Title: Ghanaian passions
Image Number: APN291880
Media Id: 1_453
Path:
african.pictures /
Twenty Ten /
Adolphus Opara
Description: Supporters at the FIFA World Cup Qualifier between Africa's power house, Ghana, and Sudan at the Accra National Stadium in Ghana on September 6, 2009. Ghana won 2-0.. The city was full of celebration that weekend because of the Fetu Afahye festival on September 5, 2009. The festival is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of September. . Fetu Afahye is celebrated by the people of Oguaa, or Cape Coast Traditional Area, in the Central Region of Ghana. It is named after the seventeenth century Fetu, or Effutu, kingdom, which is located 19km inland from Cape Coast. . The festival is very colourful, and features drumming, dancing and the firing of guns. There is also a display of traditional priests and priestesses which attracts a large crowd of both locals and tourists.
Collections: Twenty Ten
Subcollections:
Adolphus Opara
Country: Ghana
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 3100 x 2067
Credit: Adolphus Opara / Twenty Ten / african.pictures
Keywords:
Festival,
African,
Ghana,
Cape coast,
World cup 2010 qualifier,
Areal shot,
Jubilation,
young men,
Crowd,
Wide angle shot,
Colour,
Horizontal,
Pride,
passion,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No