When the broth of a dog’s head has ushered and established generational peace between the Dagaabas and Frafras in the Upper West and Upper East regions of Ghana, then there is much for Ghanaians to learn from it as the country heads for the polls in December this year.
It won’t be a surprise for questioners to ask if any valuable thing could come out of a story surrounding dog meat and its connection with these two major ethnic groups. Even the awesome attributes and origin of the savior Jesus Christ, whom Christians deem the most important divine gift to the world, stirred skeptics to question whether something good could ever come from Nazareth, his birthplace.
But the latter’s strides in human history offers a reason to always discard stereotyped views and re-examine unclear subjects, or issues by according them attention in order to realize their essence and best offerings to society.
People of the Dagaaba and Frafra stocks are playmates who do not compromise on their relations. The story of the bond between the two tribes centres on a myth about two brothers who suffered the pangs of famine and had to sojourn for food with their treasured pet, the dog.
The account has it that at a point of severe hunger, the two decided to sacrifice their pet for a meal; but, disagreed on the method of preparing it: either to roast it or cook it with broth that could take them days to live on.
Although the impasse caused the two brothers’ parting, their descendants have refused to be captives of their past. They have become refined products of their experience. By recognizing peace as the panacea to their past misery, the sting of disagreement that ruined the relations of their grandpas, which would have continued to enjoy paramouncy in their midst, had been exorcised.
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