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| Trying out a selfie. Didn't work out well. :-) |
Duasidan is a community in the Dormaa District of the Brong Ahafo Region in Ghana. It is approximately 10Km along the western end of the Dormaa-Gonokrom Road. Do keep an eye out for the Customs check point. The road to the community is immediately after it (on the left).
The sanctuary, which is a small forest preserved as an ancestral grove, has three species of monkeys:
- Campell’s monkey (Kwakuo in Akan)
- Spot-nosed monkey (Ahenhema in Akan) and
- Olive Colobus monkey (Asibe in Akan)
The monkeys were discovered by the ancestors of the community, over a century ago. They are considered sacred and therefore are not to be harmed, or killed by anybody. To paraphrase the words of a guide at the sanctuary,
“If you plan to kill, or harm any of the monkeys, you won’t live to execute that plan.”
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| Female Campell feeding her young |
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| I've got my eyes on you, tourists! |
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The community has a number of objectives which personally I think would go a long way to develop the community, while placing the sanctuary (
launched in 2007) at par with its sister sanctuary at
Buabeng-Fiema. These include:
- Building a guest house to accommodate and entertain tourists
- Seek financial help from NGOs and the District Assembly
- Solicit technical assistance from the Wildlife Division and Government.
