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Axim proper nowadays has three Omanhene (not Chiefs) as Nsein is also part of Axim. According to records Axim at one time extended from the Ankobra to Ezile (Akwidaa - and i know today that is Ahanta West). It was in 1912 under an inquiry by the colonial secretary Francis Crowther that it was divided in to three with Upper Axim and Nsein becoming independent stools. Sounds like you may come from Tɔlanu? Brawire Amanvokɔman Ahɛnlazo Bankyim Bungalow Sɔlɔ Apowesika Bokazo Bɔkakɔlɛ Sikpom Are also parts of Axim town But Ayasakro, Ɔdehye-Agona, Aguafo, Ankyernin down to Ahunyname, Agyan, Ɛdɛlɛ Suazo and Nyembekyɛrɛ and more all villages of Axim Ɔman (Maanlɛ) too.

@@kwawkwansah2452 waoo you are greatly refreshing my memories its been over four decades so my knowledge is obsolete so I a receiving re education.. And I appreciate

@@huistiepersol2430 then you better come back Axim is still there as is your akyɛkɛ nee fɛlɛ 😄

@@kwawkwansah2452 oh you make me feel homesick next time I am in GH, I will visit,, I met one of my classmates in primary some years and we are still in contact but he is from Nzulezo,,I can still read and write Nzima but can can not speak fluently but understood... The akyeke and fried fish and from fom

My father was working there to he was a lawyer and my school is next to the castle and police station mmm I miss my home town

Who is R. A. Quarshie?

@@kwesiprince496 He was a former minister of trade and industries in Busia,s government,, the white house , a storey building belonged to him, Next to his house was a house owned by a wealthy transport owner known as uncle Morrison, his vehicle were branded Even Me,.. Let me give you another important history, behind the Roman catholic school there is an old cemetery, you will find the grave of Paa Grant,,with the inscription Gorge Alfred Grant,,, Another historical site, when you climb the hill beside the police station behind it is a tennis court on your right on the left an old storey building with overgrown weeds, beside the police Radio transmission station, that building was owned by Aryeh Kumi, one of the wealthiest Nzimas, lastly , there was the island Bobowasi with light house.. If you know the then catholic middle School in Robber nu, on your way to the military base....in the castle the grave there belonged to Dr Beamish, a girl,s school was later named after him

@@kwesiprince496 i believe that may be the family home of actor Hugh Quarshie who was in such movies as Star Wars Episode 1 and Dogs of War

I used to go with tourists into the castle as a little boy,, my real understanding was it was a slave castle because it also had the gate of no return,if you know the place the castle is exactly at the end of upper town, and the sea was full of rocks and can recall two occasions of ship wrecks, so the light house served the purpose of warning passing ships, there we're were actually two other smaller islands but bobowasi was far bigger,.. Sanwuma was the name of the Ankobra town where the River Ankobra entered the sea, in time past it had no bridge but a pontoon and boats it was not part of Axim because it had its own ruler, the nearest fishing village from Axim side was called Anwunla Suazu, which was inhabited.by fishing mostly from Volta region.. The Akuzu beach fishermen were. Nzimas, Alize were mixed up with Ga and Nzimas from lower town, and Apewusika were predominantly Fante who had their own chief...

I used to go with tourists into the castle as a little boy,, my real understanding was it was a slave castle because it also had the gate of no return,if you know the place the castle is exactly at the end of upper town, and the sea was full of rocks and can recall two occasions of ship wrecks, so the light house served the purpose of warning passing ships, there we're were actually two other smaller islands but bobowasi was far bigger,.. Sanwuma was the name of the Ankobra town where the River Ankobra entered the sea, in time past it had no bridge but a pontoon and boats it was not part of Axim because it had its own ruler, the nearest fishing village from Axim side was called Anwunla Suazu, which was inhabited.by fishing mostly from Volta region.. The Akuzu beach fishermen were. Nzimas, Alize were mixed up with Ga and Nzimas from lower town, and Apewusika were predominantly Fante who had their own chief...

@@huistiepersol2430 the Portuguese who built the fort have numerous accounts of gold being exported from Axim. Prior to enslaved people being a major activity, the export of gold was the main export. Things can be adapted and changed over time. The fort was built in 1515 and replaced a trading post. Bosman also relates that the gold produced at 'Axim' was amongst the finest. It is a fort not a castle, built to withstand attacks. As Basil Davidson pointed out note that the canons were pointed seaward (of just about every fort & castle along Ghana's coast) as the main threat was from other european nations. Again exemplified in that in 1642 the Dutch drove the Portuguese out of Axim. The Ankobra is a long river and Sanwoma is not the only village along its banks. Nor is it a location in which gold was mined, as cited the source of gold was further inland along the Ankobra. Sanwoma is on the western bank of Ankobra and part of Nzema proper and subject to one of the Amanhene of Nzema. However 'subject to' in this instance means Suzerainty was held over the local ruler by the King of Axim at one time but it does not refer to Sanwoma but a different location. I am quoting from several sources and documents i have read or have access to. The purpose of all lighthouses is to serve as a warning to shipping of some form of hazard, rocks, sandbanks, shallow waters. Axim lighthouse is no exception and still has that function today.

@@kwawkwansah2452 Mediema, Thanks very much for the useful information you are divulging here, as I explained most of my information are oral ,that which I received as a child and experience of living within the environment, we were taught at school that the fort was owned by the Dutch and built in 1515, but I had personal contact with every thing I explained,,, Its my dream to revisit the town of Axim because I lived there from primary school class five until form one, I did catechism and had first baptism in same town,,,I am currently living in South Africa, thanks very much

Thank you, I will

Ignorance. And these are all ashantis do not mention the role played by ancestors .

We should never forget our root thank you very much

Thank you Quophi Kay, we would like you to share to others so they feel the same as you did

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