Ever wondered what gods and ancestors eat for supper? Yeah you read that right, "eat for supper"... This is Africa, where gods and ancestors have delicacies and and the throat of our ancestors and gods gets wet with fine wine at gatherings. This is Africa, a land full of untold stories of days past where gods feasted with men and ancestors were their source of wisdom. This is Africa...where everything is possible.

So let's take a stroll; allow me show you the mysteries of The Land...

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Once every year, the gods and ancestors of the Ga tribe in Ghana, come out to feast and dine to the celebration of a very significant festival called 'HOMOWO', meaning: "To hoot at hunger." The Ga tribe celebrate this festival to mark the end of a terrible famine which was caused by the lack of rains some many years back. At the beginning of the festival, maize is planted and a ban is placed on excessive noise making. Excessive noise is believed to stunt the growth of the maize; so to ensure a very good harvest, a ban is placed on noise making.

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When the maize is finally harvested, the celebrations begin. The harvested maize is used to prepare kpokpoi/kpepkle (cornmeal and palm nut soup) for the celebration of the festival.

This is how the meal is prepared:

• The palm nuts are cooked and pounded to separate the flesh from the kernel. Hot water is added to the pounded palm nut to get all the palm goodness out of it. It is then sieved and cooked into a soup.

• Then on a medium heat, place a bowl and pour your cornmeal in it.
  Add a little water to get it a little wet and continue stirring.
  Gradually add the palm oil or the palm soup to the cornmeal till it becomes reddish.
  Add some salt, fish, onion and some herbs and stir.
  After a few minutes, your Kpokpoi/Kpekple is done