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Pinkwae Sacred Grove
Greater Accra Region (Kpone/Prampram coastal plains)
Ghana
Active (taboo-protected)
Single grove
- Location
- Greater Accra Region (Kpone/Prampram coastal plains)
- Coordinates
- ~5.70°N 0.05°E
- Elevation
- Coastal savanna plain
- Age / Founded
- Traditional
- Status
- Active (taboo-protected)
- Deity & Religion
- Local deities/spirits; Dangme (Ga-Dangme) traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Dangme community
- Vernacular name
- Sacred grove (Dangme)
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Taboo/restriction-enforced protection; relict forest amid degraded farmland
Plant species
Relatively intact coastal thicket/forest in degraded landscape
Biome & fauna
Coastal savanna thicket; threatened mollusc, turtle, monkey & heron species preserved
Threats & protection
One of few intact forests in severely degraded coastal plains; taboo-protected
Source
Ntiamoa-Baidu; 'Indigenous Beliefs and Biodiversity Conservation: Sacred Groves... in Ghana'; Sacred Land — Sacred Groves of Ghana