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    28 Days of Homowo/Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28
    28 Days of Homowo/Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28
    28 Days of Homowo/Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28
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    28 Days of Homowo/Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28

    By Flora A Trebi-Ollennu, Adam Pagtakhan and Isaac K Acheampong

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    28 Days of Homowo - An English/Ga Bilingual Book

    This book is written in a very simple way but with a profound message for both adults and children. It introduces new perspectives on the essential themes of Homowo, a Thanksgiving and New Year's celebration of the Gã of Ghana:

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAmerley Treb Books
    Release dateJul 27, 2020
    ISBN9781894718264
    28 Days of Homowo/Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28

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      28 Days of Homowo/Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28 - Flora A Trebi-Ollennu

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      AKROMADEOKPOO

      ABABONUA

      ASRAFOI

      JA NYƆŊMƆ

      GÃ SYMBOLS/GÃ SAMAI

      AKPOKPLOŊTO

      ASHINAO

      ATSWA

      AKPAKPA

      AWƐN BƐ ŊMƆ

      ASAMANKAMA

      ATSIKI OYI

      AKPA

      ATSWERE

      ALAGBA TƐ

      ABƐƐ

      ABUI

      ATOOBI

      28 Days of Homowo

      A Thanksgiving and New Year’s Festival

      Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28

      Shidaa kε Afi Hee Gbijurכ

      ILLUSTRATED BY/mƆ NI TƐŊ

      adam pagtakhan

      &

      ISAAC KWAKU ACHEAMPONG

      Written By/mƆ NI Ŋma

      flora A. TREBI-OLLENNU

      Amerley Treb Books

      28 Days of Homowo/Hכmכwכyeli Gbii 28

      Text Copyright  2020 Flora A. Trebi-Ollennu

      Illustrations/Nitɛŋmɔi Copyright  2020 Adam Pagtakhan & Isaac Kwaku Acheampong

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. For information regarding permission, write to Amerley Treb Books, P. O. Box 3009, Beaumont, Alberta, T4X 1K8, Canada, or e-mail amerleytrebbooks@gmail.com, or visit our web site, amerleytreb-books.com.

      Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      Gɑ̃ Symbols/Gɑ̃ Samai copyright  Gɑ̃dangme Roots and Heritage Foundation

      Gɑ̃ Symbol/Gɑ̃ Samai Ja Nyↄŋmↄ & Akromadiokpoo copyright  Abraham Ekow Asmah, Fredrick Clement & Millicent Mateko Mate. Proverbial Symbols in Cloth for Ga Royals, European Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3, 2015 ISSN 2059-3058 Progressive Academic Publishing, UK page 22

      Clip Art copyright © 2004 Dream Maker Software

      Airplane illustration copyright © Flora A. Trebi-Ollennu

      Open Market illustration copyright © Karen Janssen

      Water Lily illustration copyright © Emmanuel Osei

      Adashie Gɑ̃ Symbols Reproduction/Adashie Gɑ̃ Samai Tɛŋmɔi by Phoebe Naa-Dei Kotey

      Gɑ̃ Symbols Explanation/Gɑ̃ Samai Ashishitsɔ̃ↄmↄi copyright © Michael Ashiteye Adashie, 2001, Ga proverbs and symbolism as basis for painting, KNUSTSpace.

      Cover Design by Amerley Treb Books

      Homowo Banner Concept & Design  2020 Flora A. Trebi-Ollennu

      Cover illustration copyright © Isaac Kwaku Acheampong

      Book Design by Amerley Treb Books

      ISBN 978-1-894718-24-0 hardcover

      ISBN 978-1-894718-25-7 softcover

      ISBN 978-1-894718-26-4 ebook

      This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations for the country of origin.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from Library and Archives Canada

      Printed in Canada

      Greeting: Ring in Homowo

      Response: Toast and Cheer

      Usher in a year of

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