Nene Tetteh Odorkor Tuumeh I
Omanhene Of Yilo Krobo Traditional Area
Phone: (123) 456-7890
Email: yilo_krobo@easternchiefs.org
- HISTORY
- REGAL LIST
- LIST OF GAZZETTED CHIEFS AND THEIR STATUS
HISTORY OF THE TRADITIONAL AREA
The people of Yilo-Krobo with their paramountacy at SRA- Somanya, belong to the Ga-Adangme set-up of southern Ghana. They are predominantly peasants scattered all over Ghana.
The people trace their history from Ancient JUDA as the of their birth.However they were forced to migrate to their present location as a result of the MOHAMMED WAR that erupted in 640 AD. The war was so intense that the people decided to flee the war as they were not prepared to abandon their Jewish tradition to ISLAM.
They first settled in the then SONGHAI EMPIRE. From there they came to the MALI EMPIRE and settled briefly at TIMbuktu. As the wars were ragging , and peace-loving as they were, they decided to move south to the then GANA EMPIRE through the now Republic of CHAD and settled briefly at LE IFE in Nigeria. From ILE IFE they moved to SEME in the then Republic of Dahomey (Now Benin) where they were crossed-over a river by a crocodile as they could not determine the depth of the river. This therefore culminated in the use of a crocodile in their emblem.
From Benin they travelled further northwards to TOGOLAND where they met KLOWEKI the Dipo Chief Priestess. As life was beginning to be peaceful, there erupted yet another war and this forced them to scatter with some going through ASHANTI to DENKYIRA where the accolade KROBO-DENKYIRA was crafted.
Others went through western Togoland and settled at AGBOZUME in the now Volta Region: they left AGBOZUME to a place called TORGODO PLAINS which later became LORLORVOR PLAINS. While leaving AGOZUME some were left behind especially the pregnant women with the hope of following later; but this was not to be; so till date, the people left behind perform most of the Krobo Cultures and name their children after their ancestors.
On Reaching the TORGODO PLAINS they, with other Dangme tribes namely, SHAI, OSUDOKU, NINGO, PRAMPRAM, ADA, KPONE decided to settled and live in peace the rest of their lives there.
Later there was another inter-tribal conflict which forced them to part company with each tribe looking for a safe haven as it was a century of wars.
The people of Yilo-Krobo found the Krobo Mountain very safe and comfortable and move from the TORGODO PLAINS which was later LORLORVOR PLAINS (the end of peace in Ewe) to the Mountain for the needed security from the wars.
Later those who went through Ashanti, Denkyira and Akyem-Maase also joined them on the Hills
For over Four Hundred years they lived and farmed on the Hills and its surrounding place until on SATURDAY 4th JULY, 1892, the colonial governor-GOVERNOR GRIFFITH rallied the Gold-Coast army to forcibly eject them amid the firing of rifles and canons with no proven charge that they were not paying tax and rather dealt in human sacrifices. This was under the then Konor (Paramount Chief) NENE PADI KETEKU AKROBETTOE I.
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- HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- FUNCTIONS
NAME OF THE TRADITIONAL SEAT
SRA – Somanya
NAME OF TOWNS IN THE TRADITIONAL AREA
- NKURAKAN
- APESUA
- AMAGANYA
- ABREWANKOR
- LABOLABO
- AZZA
- ABUABO
- HUHUNYA
- SIKABENG
- OTERKPORLU
- ONUMAKO
- OBENYEMI
- BOTI
- AKPO
- OBAWALE
- OPERSIKA
- KLO-AGOGO
- AHIANKWA
- SUTAPONG
- OHIAMIKYERE
- BRUKUM