THE REVEALED MYTHS ABOUT TROKOSI SLAVERY
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
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The traditional religion of the Ewe/Adangme is similar to that of most African people. It's ontology posits a hierarchy of being. Traditionally, this hierarchy is headed by the Supreme Being called, Mawu who is the creator of the universe. There are however hardly any priests or cults of Mawu. Rather, it is believed that He created lesser divinities to serve as intermediaries between Him and humans. These divinities have powers to mediate the needs of humans and are at the centre of priesthood and cults. Some of the cults are associated (not necessarily identified). These gods practice Trokosi. Whatever their designation, either as slaves or wives, these maiden suffer various forms of abuse and the entire practice poses various problems regarding the human and legal rights of the maiden. The priest's role as husbands by proxy, i.e. the enforced concubinage of the girls, the nature of corporate justice that enables the practice, the place of obsolete customs in the modern state and Christian witness within the context of such an institution.
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A song has this phrase: " Love is flowing like a river flowing out from you and me spreading out into the desert, setting all the captives free. Yes, the captives are those who don't know who they are, those who don't know they are God's children." Peace Pilgrim 25,000 miles on foot for peace.
This book is about modernizing and eliminating a ritual servitude and dehumanizing practice known as "TROKOSI". The Trokosi system is one of the most ancient practices still found among Ewes in Ghana, Togo and Dahomey in West Africa. Shrouded in mystery, its origin can be traced to the practice of paying deities for services rendered. A trokosi, is a vestal virgin, yet to experience menarche, and who is given to a deity to atone for sins or offences committed by a relative. Some citizens of the world live in subjection to others and most of them would work their entire lives to repay a debt the y never personally incurred. This book is educating the practitioners and communities on the human rights abuses of the victims and mobilizing the regional and international community on the eradicating of the practice, raise support to invest and empower the priest and communities to embrace an economic industry as an alternative income.
This book also congratulate Barrack Obama, the first African-American President first ever visit to Ghana on the 11th July, 2009 with the slogan, "YES WE CAN".
About the Author
Stephen Awudi Gadri won the title conferred on him as Honorary Research Board of Advisor 2000 by American Biographical Institute, Oakland, USA. Awudi Gadri is a native of Mafi Tongu Central in the Volta Region of Ghana. His community Tongu, constitute the chiefdoms along the banks of the Lower stretches of the Volta Region, one of the world’s most largest man – made lake before it enters the sea at Ada. Awudi Gadri is the founding President of Trokosi Abolition Fellowship International established and incorporated on 22nd June, 1999 as a non- profit non-governmental organization where he works with individuals, communities, companies, religious bodies, cultural groups, government institutions and Non-Profit Organizations to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development goals dedicated to research, advocacy, community development, injustice, chronic poverty, peace, conflict resolution management and publication. Over the years, through his research, advocacy, publication, negotiation, liberation and empowerment over 2000 Trokosi gained freedom and re-integration into the society. First he made several presentations locally and internationally, and offer consultancy services to researchers. He has recently graduated in EmPeace LABS (Empowerment for Peace through Leadership in Agribusiness and Sustainability, Eradicating Poverty in Rural Communities at Jalgaon, India.