Adabokrom is a town in
Western North Region
The Western North Region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in 2019. The region is bounded by the Ivory Coast ( Comoé District) on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions ...
of
Ghana. It is the capital of
Bia East. Adabokrom was named the District capital after Bia East District split from
Bia District in 2012. Adabokrom is about 250 km west of
Kumasi. The town is noted for
cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...
production.
History
The settlement of Adabokrom began in the twentieth century driven by an upsurge of the cocoa industry. According to oral histories, until cocoa Adabokrom was a dense forest zone with one hamlet.
Geology
The soil in this zone is mainly of the ferric acrisols and dystricfluvisols type. Ferric acrisols cover about 98% of the District, which supports the cultivation of crops including cocoa, coffee, oil palm, plantain, cocoyam and cassava, and other vegetables.
Economy
Migrant cocoa farmers such as Asantes,Bonos, Kusasis, the Ahantas, Ewes, settled in Adabokrom. About 70% of the cocoa farms in the district belong to the migrant community.
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Geography
Adabokrom Grotto is located at the town's outskirts. It consists of a small rocky peak with natural formations and scenery. It serves as a sacred religious worship centre for the annual pilgrimage of the
Catholic community. A natural spring in the midst of the attractive rocks couples with its serene environment.
The Elluoe (Yam Festival) is celebrated in November–December by the
Sefwi people
The Sefwi are an Akan people.
The Akan sub-group live predominantly in Western North Region of Ghana. The Akan sub-group speak the Akan dialect Sefwi language.
The term Sefwi, which refers to the language spoken and the Sefwi people mythica ...
. It symbolises the first (minor) harvest of new yam usually around July and August. As customs demand, the chiefs are prohibited from eating the new yam until appropriate rituals have been performed.
Adabokrom vegetation is of the moist semi-deciduous (equatorial rain forest) type. The forest vegetation with its variety of tree species including wawa (Triplochitonselerexylon),
mahogany
Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus ''Swietenia'', indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012). ''A Natural History of Belize: Inside the Maya Forest''. Austin: Unive ...
(Khayainvorensis), esa (
Celtis), ofram (
Terminalia superba), edinam (Entandrophragmaivorensio), onyina (
Ceiba petandra), kyenkyen (Antiaris Africana) and odum (
Milicia exelsa).
Festival
Like all the other communities within the Sefwi-Wiawso traditional area, the chiefs and people of Sefwi Adabokrom celebrate the
Alluolue Festival
Alluolue (Yam, Eluo) Festival is a Ghanaian annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sefwi Wiawso and Sefwi Bekwai in the Western North region, formally Western region of Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the R ...
. This festival marks an event that took place in the past and also thanks the gods for the yam harvest.
Economy
Farming: The primary
occupation is
farming, including cultivation of
cash crop
A cash crop or profit crop is an Agriculture, agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate marketed crops from staple crop (or "subsistence crop") ...
s and
food crops. The predominant
cash crop
A cash crop or profit crop is an Agriculture, agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate marketed crops from staple crop (or "subsistence crop") ...
grown in this area is
cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...
. The cocoa sector offers the biggest employment and income generation, employing about 80% of the working population. Another important farming activity in this area is livestock rearing.
Trading: Adabokrom is not a commercial center. However, Thursdays is the weekly market day for major towns such as :
Kumasi,
Dormaa Ahenkro,
Mim Ahafo and other places. Due to the poor nature of roads in Adabokrom and its catchment areas, farmers find it difficult to transport their produce to the market center.
Education
The notable educational institution in this town is the Adabokrom community Senior high school.
References
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Populated places in the Western North Region
Sefwi people