Cofie Edwin Matey is my name. I come from the republic of Ghana. Ghana is a country,
which was called "Gold Coast of West
Africa". It was colonize by the British
and gained indipendence on 6th. March, 1957.
I was born in a reputable town called Krobo
Odumase the seat of the paramount chief of
the Krobos, in the south eastern part of
Ghana.
When I first came to Japan, I was always
asked by many Japanese, "where do you
come from? "If I replied them "I
come from Ghana", then they asked me, "May I ask you, Ghana is
America?" Or "May I ask you, Ghana
is Chocolate?"
From such uncountable questions asked by
many Japanese people, I deduced that almost
all-Japanese people do not know things about
Ghana. What they know is that Ghana is abundant
in natural resources such as gold, diamond,
lumber, cocoa, bauxite, manganese, etc. as
well as cash crops for exprots.
Specifically, I want Japanese to know that
Ghana is rich in friendship and in diversity
of cultural as well as in beautiful nature
and beautiful cloudless sky. For this reason,
I have established Afrikico Company Limited,
aiming at sending the best Ghanaian handicrafts
and culture to my Japanese friends
Afrikico means, "Listen To Africa"
In addition, my dreams is to support
Ghanaian/African
art and craft manufacturers, both men
and
women, so that they may be able to
become
independent economically and improve
their
social status. I would like to contribute
to their improvement of life by importing/selling
products made by crafts men and women
in
the whole land of Africa including
Ghana.
I am now personally collecting African artistic
handicrafts. This is because people in Japan
will be fascinated by the old one, new one,
power, beauty, magic and craftmanship of
those African Handicrafts. In my company,
Afrikico Company Limited, I by myself lay
special importance on quality and the cultural
originality and assort various kinds of goods
that I select carefully. The said goods include
the following: Ashante and Ewe Kente Textiles/Fabrics,
Bolgatanga Baskets, Krobo Beads from Krobo
Odumase where I was born, Musical instruments,
Metal and wooden sculptures (antique and
new), Mask Furniture etc. those goods are
introduced in our Home Page, too.
If you are seeking for any kind of goods
that are not mentioned in the Home Page,
please do not hesitate to let me know by
the use of E-mail: info@afrikico.co.jp
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