Wa
Courtyards, craft and community architecture
The region sits at Ghana's far northwest.
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Upper West.
Real places in this region, photographed by the people who were there. Every photo is credited. Tap one to see it large. Got a better one? Share it.
Photo credits & licences
- Wa Naa's Palace, Upper West Region. Isaac Gyamfi Assumend · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The pinnacles of Wa Naa's Palace. DeanClericuzio · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Wa Naa's traditional home. Moiko Happy · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wa from the mosque tower. Francis Irving Francis Irving · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wa market. Rogier Want · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Outside a home in Wa. Isaac Gyamfi Assumeng · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fire-blackened pots made in the Upper West. Alhassan Mohammed Awal · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A hippo in the Black Volta at Wechiau. Kradolferp · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Gwollu defence wall. Sir Amugi · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Xylophone players at a funeral in Nandom. Just Arts · CC BY-SA 4.0
Worth the trip.
Places in this region people keep coming back to. Not a ranking — a starting point.
Isaac Gyamfi Assumend · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kradolferp · CC BY-SA 4.0Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary
Hippos on the Black Volta, run by the communities along it.
Sir Amugi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Just Arts · CC BY-SA 4.0
Festivals in
Upper West.
Festivals and cultural events kept here, in calendar order. Many dates move from year to year, so each festival’s page has what we know about when.
- Jan–Feb
Paragbiele
Tumu’s harvest thanksgiving, with farm produce on show, a durbar of chiefs, drumming and dance.
Late January into FebruaryTumu
- Sep–Oct
Kobine
Lawra’s harvest festival, famous for its dance competition to kuor drums and ankle bells.
September or October, over four daysLawra
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