{"id":175817,"date":"2015-12-20T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T12:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=175817"},"modified":"2015-12-20T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T12:10:57","slug":"maiden-book-on-traditional-dagomba-marriage-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/maiden-book-on-traditional-dagomba-marriage-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Maiden book on traditional Dagomba marriage launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
A former Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Alhaji Iddrisu Adam Yoggu, has launched a book on customs of a Traditional Dagomba marriage.<\/p>\n
The forty-page book, according to the author, is to rekindle the cultural heritage of Dagombas in respect of customary marriage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe book will not only preserve the Dagomba customs about marriage but will guide the youth to make good decisions when they are choosing their life-long partners and in writing this book, I have not been influenced by any modern religion practiced by Dagombas.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Alhaji Iddrisu Adam Yoggu at the formal launch in Tamale said he developed the concept in 1985.<\/p>\n He bemoaned a shift away from Dagomba customs and called for a paradigm shift.<\/p>\n \u201cThis work could not have been published at a better time than now when our Dagomba customs and traditions are facing persecutions from uninformed Dagombas in the name of organized religions and modernity.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI consider this work as my modest contribution towards the preservation and protection of Dagomba customs in its purest form,\u201d Alhaji Yoggu remarked.<\/p>\n