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abosomfie

Twi/Akan · Akan (Asante), Ashanti Region · Architecture

Shrine houses (sg. obosomfie). UNESCO describes the Asante shrine house as four buildings around a central courtyard, noting that because of the importance of the abosom such shrine houses were elaborately decorated.

The decorated abosomfie near Kumasi are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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