8 amusing Ghanaian town names you should know

Maame Akosua Ani also gave the reason why the name ‘Shua ye Morbor’ – ‘Testicles are sad’ emerged.

She said when the penis and vagina meet, the testicles don’t benefit from the enjoyment but since the testicles are always attached to the penis, it always suffers the same fate as the penis but does not get to enjoy thereby making it sad.

The three brothers, therefore, chose the names for their villages, and along the line, the chief who initially thought the names were indecent and wanted to abolish them, rather adopted them after it was explained to him and decreed that the names should be maintained.

It is an ethnic group of Ghana, belonging to the Ewe people. The Agave people are one of the largest Ewe subgroups.

Originally, they were part of the Agasuvi dynasty of the Adza Kingdom. Agave led the breakaway faction through many places including Ngortsie, Tsevie, Gafe, Agavedzi, Tsiame, Klidziand, and finally Agave Fedome.

They brought the divine elephant Ivory Royal Stool from Adza to Agave which is the soul of the Agave people.

 

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