Ewe culture, arts, design

Late night eating is a no no advice from health experts due to complications that can result after. But has people heeded to this advice? It will surprise you that amidst all the shouting and education about late night eating, we find it difficult keeping this discipline. When you want to find out why, then it will be disclosed that many reasons are the causative factors why it is hard keeping this discipline. Quite a few times I have tried completing meals early enough but it working into the night kind of makes it hard maintaining such a discipline. All because after a hard day's work and strive, something must be ingested to generate some energy. It seems funny but it is the truth shared by many who find it hard to prevent late night eating. Akple also called in some cases as banku is an energy-giving food that contains carbohydrate as the major food nutrient. As a farmer, when you eat this food whether in the morning before setting out to farm or in the afternoon, you are assur...

In the local dialect of the Ewes, whose main food is akple , the leftover one is termed TSORKPLE . For some folks, eating leftover food like akple or banku is something they do not like to attempt. Wastage of food is abhorred everywhere in the world and it is not an exception here also.  In fact, there is a belief that wasting food can make a person lack food or become poor in the future and it is considered a natural law or occurrence. The reason being that you wasting it means you do not want it and it might end up vanishing from you. From experience, those who witnessed the nationwide famine some years ago are very strict when it comes to making sure that any food to be left overnight is well preserved to prevent spoilage.  An uncle once narrated their ordeal during this nationwide famine which has taught them many lessons. According to him, the parents used to put a stone in a pot with water and place it on fire without their knowledge. The kids are then told that food(be...

Akple with ground pepper with some local fried fish ready for intake. In this article you'll know: 1. What is akple? 2. Ingredients for preparing akple. 3. Ways of preparing akple. 4. Serving and eating banku. 5. The reason why people do not joke with akple. 6. Take away. Now you are about to know more about one of the African Ghanaian foods that has transcended borders because of its uniqueness in taste, energy provision and easy affordability. Let's Get Started 1. What is akple? Akple is a type of food that is prepared in Ghana and particularly among the tribe called EWE located in the Volta Region of Ghana. Talking about food, there are many types of foods in Ghana and among the Ewes but the favorite food of a typical Ewe or Anlo person is akple . What at all is so special about this food? Do not worry as you will be fed with information that answers all your questions about this type of food. 2. Ingredients for preparing akple corn powder corn dough cassava dough salt  wate...