Ghanaian cultural festivals — many involve dancing — reinforce tradition and ties to land and community.  If you happen to be in Ghana and you get a chance, join in and dance. The Homowo Festival — it translates roughly to “hunger hoot” — remembers a great famine that once affected the Kwa people. Crops are planted in May before the rainy season, with drumming and noise banned so farmers can concentrate on growing food. The festival culminates in August with massive amounts of feasting in an official “hoot to hunger.” In Accra, this popular festival is part of the urban mainstream.

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