Akyemfo into the Sixties;a Recollection

Non-natives of Akyemfo,otherwise known as Saltpond, usually ridicule Akyemfofo by saying "Akyemfofo,w)da po ho so w)nnk) po".Akyemfofo's response is always "Y{{y{{ akrakyefo".A boast by Akyemfo natives.was and is "Mifi Akyemfo munnsuro porisinyi"I have heard it said many, many times!I was particularly fond of Akyemfo Mpoano when we finally relocated.My favourite spot was the beautiful piece which was a little over two(?) hundred metres from the Catholic Girls School.There were times I...
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Non-natives of Akyemfo,otherwise known as Saltpond, usually ridicule Akyemfofo by saying "Akyemfofo,w)da po ho so w)nnk) po".Akyemfofo's response is always "Y{{y{{ akrakyefo".A boast by Akyemfo natives.was and is "Mifi Akyemfo munnsuro porisinyi"I have heard it said many, many times!I was particularly fond of Akyemfo Mpoano when we finally relocated.My favourite spot was the beautiful piece which was a little over two(?) hundred metres from the Catholic Girls School.There were times I went alone, particularly during my student days.Other times I went with my "closest pal" Reverend Canon Acquaah Arhin, (Retired).Remember when everyone in Ghana knew some overseas company was prospecting for oil off shore Akyemfo?Sitting on shore, we could see the stationary ship which we had been told was doing that prospecting.At night we could see lights from the same ship.Did any Akyemfo citizen see anyone from that ship come on shore?Did anyone from Akyemfo work off shore on that ship?Nothing worthy of note happened until Dr. Busia became Prime Minister after the overthrow of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah and, not long after, Dr.Busia was photographed holding a small beaker of what we were told was crude oil and telling the world Ghana had discovered oil!Looking back, I am inclined to say it was a political ploy, a very cynical one devised by Osagyefo's detractors, home and abroad!Akyemfo,Saltpond, is an ancient town in her own rights.My recollection will go back more than fifty years and make an attempt to recall what life was like all those years back and the nostalgia that emanated from that era.Undoubtedly there will be gaps but if you detect them, could you please, please fill them yourself.You may also want to forgive me and put any gaffe/gaffes on Mpanyiny{{!Please bear in mind "Akyemfo"does not include Nankesedo.No!Nankesedofo will never accept that, never.Thus "Akyemfo" must not go beyond the bridge that takes one to the Akyemfo Hospital.