Kulunguguis a small town in theUpper East Regionof Ghana and a minor entry point at the border ofBurkina Fasoand thePusiga Districtof Ghana.[1]
Kulungugu | |
|---|---|
Peri-urban area | |
  Kulungugu Location in Ghana | |
| Coordinates:11°08′50″N0°12′35″W/ 11.14722°N 0.20972°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Upper East Region |
| District | Pusiga District |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Kulungugu takes its name from theBissaLanguage. The founder of Kulungungu was a Bissa man who became the first chief of the town. He and his family were the first people to settle in the area. There was a crooked Shea nut tree not too far from where he built his house. Relatives and friends from elsewhere who would look for him, were told "to look out for the crooked Shea nut tree; once you see that tree, you will surely find his house, because his house is not far from there"
In Bissa, Shea nut is "kur" while the word Crooked is translated as "gunghu". Thus, "crooked Shea nut tree" in Bissa, is translated as "kur gunghu".
As more and more people came to settle with him and around him, they were referred to as the people at or near or around the kur gunghu. They themselves started calling themselves "kur gunghu people"
The settlement grew with the years and he was made chief of the kur gunghu people.
Government and other Institutions got interested in kur gunghu as it grew rapidly; but since they were unable to say kur gunghu, they corrupted it to Kulungungu.
The tree is no longer there, but people can point at the exact location back in the town.
Kulungugu is noted as the site of the 1962Kulungugu bomb attack,a failed attempt to assassinate Ghana's first president, Dr.Kwame Nkrumah.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^"Kulungugu Bombsite | DearGhana".Retrieved2015-06-02.
- ^"Nkrumah Wept By My bedside – Kulungugu bombing victim – Daily Guide Ghana".www.dailyguideghana.com.2015-04-16. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-06-30.Retrieved2015-06-02.
- ^Sarpong, Justice (2014-02-12)."Who Actually Tried To Kill Nkrumah At Kulungugu?".www.ghanaweb.com.Retrieved2015-06-02.
- ^"August 1, 1962: Nkrumah is injured by an attempt on his life from a bomb in Kulungugu".Edward A. Ulzen Memorial Foundation.Retrieved2020-08-10.[permanent dead link]