Ga-Adangbe Association

There Is Strength In Unity.

Talking Drum Volume 3 Issue 2

Ekome Feemo, No Mli Hewale Yoo.

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Ga-Adangbe Association of Toronto (GADAT).

The Ga-Adangbe Association of Toronto was established in 1998 by a dedicated group of Ga-Adangbe people of Ghana, who reside in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. The association is a Not-for-Profit, Socio-Economic, and Cultural Organization, and the aims, goals, aspirations, and objectives are the same for the Ga-Adangbe people in Ghana. Membership in the Ga-Adangbe Association of Toronto is open to all Gas and Adangbes by birth and/or by marriage, who are 18 years or older. It is also open to all Ghanaian descendants who understand and are able to speak the Ga or Adangbe dialects.

Aims And Objectives

The aims and objectives of the Association are as follows:

To draw all Ga-Adangbes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) together to get to know each other better and support each other when the need arises.
To promote the culture and languages of the Ga-Adangbes in the Greater Toronto Area and maintain the links with their heritage.
To promote the Ga-Adangbe culture among our youth. To provide a voice for the Ga-Adangbes in the Ghanaian community in the Greater Toronto Area and in Canada at large.
To promote better understanding and good relation ships among all people of Ghanaian origin.
To enrich the multicultural Mosaic of Canadian Society.
To promote unity, peace and prosperity, to harness our collective resources, to perpetuate and promote our diverse and rich indigenous traditions and culture.

Cultural Festival

The main cultural festival of the association is called “Homowo”. This is celebrated annually in August (Civic Holiday Weekend). There are two parts of the festival:

The Homowo-on-the-park, which is celebrated in a park.
Homowo dinner dance celebration, normally held in September. This festival showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Ga-Adangbe people of Ghana. There is a presentation of many different performances, which includes traditional drumming and dancing.

There are also different varieties of cultural cuisine and clothes. This year’s Festival is scheduled to be held on August 6th, 2023.

Charity

The aims and objectives of the Association are as follows:

Ga-Adangbe awards $500.00 scholarship each to two (2) first-year university students, who meet the criteria set by the association.
The association also takes on some developmental projects, such as donating food items and money to some orphanages in Ghana each year.
As a member of the Ga-Adangbe International (GDI), GADAT pays dues to the master association, which in turn uses the money for some developmental projects on its own in Ghana.