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This is a copy of the map I made in order
to do a household survey of Obo. Compare this to the sketch
of the central neighbourhoods of Obo marking out the wedge shaped parcels
of land for the major matrilineages of the town.
The names above with two letter initials,
eg A.S. Asamenya, are census districts. Houses are marked with those
two letters followed by a number.
Other names on the map are local names.
Ohantrase,
for example, means under the sacred Ohantra tree, in the traditional political
and religious centre of Obo, outside the chief's palace. Sikafoambantem
literally means "the rich people came late." It refers to a new neighbourhood
(N.T.) where millionaires have built many extravagant mansions. Baseremu
means the place of Basel, where the Presbyterian church is, the land given
to the Basel Mission in the nineteenth century.
At the end of World War I, the British colonial officials took the congregation
away from the Swiss Pietists an gave it to the Church of Scotland.
They kept all the administrative functions, such as postal services, roads,
for themselves. Faith is an area also called Memenada Gyidi, Saturday
Faith, which was the name given to the Seventh Day Adventists.
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2008-03-28.