63rd Independence Day in Kumasi: How Otumfuo arrived ( Photos)
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium for the 63rd Independence Day Celebration.
Followed by an entourage, he is spotted clad in a beautiful kente made with the colours of the Kingdom; green, yellow and black. He was followed by his wife, Julia Osei Tutu.
As a special guest for the historic occasion, the King of the Ashanti Kingdom arrived in his Rolls Royce.
Ghana today is celebrating a historic event, marking 63 years of self-rule by the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to have gained independence from colonial rule.
In attendance of the celebration are Special Guest, Dr. Keith Rowley, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
The 42,000-capacity Baba Yara Sports Stadium was filled to capacity as Kumasi, Ghana’s oldest and second-largest city is hosting the event for the first time in the country’s history.
The anniversary is being commemorated under the theme, “Consolidating our Gains”.
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Below are pictures from the event
