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Wulomei

Ga · Ga, Greater Accra · Spiritual

Wulomei is the plural of wulɔmɔ, the Ga traditional priest. Zimmermann (1858) gives the forms wolɔmɔ, plural wolɔmei, explaining the word as literally 'person of the deity', a class of priests who serve and 'sleep with' the deity, and equates wulɔmɔ with 'highest priest'.

The wulomei led the rites at the shrine.

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