Old Tafo

Old Tafo is the oldest town in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area in the Abuakwa North Municipality in the Eastern Region of south Ghana.[1] It is the home of the famous Ohum Festival, the only festival widely celebrated by the people of Akyem Abuakwa.It houses the Ohum dua, an over 500-year-old spiritual tree that does not wither; and the Ohum shrine where the mighty deity Agyempremu Kofi resides.Old Tafo shares border with New Tafo where the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) is located.[1] It also shares a border with Osiem, where the Memeneda Gyidi Church is located, founded by Opanin Samuel Brako.
Eastern RegionTime zoneAkyem AbuakwaOhum Festivalsecond cycle