the Village and the Paramount Chief

The trip to the village was truly amazing, past mountains to each side of the road that are actually the ancestral home OF the people in the villages. We were witness to a Bridal dance where young virginal girls dance for the available young men of the village, laden with beads. This was NOT set up for our benefit. Here the dialect spken is not Twi and most people don't speak English. On the bus ride to the village we saw a large baboon at the side of the road. The plan of the chief is to make this area a world center for bead manufacture and training, and the beads which are marvelously varied in color and design have a 500 year tradition throughout Africa. This was the home village of Charles father, Dr Narh. Later we go to his mother's ancestral village inland in the lower Volta region. More to post on the paramount chief and our meeting with him to come.