Oguaa · Cape Coast
Ghana's cradle of education, a seat of history and the home of the Oguaa Traditional Area.
Cape Coast — known traditionally as Oguaa — is the capital of Ghana's Central Region and one of the most historically significant cities in West Africa. Once the capital of the Gold Coast, it is home to Cape Coast Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and stands at the heart of Ghana's story of heritage, resilience and learning.
Cape Coast is celebrated as the cradle of formal education in Ghana. It hosts some of the nation's most storied schools — among them Mfantsipim, Wesley Girls', Adisadel, St. Augustine's, Holy Child and Ghana National — and the University of Cape Coast, one of Africa's leading universities. The city's classrooms have produced presidents, jurists, scholars and captains of industry.
The city is the seat of the Oguaa Traditional Area, under the authority of the Omanhen, Osabarimba (Dr) Kwesi Atta II, and the Oguaa Traditional Council at the Emintsimadze Palace — the venue of the Osabarimba Royal Awards. The Traditional Area is famed for the annual Fetu Afahye festival, held on the first Saturday of September, when the asafo companies, chiefs and people of Oguaa fill the streets in a spectacular celebration of purification, thanksgiving and unity.
From the fishing harbour and Kotokuraba Market to the castles, beaches and nearby Kakum National Park, Cape Coast draws visitors from across the world. Its people — teachers and traders, fishermen and physicians, artists and entrepreneurs — are the reason the Osabarimba Royal Awards exist: to honour those working, each in their own way, to make Cape Coast great again.
Nominations · 7th Edition
The 7th Osabarimba Royal Awards hold on Saturday, 23rd January 2027 at the Oguaa Emintsimadze Palace. Download the nomination form and tell us who deserves to be honoured.
Completed forms may be dropped at the Emintsimadze Palace or emailed to info@osabarimbaroyalawards.com.