Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District
Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana.Eastern Region of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. The
Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School
, country = Ghana
, region = Greater-Accra
, location = Legon
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, type = Public high school
, religious_affiliation = Presbyterian Church ...
was formerly located here.
Prominent sites
The town is a proposed site for the construction of University of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.
History
The
Basel Mission
The Basel Mission was a Christian missionary society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to , the successor organization of ''Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione'' (KEM), found ...
ran a school in Odumase Krobo by 1857. The town became Manya Krobo's capital when
Emmanuel Mate Kole
Emmanuel Mate Kole or Nene Sir Azzu Mate Kole I, (1860 in Odumase – 1939) was the third ''Konor'', or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo from 1892 until his death in 1939. He was succeeded by his son, Nene Azzu Mate Kole II, who ruled Manya ...
became Konor in 1892.
Economy
The town, famous for its
glass beadmaking
Glass bead making has long traditions, with the oldest known beads dating over 3,000 years. Glass beads have been dated back to at least Roman times. Perhaps the earliest glass-like beads were Egyptian faience beads, a form of clay bead with a ...
, hosted the First Ghana International Beads Festival in August 2009. The town has its bead markets every Wednesday and Saturday.
Culture
At the end of September the town hosts the seven-day Ngmayem festival.Donna R. Barnes, 'Play in historical and cross-cultural contexts', in Doris Fromberg & Doris Bergin, eds., ''Play from birth to twelve'', p. 250
Notable people
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Thomas Partey
Thomas Teye Partey (born 13 June 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Arsenal and the Ghana national team.
Partey began his professional career at Spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2013, going on loan t ...
(born 1993),
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player for
Arsenal
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...