GOING TO MY DAD'S VILLAGE IN GHANA | ASHANTI REGION | traditional greetings, pouring libation

Visiting my dads village for the first time in many years was an incredible experience! Myself, husband and kids went with my cousins, aunties and uncles to visit my family village where my dad was born and my grandparents are from.
Apologies for the terrible filming I was holding my daughter and also trying to take in the moment rather than focusing on filming which is why I haven't realised it till now. Many people asked to see this video though which is why I have finally put it out months after filming.
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Interviewing my dad - • MEET MY GHANAIAN DAD |...
Part 1 of our trip to Kumasi - • KUMASI WITH MY FAMILY ...
Meet my aunties - • MEET MY GHANAIAN AUNTI...
Meet my cousins - • GROWING UP GHANAIAN AM...
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[@Dennhunt1]

I got emotional! I studied at KNUST in 1982 and spent so much time in villages surrounding Kumasi doing research on traditional adinkra symbols. The Ashanti have an incredible respect for the traditions. There is love and honor for the spoken word. People find their strength in their families and their ancestors. This was a beautiful video. 🙏🏼❤️

[@osagucc5900]

Wow I wasn't even born . I attended KNUST SHS

[@Dennhunt1]

@@osagucc5900 It will be 40 years in January since I first went to Ghana to study at KNUST. I’ve been going back every summer since then and now I’m moving back to settle for my retirement. I can’t wait.

[@kwameasimah]

@@Dennhunt1 wow congratulations

[@Keesha]

FACTS

[@powerfullaudmarcus2455]

@Dennis H connect with me so we can digress on my completed project "Adinkra Symbolism In African Rural Education & Edification".

[@Kayzef2003]

Africa has a strong sense of community.

[@igweogba6774]

This is what never ceases to amaze me about Africa. Instead of simply saying "Yo whatsup" and getting on with it, we go into long introductory speeches with proverbs and drinks.

[@RoyaIboy]

The love you have for Ghana is very immense, consequently, you're making us all fall in love with Ghana, even though most of us aren't from there. Bravo, Vanessa!!!

[@markthompson8656]

Thank you Vanessa very much for this Video. The next time I go back to Ghana my wife will take me to her Parents Village, Techiman. She has already told me I should buy the Family elder a cow. He is her Uncle. Her father and mother and grandparents are already with GOD. Her older brother is in Germany.

[@TheKofinyarko]

Techiman holds the same culture

[@Ghanadiaries]

But Techiman isn't a village thou😂😂😂, tell your wife a goat is ok. She will come and beat me paaa😆😆😆😆

[@winnienabukenya34]

@@Ghanadiaries my boyfriend is from kintampo and I'm from Uganda I never visited Ghana but soon I will

[@werun.1674]

So sacrosanct is the African tradition of libation, of reconnecting with long gone ancestors so important that is performed in most regions of Africa. This was such an elaborate welcoming ceremony yet simple. Very nice to see.

[@howardcash8301]

Vanessa! Your family's traditional customs are AWESOMELY WONDERFUL! Yeah!

[@franciskabiawu]

Love ❤️ this video. Always inspiring to see videos like this that show ancestry and tradition. Keep up the great content Vanessa 👍🏾 🇬🇭

[@yoyodebaby9017]

Really enjoyed this one because as an Akan we are cousins and we follow the same tradition and the language are very similar! May the ancestors bless you!

[@jordyjakequeen8404]

I have really enjoyed this vid the sense of history is so powerful thank you for sharing

[@adwoaangela4075]

Proud Ashanti 🇬🇭🇬🇭 You’ve been missed Nessa 🥺🥺🥺

[@elisobais]

My paternal grandfather is from the next village after Behenase. I visited a few times in my childhood. The chief of Behenase is my friend.

[@ewiase]

If my memory serves me right, Behenase was formerly called Boni. From Anwiankwanta, you go to Behenase and from there, you go to Huntado or Krofofrom and then to Poano.

[@elisobais]

@@ewiase From Behenase, you go to a small village called Kokobriko, then to Nnuaso, then Apinkra. Not sure of the villages after Apinkra. Lololol. It’s been sooooo long since I went to that area. Been in the US for about 15 years now and the last time I went to that area was right before I graduated High School..

[@adminbentley5752]

You did good, you are one of the few people who goes deep into ancestry

[@danskey2001]

This tradition this more beautiful and some branded it as evil or backward. I love it when libation are pour and they called the names of our forefathers and ask of blessings and protection

[@mbusoguma5504]

Very interesting seeing that. Even in the south of Africa, greetings and introductions have always been elaborate and involved. It harken back to a period when time was plentiful. So sad to see it disappear... Good show, Van👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@spoilingbedsheets]

Waow so it's an African thing it's so sad how some of how people have abandoned their tradition and embrace whites ideology

[@kofijomoa9778]

Time was plentiful....

[@goldlenz1375]

That is deep culture - I have been to China and Japan but I think this way is older ...very formal.

[@ReclaimedRoots]

This is so beautiful. Your respect for tradition and your ancestry is honourable. There's so much power in knowing and respecting your roots!! Thanks for sharing. ✊🏾

[@Kof_Believer]

That is nice of you for taking this trip. Your dad will be proud of you. Great job.

[@angelapinnock3793]

Thank you for deciding to share this with us Vanessa.🤗🙏 This was very special and makes me want even more, to learn more about my family even though I also know that some of it wasn't pleasant 💖

[@sankofanyame]

something ancient, nostalgic and familar about dis as a child of africa born abroad. (in U.S.) it's beautiful to see our traditions, so strong and powerful. love our african culture 💪🏿🌍🇬🇭

[@ewiase]

Thanks a million for the memories. I've put it on my to-do list, to visit the next time I go to Bekwai. I worked with Ashanti Cocoa Project in the 1970s and 1980s in Poano. I still have colleagues there.

[@TheKofinyarko]

Adanse awaits

[@ewiase]

@@TheKofinyarko I travel through Adansi, almost always to go to Bekwai, from Accra.

[@TheKofinyarko]

@@ewiase My wife's roots are from there

[@TheRealAfricanist]

Just left Ghana last week and had the blessing to visit an Asante village in Kumasi! A great experience❤🖤💚

[@SuperRadolfo]

Good to see you show real Africa and our traditional ways, enjoyable content

[@asantewaa391]

Well done Vanessa, for visiting your ancestral village. Maybe you and your cousins could adopt the school, and try and give them school supplies: pens, pencils, notebooks, colouring pens, and pencils, etc etc.

[@majidagadu5958]

Well done venessa for searching for your route and showing us this interesting video🙌💛💛💛💛🇬🇭🇬🇧

[@FamilyByNature]

This is special and deep! Thanks for sharing with us, Vanessa!

[@kwadwosenya469]

Very profound. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@JB4C89]

This is great Vanessa, thank you.

[@znmadziv]

Vanessa now I see why you have so much success in what you do. You seem to embrace your family and cultural background in how you present your videos. A lot of us miss that foundation in our lives because migration. This videos was a hit can tell you that. Thanks for sharing.

[@evangelistbrighttv1403]

Proud of you finding your background and family

[@wofakwapra]

Thank you so much, you make me proud to be Ashanti.

[@ForeverFashion2111]

I love the Ghanaian culture 😻❤️❤️

[@ndjgandy]

Hello Vanessa. This video was amazingly beautiful and touching. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@regisbekale2333]

Thank you Vanessa for sharing these deeply African traditions with us. Hopefully you enjoyed being with your family members.

[@johnaxe4real]

This is so deep. Thank you, Kannbi

[@joanakrieger9635]

Thank you Vanessa. I’m landing in Ghana today and going to my village after some days in Accra. Thank you for your vlogs, it helped a lot while preparing to come to Ghana.😘

[@udomboonseri4796]

love love this EP. calling tear to my eye

[@devorahstree671]

I had no idea Ghanaian culture was so formal. This was wonderful Vanessa! But I was burning up watching y'all sit outside in that heat! 😄

[@Uncommonconversation7220]

I cried watching tradition on display. Vanessa has a special way of delivering her messages to her audience. Keep it up.

[@jasonMB999]

How did she deliver?

[@yaadapaah887]

Wow u reminded me of my parents village. Libation pouring is very important. Again libation pouring is very important. People take note. Thats how u communicate .

[@kwameasimah]

Hahaha “Abusuapanyin dia” I like that question. Very important 😆

[@TheKofinyarko]

Hahaha, 3y3 as3m ooo

[@kwameasimah]

@@TheKofinyarko I can relate paaa

[@cheendo7400]

The linguists didn’t want any confusion after the visit, so he settle that part in the hearing of All present.😂

[@TheKofinyarko]

@@cheendo7400 you know it's gonna kick off once Vanessa's party leave town

[@cheendo7400]

@@TheKofinyarko My brother I do total war😂 the Okyeame ( linguist ) is very smart and intelligent.😂

[@sapeca2]

Definitely gives a sense of why we as Africans in the diaspora are big on greetings and put off by those (police) who invade our personal space without appropriately greeting us, thereby disrespecting us.

[@trainmoo]

Very good point

[@Deborahh1996]

This was great!!

[@georgetitus-glover6228]

Hey Vanessa, this is absolutely beautiful n priceless! Well done!

[@mixedheritagepress]

This is so interesting. I witnessed a few of those family gatherings. They are warm but official at the same time... The traditional protocol when family members interact is very interesting. It feels like going back in time... Great video. :)

[@laviniaarshid8789]

A very beautiful video. Family, community and traditions together as one.

[@williammanful6403]

Powerful video. Surely one of your best

[@Nogo844]

Thank you. Very interesting. Very old culture. Respectfully.

[@eileenwatt8283]

We use to be that way in the Caribbean but it's lost now.

[@richerthaniam9067]

We are not Africans.

[@myAfricanAffairs]

@@richerthaniam9067 you and who? Speak for yourself.

[@VernettaRFreeney]

Camera didn't bother me. Lovely to see this tradition. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@78vette11]

Thank you for sharing🙏🏽

[@sherreefoxworth7826]

I really appreciate you giving us this personal look into your ancestral village. Being able to trace your ancestry and know exactly where you come from is so important. These traditions you will keep with you and never to be forgotten. I enjoyed the formal greetings, gift offerings, pouring libations as a blessing, and visiting the grave marking of your great grandparents. Peace and blessings to you and your family.

[@niiamu3300]

Beautiful video and tradition. I have learnt a lot. Thank you!

[@jacksolena7018]

That was very informative. God bless you and your family

[@beatriceowusuachaw6210]

Your family introduction was nice and beautiful

[@beatriceowusuachaw6210]

The whole thing was, nice and gorgeous

[@bonitakay1497]

DEEP CULTURE: BEAUTIFUL!!

[@IvyProsper]

You're blessed your family let you film them. Most of my family doesn't want to be filmed and shared online.

[@louisepower7305]

I loved watching this video Vanessa xxx

[@Yahmeen90]

You are very very fortunate to be able to behold such experiences, for the children and yourself. It would be a blessing beyond anything I could ever pray for , if i could bring my son's back home to meet some family members and just to have that connection with long lost and recently found relatives.

[@ingoditrust7366]

Congratulations Vanessa ! Your video is great . We as diasporians have come a long way . Good job. 😀

[@TedVeroTV]

So wonderful meeting your family. I miss being back home.

[@cathyjohnson2227]

Loved seeing the traditions and your family

[@mamag6079]

Eeeeeeeeee Vanessa this is nice, this Sakofa, I am proud of you.

[@hashtagfinance]

That was ANAZING! I literally cried! I want to find my peoples in Ghana!!!

[@stellasinyangwe5477]

Vanessa is really a dad's girl. I am sure your dad is so proud of you. You are a legend and proud of who you are. So proud of you indeed.

[@kwametwumasi8073]

That was beautiful and demonstrates the strength of the Ashanti traditions. Loved it!

[@ericmensah3038]

Vanessa, yoo meda se....getting well with your Twi paa...😆😆👍.

[@JamesBond-44]

As always Vanessa, Very nice and humbling for the way you Embraising the African part of you. I LOVE THAT. Wish my two dauthers were the same. Keep up the good work. Hope your husband and the kids likes it there in Ghana

[@lameckwendo194]

Am your new subscriber from Kenya 🇰🇪, watching from Asia, i already love your inspiring educative videos, the rich African tradition and culture will never Expire

[@spoilingbedsheets]

This is beautiful

[@akwasimensabonsu2899]

I love this video

[@cory_aqua]

Nice post!

[@donslim7586]

I love traditional our culture is pure God bless our motherland Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭✊

[@christopherkojo1125]

Vanessa this is so beautiful

[@melissaforson4180]

I love u Soo so so much for keeping up the tradition

[@ugandabiker1932]

Home sweet home where everything starts and ends Africa what a lovely journey

[@euniceagyei1464]

Hi Vanessa. I live in Canada. After watching your previous video where you were interviewing your dad, I had to show that video to my dad after hearing him mentioned where he was born. My dad immediately was able to tell which family your from and so on after listening to your dad. And to see this video now am even more happy because even though I didn’t live in that village i always visited anytime I travelled to Ghana and I was able to remember some faces from the video especially the man who did the introduction and received the items. Anyways my mom’s family also live in one side of the road and my dad’s family live on the other side as well. My father (dad’s brother Nana Asante) is the current chief of the village and my grandmothers names are Nana Yaa Ampofowaa. (Mum’s mother) and Nana Baabo (dad’s mum) who just passed. Mention these names to your dad and am sure he may know my family. Forgive me am just too excited seeing my hometown on KZbin. Cheers

[@VanessaKanbi]

🥰 so amazing! I will send my dad this message xx

[@richardtitus-glover8951]

Eternally grateful for sharing our deep held traditions and customs to the world. You’re now officially connected to your ancestral home- something powerful than paying for ancestral test.

[@completewoman7844]

Culture, traditions and plenty of values& memories I love us, stay great

[@georgetutu8102]

I like the video and the way the family welcome you.

[@AS-yg5dt]

Thanks for sharing Vanessa 👍🏾

[@kofijomoa9778]

This is so powerful. 💖

[@mercyfrost9869]

Welldone beautiful vannesa,,we are all proud of you...You have done very well to go to your anccesstral hometown...I mean your village... What you have done,,,Goodness ,,mercies ,properity and Blessings shall follow you all the days of your life..You have now known all of your own.Pls try and learn the twi..ashanti language so as to understand the famy and all.,They have lessed you and your generations to come.

[@mmigash4real742]

This is our way of life....traditions and culture

[@tkautzor]

I spent some time as a kid in Santasi in 1988/89, at the time it was a village just south of Kumasi on the road to Behenase and Bekwai. I remember visiting Bekwai and Obuasi at the time. I went back in 2006 or 2008, by which time Santasi was part of Kumasi City.

[@liveonalongusty2967]

AWWW I ❤ TO SEE MOMENTS & THINGS LIKE THIS. VERY TOUCHY 🌐🙏🙏💕👌

[@mzbround]

I know this feeling..... Goosebumps

[@albertspotivilus3607]

great video. thank you

[@NanaKNOwusu]

You are from the Amansie District. My village is further down the road.

[@elizabethsmith3527]

OMG Vanessa, I am so proud of you for showing this side of Ghana and it's tradition. It's very important to show the young ones what keeps Ghana strong. The elders keeps the traditions going so we don't forgot. I always love sitting down with my grandma and learn the past. Thank you so much for sharing your family with us. God bless you!

[@FunkyBazaare]

Fabulous! We Ashantis don't scrimp on ceremonies.

[@ghanafirst1744]

Wow beautiful ashanti's girl 👧...

[@ylstaggs]

This is a awesome blessing in Africa, I wish the US was like this, but it’s not!❤️

[@akuffobabes]

Deep Culture. Your videos are inspiring.

[@SFXFF]

I went to a village like this in that region and loved it.

[@alexboatengboatengb6923]

You have identified your tribe as an ashanti lady, what is your clan name ? Ask the abusuapanin, the head of the family love that. It good to know where u comes from♥️♥️♥️.

[@kwamenacann9857]

Welcome HOME , I have been expecting to be in BONE all these while.

[@dondagastino1375]

Beautiful

[@evangelistbrighttv1403]

Nice one