The concept of family in Frafra culture is a complex nest of relationships that go back to the past and outside one’s residence. The father is the head of the family. He had a double image: one at home and the other outside. In his home, he was the master, but outside, he became part of a community where he recognised that alone, he was vulnerable and made connections and friends with others. He had to hold a certain moral high ground to be recognised among the comity of men.
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A Reflection on Frafra Ancestral Veneration
To the Frafra mind, God is supreme, but the ancestors are trusted intercessors, those who lived well, served their families, upheld justice, and died peacefully and elevated. They stand between the living and God, just as prophets, saints, and martyrs do in other religions. When libation is poured, it is not to the ancestor as a god, but to God through the ancestor. As we say: “To’e zom ta paa Nayine.” To wit, take this flour-water to God. We do not worship them; we commune with them and through them. Just as Christians pray through Jesus, and Muslims invoke prophets and angels, the Frafra invoke their ancestors, not because they are divine, but because they are family and have never failed when called upon. One does not go to strangers when one’s father is at home.
The Whispers of Poka – A Frafra Fantasy Tale.
Poka lived in a community called Kunkua. One day, Poka was walking when she heard voices, and when she looked around, there was no one. Before she could cry out in fear, they started talking to her. They told her they were the spirits of the dead from a faraway village. They warned her from talking to anyone about them. Since then, they come and go when she is alone.
Bola Anafo Advises young kologo artists to be humble.
The Best Frafra Artist of 2023 in the My Bolga Online Frafra Music Awards, Bola Anafo, has advised young Frafra kologo artists to be humble in their endeavours. Bola Anafo, often affectionately called Abagre Bola Dua, said this in an interview with My Bolga Online on the sideline of his recent album launch in Kumasi. “I will advise the young artists to be humble and respect everyone, especially the seniors.”
15 Unique and popular Frafra proverbs and wise sayings
‘Bundoo ka zoti kunkura’ to wit, a Jack (the male donkey) is not afraid of kicks or blows from a Jenny (female donkey). This proverb teaches that in matters of love, a man should expect ‘kicks’ and ‘blows’ from a woman. It teaches that we should not run away at the first sight of trouble, but keep pursuing the target, overcome whatever obstacles there might be to achieve the target, keeping the goal in sight.
When the king of Asante and Dagbon sold Frafras and others into slavery!
“The king of Asante was the biggest slave trader at the time. It is estimated that the King of Asante sold not less than a million slaves captured from their villages in the north and sent to the Asante king who sold them to the Europeans at the coast in exchange for snapps, guns, and gun powder and used some for human sacrifice.”
The source of magic in Frafra tradition!
In Frafra culture, there are two worlds: the world of the living and the world of spirits. These two worlds are intertwined and interact constantly in a fluid mystical way. The individual is composed of two things: the body (iŋãnnɛ) and the soul (sia).
Why Dagaabas love their Frafra kings.
A long time ago, the king of the Dagabas was a Frafra man. The Dagaos loved their Frafra king. They gave him a beautiful Dagao girl every night as a pillow.
Ancestral Worship in Frafra Culture!
“In Frafra mythology, Na’ayine used to be very closer to Earth, just a stretch of the hand. Then one day a greedy man decided that he would roast the meat directly from the skies of Yine…”
Witchcraft in Frafra Culture: Fact or Fiction?
“There used to be a joke that if you kick sand into the legs of a person who can ‘see’, it is like throwing sand into their face and eyes. If they start to rub their eyes repeatedly and react in a hostile manner, then…”
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