Chicago, August 26, 2023: It was all joy at Jackson Park as the Ga-Dangme Community Organization celebrated this year’s Homowo amidst pomp and pageantry. The celebration of Homowo in 1988 was the primary precipitate that led to the spectacular Ghanafest celebrations here.
Homowo is a harvest festival celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. The festival starts in August. Homowo means hooting at , and ridiculing hunger. It is an annual festival commemorating the day their ancestors won victory over hunger, hooting at it and mocking it with songs and dancing.
The Ga-Dangme Community Organization used the occasion to call for peace and unity of Ga-Dangme’s in the Chicago area.
Highlight of the event was a solemn remembrance of their late Queenmother , Manye Naa Odatsoo, a.k.a , Ms. Evelyn Lamptey, who passed away recently .
Reverend Frederick Lartey committed the event into the Lord’s hands and asked for a successful celebration.
Reverend Frederick Lartey committed the event into the Lord’s hands and asked
for a successful celebration.
We bring to our worldwide viewers video and pictures of the celebrations .
