Greater Accra Region is wat it's name said the area around the city Accra, the capital of Ghana. This region is the smallest of the 16 region's and it's the the most urbanized region with an population of around 4 million. Before 1982 the Greater Accra Region was part of the Eastern Region what is now north of it and much bigger. The main ethnic people group is the Ga who live in and around the city of Accra, the original name of the capital is Ga-Mashie. In the month of May they held the Homowo festival starting with planting of crops before the raining season starts, during the festival they perform a dance called Kpanlogo. All have to do with an famine predates precolonial Ghana when the rain season didn't start. The crop that planted is maize and during grown noise making is prohibited since it believed that it hinder the crop. Finally the meal will be eaten with Palm Nut Soup and it is also sprinkled within the town, the sprinkling will be handled by traditional leaders and family heads. Marching down roads and streets beating drums, chanting, face painting, singing, traditional dances are part of the celebration. Usually on this day there is lot of traffic and roads are block. Many other ethnic groups are welcomed join in the celebration and the will. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has an yellow background with in the canton three vertical stripes in the colors green, white and black. By the way Eastern Region has almost the same flag but the canton are the stripes horizontal. The meaning of this flag is simple, there isn't. It's an modern interpretation of flags of the Asafo. These where an company of warriors which role was defense of the state and served the colonial powers of those days, like the Dutch and British. Ghana's name of those days was Gold Coast, maybe the use of yellow in the current flag has something to do with gold. This flag look silly to us and not to them but below one of many true Asafo flag.
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