One thing that lets Africans forget about their history is that the elders don't tell it to the new generation, and most of our education has also rejected it. Our schoolbooks are more full of European history than African history. Today, we will learn about some of the great tribes in Ghana and how they originated.
HISTORY OF AGONA NYARKROM
Nana Nyarko Eku I, king of Agona State, originated from Nsuta Kwaman in Asante State. In 1660, he lost the Paramountcy of Asante to Nana Obiri Yeboah after the death of Nana Oti Akenteng of Asante’s fame. Nana Nyarko Eku and his supporters then moved and settled briefly at Kontanse, near Lake Bosomtwe, in Asante Region.
He was suddenly attacked by Nana Yeboah and his men, who were very suspicious of Nyarko Eku's counterattack, and Nyarko Eku's men got scattered. One section of his men moved northward to present-day Worawora in Volta Region. The second group also moved eastward to Kwahu Etibie in the Eastern Region. The last batch moved Southward with Nyarko Eku to present Nyakrom in the Central Region. All three sections are presently considered paramount states.
Nyarko Eku and his men briefly stopped at Okumaning near Kade in the Eastern Region. He also stopped at the present Agona Nkum, where he was no longer pursued by the Asante people. Nana Nyarko Eku I finally moved and settled in Agona Nyarkrom, establishing his kingdom. Agona State, after his hunters and warriors discovered a hidden river in the thick forest (literally "nsu na akora).
A warrior in his attire
no ho") close to the present Otsinkorang lorry station, hence the name River Akora.
King Nyarko Eku I's area of authority covered up to Kasoa and Nyanyano on the Eastern front and had a common boundary with the Ga's (Accra) close to mile eleven (11); on the south, he conquered Senya Breku, Winneba, and Apam. He had a common boundary with Ajumako at Okyeso (Okye River) on the West and with Breman Asikuma and Akim State on the North. King Nyarko Eku I lost most of these towns after the Sasabor War in 1669, when he was murdered at Akwamu, then on Nsawam Hills.
ESTABLISHMENT OF NYAKROM
King Nyarko Eku I established Nyakrom and divided it into three ethnological groups. The first community was comprised of people from the Oyoko clan, who were welcomed by King Nyarko Eku I as brothers, despite the area they came from. King Nyarko Eku I embraced individual Oyoko clans (family) to settle at Abora community (street). Subsequently, all established families at Abora were Oyoko families. The latter included the Omanhene Royal family, Odumkojoase, Bafoo Asamoa, and Odofo Abiam Oyoko families.
Chief of Agona Nyakrom during Akwambo
Secondly, all families (clans) who originated from Asante but were not from the Oyoko family were congregated at the Asatwia community. The latter include Odumasi, Guaben, Aboso, Nteduase, and Apaa. Lastly, all other families that originated neither from Asante nor from the Oyoko clan were settled at Nana (namely Anana-ben) because King Nyarko Eku I considered them literally strangers.
Notably, Gyata was Omanhene's Banmuhene. He was an Asante from the Oyoko family. Similary, Nana Kwakye Dopoa, who was also an Oyoko and Uncle of King Nyarko Eku I, settled at Oguaa Street in Asatwia when he arrived very late from Asante (Asankare).
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