One Big Family, others celebrate 85th Ada Asafotufiami Festival
It was all excitement when several clans, families and culture lovers fully graced the maiden youth involvement of the annual Ada Asafotufiami Festival of the Dangme people of the Ada Traditional Area. One Big Family - a non-governmental organisation which has become one of the most loved groups in Ada for gathering all clans, families of the Ada Traditional Area and friends from the diaspora - quickly changed the status quo of non-involvement of youth plans in the celebration of the festival to make it a fully youth involved-programme; and it was wonderful to see several groups of youth gather to share a common platform and vision. The Ada Asafotufiami Festival is an annual warrior's festival celebrated by the people of Ada in the Greater Accra Region from the first Thursday of August to the second weekend of August. It commemorates the victories of the heroic warriors and ancestors in battle and those who fell on the battlefield. The festival also ushers in the harvest sea