How The mmoa-Nni-Nko Festival came about

The " MMOA-NNI -NKO’ festival is being celebrated by the people of Offinso a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. When the first king Nana Dwamena Akenten died, he was being succeded by Nana Wiafe Akeneten. It was this king who chose land instead of gold and silverr among the booty which was cuptured in the 2nd Dormaa War when the same was being shared at Bechem.Nana Wiafe Akenten was sitting down quietly and unconcerned and when he was asked what he want, his repply was "MMOA-NNI-NKO" and when he was asked to explain it, he told them that it was "LAND" so Nana Osie Tutu the king of Ashanti told him to take any portion of land which had been conquered. As a result of the king’s achievement, the stool land of Offinso is very large and so the people of the above mentioned town celebrate this as festival to remember the king’s achievement. by Gloria Kwakye of Armed Forces Secondary Technical School,Kumasi-Ghana.