Akan Asafo Companies: Enyan Abaasa in Perspective

There are a lot of Asafo companies among the Akans in Ghana one of which the Enyan Abaasa Asafo
Company is one. This article is in an in-depth study of history and philosophies of the Enyan Abaasa Asafo Company.
This was a qualitative study that employed the descriptive and narrative designs. Observation and interviews were used to
unravel the historical beliefs and philosophies of the Asafo groups. Random sampling technique was employed to sample
from the population to acquire a workable sample respondents for data collection. The study was conducted in Enyan
Abaasa Traditional Area. From the data, the philosophy of the Asafo Company is built on the oral tradition of the people
which is transmitted from one generation to the other. It concluded that the elders never allowed the youths in any way to
bring in new ideas and developments to the workings of the Asafo Company. The Asafo Company thus, gradually out
living its relevance. It was therefore recommended that activities of these Asafo companies should be included in the
school curriculum for easy transferability and preservation.