EXPOSING THE FALLACIES IN THE KUSASIS’ ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF BAWKU.
I will be using references from J.K.G Syme’s book (1932) “The Kusasis-A Short History”, T.E Hilton’s book (1962) “Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, Vol.VI”, Captain R.S Rattray’s book (1932) “The Tribes of the Ashanti Hinterland” and the Mamprusis perspective. Before I continue, let me give you these three quotes by J.K.G Syme, Cpt. R.S Rattray and T.E Hilton which shows that the Bawku East area including the Bawku town weren’t founded by the Kusasis and certainly not Kusasi land. Syme in his book “The Kusasis-A Short History” wrote on page 13-14 thus “When we come to consider the Agolle half of the District (Bawku East) it gradually becomes evident that it is not Kusasi country at all. Certainly in the old days a few Gbingbinga–Kusasis spread over to Sinnebaga (which was founded by Mamprusis) from Zongoiri (which was also founded by the Mamprusis) and in the North round Bawku (also founded by the Mamprusis) there were some Kusasis who ha