Nzulezo is a village
located at the Western Region of Ghana near a village called Beyin at Jomoro
District. “Nzulezo“ In nzema language
means “surface water”. Nzulezo is named among the top tourist
attractions in Ghana. It was nominated
as UNESCO World Heritage site in the year of 2000.
Nzulezo was built over lake
Tadane and it of consists of stilt
supported structures integrated seamlessly with the water- dominated natural
land scope. Even the Nzulezo has been
known as the village built over water but its inhabitants are into farming,
while fishing is a secondary occupation. The community is one of Amasuri
Wetland, a ramsar site and the largest inland swamp forest in Ghana. The Wetland is a habitat for a variety
of aborial and aquatic animals like
monkeys, crocodiles, marine turtles and fishes.Nzulezo also represents an
outstanding interplay between man and environment.
The village was constructed
some five (500) hundred years ago by migrants from Walata, a city prehistoric
Ghana Empire which was the earliest of the Western Sudanese States. The stilt village has a total population of about
700 people. The people who live in the village have belief that Thursday is
sacred therefore, it is forbidden for
any activity throughout the day. The village can be reached only by canoe. The
community has a school and denominational churches.
Since the commencement of
tourism activities in the Amanzuri wetland in 2000, a number of infrastructural
developments have been carried out which have been designed for tourism. Due to
these developments, we have the Nzulezo village Amansuri Conservation and
integrated Development (ACID) project currently running under the auspices of
the Ghana Wildlife society and Ghana Tourism Authority.
By
Gabriella Blay
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