Popularising Lesser-Known Community Mposuban in the ‘Emintsimadze’ of Borbor Mfantsefo

The study provides an inventory, oral historical records, philosophical stance and socio-cultural significance of lesser-known community Mposuban in the ‘Emintsimadze’ of Borbor Mfantsefo. Ghana’s rich cultural heritage and vibrant traditions are promoted and preserved through various artistic expressions, which include traditional community monuments. These monuments serve as an identity, historical record, and spiritual defensive armour. Such traditional monuments include Mposuban (plural for ‘Posuban’) among Mfantsefo. Unfortunately, Some Mposuban have not been given the deserved reverence. Even in the homeland of Mfantsefo, most indigenes are ignorant of the existence and socio-cultural significance of some community Mposuban there, hence accounting to lack of veneration; an act which has dire consequences on the community. This is because, Mposuban serves as the ‘soul’ of every Fantse town. The qualitative research employed ethnography and single case as research designs. Purposive snowball sampling technique was employed in selecting both the human and material population. Data was gathered from both primary and secondary sources through direct semi-structured interviews, direct observation, photographs, videos, field notes and library search. Seven lesser-known community Mposuban were identified in the township, but are further classified as four. Two out of the four are in the custody of the Mankessim traditional council; the remaining two are under Ekumfi and Yamoransa traditional council. Unlike the famous Kyirem No. 2 Posuban, these lesser-known Mposuban are mostly mounds with no sculptural human figures, have lower inventory, smaller, walled and marked with a tree. The study recommends stakeholders to aid in the popularization of these lesser-known Mposuban through electronic medium, public dissemination, mounting of signboards/direction signs at vantage points, and awareness creation during festive seasons and other cultural activities within the township.