Outrage greeted the news of Chinese man, Sun Qiang, been enstooled as a development chief (Nkosuohene) of Kwahu-Abetifi, in Ghana.
Per custom, Sun Qiang, following his enstoolment, was given a traditional stool name — Barima Kofi Ayeboafo. The name Ayeboafo in Ghana literally means “one who has done something to benefit others”.
A grand durbar was held at the Kwawu-Abetifi Palace on Saturday to officially unveil Sun Qiang as the newly enstooled Nkosuohene of the traditional area.
But most Ghanaians expressed their disdain towards the Chiefs and people of Kwahu Abetifi for enstooling a Chinese man as Chief at their area.
Here is a sample of ho some reacted:
King Solo: “All is part of the new world order, HMMMM”
Agyekum Richmond Angelo: “Because of galamsey Chinese man is now Kontihene..ah well we move”
Justice Kofi Yeboah: “Nothing is wrong about it wae at my hometown our chief established the same chief in 2002 but White man built estate for us with cheap money to bought house”
Nana Toku: “This country de3 gymiee is in every corner!”
Oppong Eric: “When are Ghanaians going to change their minds about this foolishness do we blacks have chief in China, gimiiii saaaaa Ghana”
Hanny Obaapa Akomeah: “Hmmmmm I felt sad seeing that as a Kwahu??”
The title Nkosuohene is often given to non-royals, who could be politicians or tourists engaged in development.
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The Nkosuohene title was created in 1985 by the late Asantehene, Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, “as a catalyst for development in Kumase [capital of Ghana’s Ashanti Region] and beyond,” according to George M. Bob-Milliar in the academic paper, Chieftaincy, Diaspora, and Development: The Institution of Nkosuohene in Ghana.
Basically, this is not the first time a foreigner has been given such a title, however, the selection of a Chinese man still comes with mixed feelings for several people as the Chinese have been accused of slowly taking over the continent.
