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Malek Krayem – Soul to Soul Boogie – MusicAndSoul

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Malek Krayem – Soul to Soul Boogie – MusicAndSoul

Malek Krayem – performing on Keyboard and vocals
Malek really is one of Ghana’s Ambassador for music
and has played with music greats like Santana and Ike
and Tina Turner during ‘Soul to Soul’ festival in
1971.

Aburi Botanical Gardens, Aburi, Ghana

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An old helicopter in Aburi botanical garden

Image by Erik Cleves Kristensen via Flickr

The Aburi gardens  are located on a hill in the Akwapim mountains, an hour drive from the capital of Accra.

Imposing, over 100 years old … Bombax  tree  (picture below)
Some historical background :

Aburi  spreads over a relatively small strip of land immediately west of the main Accra-Koforidua Road, and set amongst lush green mountain landscape. One can reach Aburi via Accra-Koforidua Road.

The town’s principle tourist attraction is undoubtedly the Aburi Botanical Gardens. Located immediately north of the town limits, the Aburi Botanical Gardens has a history dating back to 1890, and in it’s history has seen many great VIPs visit it’s impressive grounds, both from Ghana & abroad.

Ghanaian Heads Of State such as General I.K. Acheampong, Lieutenant-General F.W.K. Akuffo, and Flight-Lieutenant J.J. Rawlings, have all planted trees on the grounds, as have such figures as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles of Great Britain, President Nicolae Ceauşescu of Romania, and President Pál Losonczi of Hungary.

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King Of Bantama, Kumasi, Ghana

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Kumasi Central Market

Image via Wikipedia

The King of Bantama ; (the Ashanti Empire) ;enters the street from his palace in Bantama,
Kumasi .The street is filled with spectators within minutes.

Bodyguards move around with their rusted swords,  The king displaying his wealth in form of gold jewelry.


I happened to be at the right place at the right time to see the procession.
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