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Charley Asafotu Dey Come!
The Asafotufiam Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Ada in the Dangbe East of the Greater Accra region of Ghana.
The festival is celebrated in the first week of August every year.
Etymology
The word ‘Asafotufiam’ comes from the word ‘Asafotufiami’ which in Dangme means ‘Divisional Firing of Musketry’. The name "Asafo-tu-fiam" consists of three word name components
"Asafotufia" or "Asafotufiam" translates literally as, "The ordained Osa spiritual doctrine practitioners gun shooting