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Bofie & Dotobaa Sacred Groves ('Tumi')
Forest-savanna transition, Brong Ahafo region (Wenchi & Nkoranza districts), Ghana
Ghana
Eroding (declining belief)
Single grove
- Location
- Forest-savanna transition, Brong Ahafo region (Wenchi & Nkoranza districts), Ghana
- Coordinates
- ~7.7°N 2.1°W
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (Banda / Nkoranza traditions)
- Status
- Eroding (declining belief)
- Deity & Religion
- 'Tumi' spiritual force; Akan cosmology (Onyame)
- Community & Guardians
- Banda (Bofie) & Nkoranza (Dotobaa) Akan communities
- Vernacular name
- Nananom pow / fetish grove
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Spiritual forest; authority of traditional leaders/gerontocracy
Plant species
Forest-savanna transition vegetation
Biome & fauna
Forest-savanna transition zone
Threats & protection
Erosion of traditional authority & landscape change
Source
Sarfo-Mensah, 'Is Tumi in the Sacred Grove Really Gone?', IDS Bulletin 33(1):47, 2002