8 amusing Ghanaian town names you should know

In Ghana, the first family, individual, or group to emigrate to a community would frequently give the town or hamlet its name.

8 amusing Ghanaian town names you should know
8 amusing Ghanaian town names you should know

Some of the village has names – such as ‘Vagina is Wise’ and ‘Testicles are Sad’ that led to Parliamentarians bursting into fits of giggles.

Some of the names are funny, and teaches lessons after probing how it generated.

Below are some of our favourites with their intriguing background.

Another town that caught our attention on our trip from Kintampo to Techiman was Beposo which directly translates into English as on top of the hill.

The indigenes tell our news team that their forefathers once won a battle by fighting the enemy from the top of a hill and that’s how the place became known as Beposo.

 

 

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