KUMASI

Kumasi is a very special place for those who know it. In this gentle almost crime-free city, traditional and modern worlds coexist in a context which still retains cultural values and development practices different from urban trends elsewhere. It has been, in turn, the capital of a great empire, a colonial administrative centre, and a centre for cocoa-growing, timber processing and entrepreneurship at all levels. While its role as Ghana's second city and the market centre for the north in unrivalled, its potential importance in the wider world lies in its rich and distinctive cultural heritage and the ingenuity of its craftsmen and light engineering artisans.