TOURIST VILLAGE FOR ADOMEGAKORPE (PAGE 36)

THE descendants of Torgbi Adomega of Dzodze in the Volta Region are to build a tourist village at Adomegakorpe in the Dzodze Traditional Area with a view to preserving the healing values of a “Vodoo” that originated from the late chief of the town in 1875.
Torgbui Adomega was said to be a healer and saviour who was crowned the chief healer within the Anlo Traditional Area and was the first person in history to be carried in a palanquin on Anlo land in recognition and honour for his healing powers.
The General Secretary of the Adomega Kporlifaga Association of Ghana, Mr Atsu Ahiadzo, announced this at the inauguration of the association at Adomegakorpe last weekend.
According to him, the association would construct two storey buildings to serve as a secretariat, a meeting hall and a guest house, adding that there would be an anniversary every year to rally believers of the “voodoo” and interested persons to the area.
“As Torgbui is alive, there is no sickness that one will come with to this village which will not be healed,” he declared.
Mr Ahiadzo said Torgbi Adomega was the one who spread the voodoo in Benin, Togo and Ghana, adding that its origin was Ile Ife in Nigeria.
Tracing the source of the “voodoo,” Mr Ahiadzo said after the death of six children at the same time on the same day, he embarked on a search for solutions and got the “voodoo” from one Duvor in Togo who shared it with him to end all misfortunes in life.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, congratulated the association on holding fast to the legacy of their ancestors.
The Ketu North District Chief Executive, Togbe Awusu III, said the creation of the new district was aimed at fostering rapid development of the area.
For his part, an advocate of African traditional religion and a broadcaster, Mr Kwame Senyo, urged them to uphold their religion and not to be dissuaded by critics that they were sinners.
He advised Christians to stop making mockery of people of other religions, since it was the lifestyles and faith that could be the yardsticks for judging people.
The National President of Ghana Psyche and Traditional Healers Association, Torgbui Yao Dunyo, who is the high priest of Afetorku shrine of Dagbamate, commended the people for uplifting the image of their ancestors, stressing that without it they could have lost their identity and treasure.
He said their name and history would never be extinct once they had formed the association and instituted the annual anniversary to promote tourism on “voodoos”.