Nana Kumi Festival (Maryland)

Nana Kumi is an ancient war deity from Aburi-Nsaba, Ghana, West Africa. Nana Kumi gives great strength and fortitude. His shrine laid dormant for hundreds of years in the old town called Nsaba. His shrine was found in 1972 by Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu I, while walking thru the town. Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu told the people that there was something under a tree stump that he wanted. Overgrown by bush, the people told him that there was nothing there but Nana persisted, they dug deep into the ground and found Nana Kumi’s shrine. This happened on the third Thursday in August 1972.