Traditional Architecture in Ghana

Akan Architecture at Edweso-Besease

Akan architecture is not only elaborate in terms of function and building technology. It also presents, as a reflection of the people and their spirit of independence, a variety of forms and design principles that encode expressive messages which continue to astonish foreign observers. Various symbols are used as base relief or plinths, banisters, and walls in Akan architecture.

There has been preserved, at Edweso-Besease in the Ashanti Region, some of the traditional Akan architecture.

Ewe Architecture


Architecture of Northern Ghana