSAH	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	KOFORIDUNNY1NASIN	Dec-23
ALHAJI MUSTAPHAABDULLHA	MALE	ELECTED	CENTRAL	Cape Coast Metropolitan	CAPE COAST SOUTH	EFUTU MA

Nsrahwɛbea ahorow

ɔkɔtɔ nye kurow no nkaedze na honyi kor osi kurowpɔn no Finimfin. Fort William, sii no 1820 mu nna ɔyɛ dan a odzi dwumasom fir 1835 mu kɛpem 1970 mu, mbom Fort Victoria wosii no 1702 mu.

Oguaa hɔn guadzibea tsitsir no wɔfrɛ no Kotokuraba guadzi.

Nsrahwɛbea ahorow bebiree so nye Asafo Abosomfie, Oguaa ɔmanmu amambra bea, Oguaa Fetu Afahyɛ ( Wodzi no Memenda a odzikan wɔ Fankwa bosoom biara mu) na ofir afe 1992 mu no biennial Panafestheatre afahyɛ. Kurowpɔn no wɔ akwansin bɛyɛ 30km wɔ Kakum National Park n’anaafo, ɔyɛ Ebibir Atɔe national park no mu kor a wɔbɔ ho ban paara na odzi mu so.

Gyadzi nye dɛ Michelle Obama a ɔyɛ Amerika Mampanyin no yer a odzikan no, gyadzi dɛ Oguaa yɛ n’Abosom Fie na wɔ Ayɛwoho 11, 2009 mu no, ɔnye n’ebusuafo baa nsrahwɛ Oguaa castle dɛ ɔKa no kun n’alwantu a ɔdze baa Oguaa noho.

View of fishing fleet from Cape Coast Castle

Centre of Cape Coast Castle

Main street of the University of Cape Coast

Nwomasua

Oguaa nye bea a Oguaa Osuapɔn no wɔ (UCC). ɔsan so wɔ Oguaa Tɛknikal Osuapɔn. Kuropɔn no sanso wɔ nsɔwdo skuul ahorow iyi no:

• Wesley Girls' High School
• St. Augustine College
• Holy Child High School, Ghana
• Mfantsipim School
• Adisadel College
• Aggrey Memorial Senior High School
• Ghana National College
• Mfantsiman Girls' Senior High School
• Edinaman Senior High School
• Cape Coast Technical Institute
• Asuansi Technical Institute
• Academy of Christ the King Senior High School
• Cape Coast International Senior High School
• University Practice Senior High School
• St. Nicholas Seminary Senior High School
• Efutu Senior High Technical School
• Sammo Senior High School
• Commercial Service Institute (CSI)
• Oguaa Senior High Technical School

Nyimpa Binom A Wofi Oguaa

Nyimpa binom a wɔwoo hɔn Oguaa anaa wɔnye Oguaa wɔ nkitsaho bi nye:

• John Atta Mills: 1944-2012 Ghana Mampanyin dadaw.
• Frederick Acheampong: (Wɔwoo no 1978); ɔKa Ghana Football Association's Executive Council ho.
• Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur:1951– 2018; Ghana Mampanyin Abadziekyir dadaw.
• Samuel Richard Brew Attoh-Ahuma: 1863–1921; clergyman, nationalist, pioneering Pan-Africanist.
• Kofi Bentsi-Enchill: 1895–1948; textiles tycoon, philanthropist.
• Prince James Hutton Brew: 1844–1915; solicitor.
• Kwesi Brew: 1928–2007; poet and diplomat.
• Joseph Peter Brown: 1843–1932; patriot, statesman.
• Margaret Busby, OBE, also titled Nana Akua Ackon I: 1944–; publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster. Enstoolment in 1999.
• Kwadwo Egyir, slave trader and tribal chief. Also involved in colonial diplomatic missions.
• J. E. Casely Hayford: 1866–1930; author, lawyer, politician and educator.
• James Cheetham: 1834–1902; merchant, member of the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast.
• Ambrose Thompson Cooke: 1930–; millionaire, industrialist, textiles CEO and entrepreneur. Alumni London School of Economics and St Augustine's College Cape Coast.
• Sir James Henley Coussey, KBE: 1895–1958; High Court judge, chairman of the Coussey Commission, president of the West Africa Court of Appeal.
• John Coleman de-Graft Johnson: 1884–1956; secretary of Native Affairs, anthropologist.
• Samuel George Duker: 1905–1994; LRCP Edin, LRCS Edin, LRFPS Glasg; pioneering physician
• King John Aggery Essien: 1809–1899; King of Cape Coast, pioneer Pan-Africanist.
• Nana Amba Eyiaba I: 1950–; Queen mother of Effutu 16 of the Effutu Municipal District, educator and advocate for political rights of queen mothers
• Francis Chapman Grant: 1823–1889; founding member of the Fanti Confederation; cousin of Ulysses Grant.
• Charles Emmanuel Graves: 1884–1929; musicologist, composer.
• Mark Christian Hayford: 1863–1935; author, founder of Gold Coast Baptist Church and the Christian Army of the Gold Coast
• Robert Hutchison: 1828–1863; statesman, soldier, philanthropist.
• Prophet Jemisimiham Jehu-Appiah: 1892–1948; founder of Musama Disco Christo Church in Africa.
• Thomas Frederic Edward Jones: 1850–1927; petitioned Queen Victoria about Lands Bill.
• The poet and writer, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, arrived with her husband George MacLean in 1838 and died here shortly after, on 15 October of that year. She is buried in Cape Coast Castle.
• John Mensah-Sarbah: 1864–1910; barrister, author, published Fanti Customary Laws.
• Henry Mercer-Ricketts: 1895–1980; pioneering physician.
• George Edward Moore: 1879–1950; recipient of the Ashanti Medal, executive member of the Aborigines' Rights Protection Society.
• Hon. Ebo Barton Odro, First Deputy Speaker of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic
• Andrew William Parker: 1840–1912; conscientious nationalist, fought in the Ashanti expedition.
• Philip Quaque: 1741–1816; first ordained African clergy of the Church of England.
• John Sarbah: 1834–1892; educationist, merchant, industrialist.
• William Esuman Gwira Kobina Sekyi: 1892–1956; lawyer, politician, author.
• Jacob Wilson Sey, alias Kwaa Bonyi: 1832–1902; millionaire, philanthropist, founding member of the Aborigines' Rights Protection Society.
• Efua Sutherland: 1924–1996; writer, dramatist, educationalist and cultural activist
• James Robert Thompson: 1810–1886; pioneering educationist.
• Peter Turkson: 1948–; Cardinal-Archbishop of Cape Coast.
• Herbert Taylor Ussher: 1836–1880; early administrator
• Henry van Hien: 1858–1928; President of the Aboriginal Rights Protection Society.
• Hon. William Ward-Brew, OBE: 1878–1943; lawyer, VP of Aborigines' Rights Protection Society.
• Herbert Winful: 1952–; engineering professor.
• Quarme Zaggy: 1981-; musician

Nsɛnkyerɛwfie

• Kastle FM
• Asaase Radio
• Cape FM

Edziban Ahorow

Mfantsefo a wɔwɔ Ghana no adze a wɔdze nyim hɔn nye hɔn edzibanoa. Wonyim hɔn fa dɛ wodzi edziban a apɔwmudzen wɔmu, mpɛn bebiree bi nye nsum nam, bogya nam, anaa apɔwmudzen edziban. Gyadzi nye dɛ osiandɛ nsu bebiree etwa hɔn ho ehyia. Nkorɔfo yi wonyim hɔn wɔ hɔn po kɔ na hɔn nam a wɔbɔ ho ban ho. Hɔn ndziban no bi nye fante fante, frɔe na muoko frɔe anaa nkruma frɔe, fante dɔkon a wotum dze Ka nkwan, frɔe anaa shito.

Mfɛfo Nkurow

Oguaa no mfɛfo nkurow ahorow, iyi nye amanɔne mfɛfo nkurow no:

Country	City	County / District / Region / State	Date
Germany	Bonn	North Rhine-Westphalia	2012
United States	Buffalo	New York	1976
United States	Hanover Park	Illinois