By Emmanuel Glover|West Africa-Ghana

The Kabye(Cabrai,Kabre,kabiye) are Gur speaking Africans inhabiting areas in the North Central mountainous lands of Togo in West Africa.However,some related Kabye groups can also be found in regions around North Western side of Benin near the Togo border.They are mostly referred to as the Logba or Lugba people.The Kabye is the second most populous ethnic group in Togo.They are mostly known for agricultural activities..Some of popular crops cultivated by the Kable people are millets,yams and cotton.They are equally creative in clay pottery,traditional ceramics making and recycling of old tools through goldsmithing.This economic activity therefore provides them with basic farming tools such as hoes,entertainment tools such as castanets and gongs for announcements.They sometimes sell them to generate income.Clay pottery,ceramic making,cooking and trading are mostly popular among women of the kabye ethnic group while the men take on more complex tasks such as blacksmithing and building of round shaped huts.Traditional building is mostly done by men through the combination of clay which is sometimes mixed with bonville dung.A single family unit among the Kabye could consist of several huts joined together in a circle that enclose an inner courtyard.Their religious practices are linked to African traditional practices or the voodoo.Fetishes are mostly present at the entrance of the houses which mostly serve as a source of protection to the household.They also have a connection with their ancestral spirits through routine sacrifices.
Like many other African cultures the Kabye cultural also endorses initiation rites of passage for both males and females with one of the most important one been “Evala” which is a form of traditional and ritualist wrestling for boys which serves as a gradual initiation process into Manhood.This is done for 3 consecutive years.At 18 the boys are seen matured enough to engage in a traditional weekly wrestling competition mostly in July in the Northern City of Kara in Togo.Another festive ocassion where men are made to show their stregth is the Sinkaring or harvest festival.On the other hand the girls go through a single initiation ritual, the Akpéma.The clothes of the young maidens are taken off.They are then lined up wearing a traditional necklace and a belt of shells; they are led into the woods where they have to sit on a sacred rock to show that they are still virgins.Then they return to the village and conclude the ritual with a dance and merry making.

Source:De Afrikan Tower

The accused posted numerous nude photos online

Police have granted police enquiry bail to a university student for allegedly posting nude pictures and videos on social media platforms, and sex image extortion.

The suspect, Joseph Asante also known as, King Pluto, a level 100 student of the University(name withheld) was said to have posted more than 200 nude pictures and videos.

The Director of the Cyber Crime Unit and Child Protection Digital and Forensic Laboratory, Assistant Commissioner of Police(ACP) Gustav Herbert Yankson, disclosed these to the Ghanaian Times in Accra, yesterday.

He said during the post Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the country cases of publication of obscene picture,videos and extortion were on the increase.

ACP Yankson said in June,last year, 2020, the CyberCrime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department(CID), headquarters,realised that two channels on telegram (social media) by name hotstage and leaks, were publishing nude images.

He said the unit in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Centre embarked on further investigations to clamp down on the administrators of the platforms. Asante was arrested at his residence at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region.

ACP Yankson stated that apart from posting nude images on social media, Asante was involved in five cases of sex image extortion in which his channel facilitated the commission of the crimes.

He said other posting involving the advertisement of West African Examination Council(WAEC) papers were also discovered at the time of arrest.

ACP Yankson said all accomplices where being sought by the police, adding that suspect would be charged for offences of obscenity,child pornography, extortion and illegal possession, knowledge or use of examination papers.