The story about these tourist site started in 1827 when Nana Kwabena Panin, the Chief of Sesedom, a suburb of Boabeng was commissioned by Nana Damoah Kwaku, chief of Boabeng to give a portion of land to the people of Fiema who had then migrated from Kokofu in Ashanti and had traveled all the way to Nkoranza.
by then Nana Damoah Kwaku was the son of Nana Nkoranza manhen and he was ordered by his dad to give a portion of land for the people of Fiema to settle on but for security reason he gave a portion of the land very close to Boabeng to the people of Fiema for settlement and to engage in farming.
At that time there was a Fetish DAWORO he was surrounded by two Mona Monkeys “KWAKUO” and Black and White colobus monkeys “EFOO”. Nana Kwabena amoah brought the Fetish Daworo to the Village of Boabeng and the four Monkeys followed suit.
An oracle was consulted about the relationship between the fetish Daworo and the mysterious monkeys. The Oracle declared that the monkeys were the children of the fetish Daworo. The oracle also declared that the monkeys should not be killed or harmed because they were sacred.
In April, 1975 the Department of Game and Wildlife agreed to the peoples request and Mr. D.K Akowuah was appointed the Officer-in-Charge of Boabeng/Fiema monkey Sanctuary. He worked from April, 1975 to September, 1991. He then resigned and went back to Ghana Education Service.
The most fascinating thing is that when a Monkeys dies either through accident or naturally they given burial by the Fetish Priest of Daworo. A coffin is provided; the monkey will then be wrapped in a calico before it is put into the coffin for burial.
