The first vice president of Costa Rica, H.E. Epsy Campbell Barr and the UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem is expected to pay a courtesy call on the Omanhene of Akwamu, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III on Thursday, 21st April 2022.
The visit is part of a return mission to their root in Africa.
The Paramount Chief of Akwamufie, Odeneho Kwarfo Akoto, and the traditional council are preparing a grand welcome durbar for the two dignitaries.
In December 2021, the New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams made a historic visit to Akwamufie in Ghana.
The Mayor who had yet to assume office on January 1, 2022, paid respect to his ancestors who sacrificed through the slave trade.
The Akwamufie traditional council headed by the Paramount Chief Odeneho Kwafo Akoto II announced on Sunday, December 5, 2021, that “Eric Adams, 2nd ever black man who will serve as Mayor of New York City beginning 1st Jan. 2022, in a historic homecoming visit to Ghana, underwent traditional spiritual cleansing rites performed by the elders of the Bogyawe Ahenfi, Akwamufie.
The statement was added Accompanied by Ambassador Johanna Odonkor Svanikier, Founder, President, and CEO of the Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa Foundation, HACSA-USA as well as his partner Tracey Collins, the Mayor-elect was attended by carefully selected palace elders in line with COVID guidelines. He was also given a tour of the Akwamu Museum. The Akwamuhene Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III and Akwamuhemea, Nana Afrakoma II, named him Barima Yaw Asamani, and offered their blessings to him for a successful tenure” the statement said.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
