Ghanaians celebrate traditional yam festival

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Ghanaians celebrate traditional yam festival

STORY: Ghanaians celebrate traditional yam festival DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:33 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebrations 2. SOUNDBITE (English): FIDELIA KUKAH, Resident in Ho 3. various of the participants of the celebrations STORYLINE: A spectacular display of rich Ghanaian culture and tradition last weekend climaxed a week-long celebration of this year's yam festival by the people of Asogli in Ho, the capital of Ghana's Volta Region. Traditional leaders, elders, and youth in Asogli state in the region went to the Jubilee Park amid drumming, dancing, and firing of musketry for the celebration. "Africa is blessed with rich natural resources and arable lands that can be cultivated to feed our people and for export to create wealth," said Togbe Afede XIV, the traditional ruler of the Asogli state. He said the annual festival is to honor yam farmers and all other farmers, and encourage young people to take farming as a career. Yam is a staple for Ghanaians an

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