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which he had planted coconut trees to be used for building the church and school. The records indicate that Rev. Adjahoe wanted an outright purchase of the land together with the coconut trees but Amega
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Seva is one of the renowned locations for the weaving industry among the Ewe people and which were frequented by Yoruba and Hausa traders, the main clientele traveled from
Nigeria to the Keta and Agbozume markets in the Volta Region, Ghana. Another important occupation is fishing. Crabs, shrimps and
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Organizing Secretary of the Anniversary Central Planning Committee (CPC), Mr Emmanuel Dzimabi, chairman, CPC, Mr Gershon Kwaku Kumor, Vice Chairman (CPC), Mr Gidiglo, General Secretary (CPC), Mr Israel Goka, Treasurer (CPC), Mr Daniel Gayeye Hukporti, member (CPC) and
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In 2018, the primary block at Seva A.M.E. Zion primary school was renovated by The
Distant Relatives Project Corporation. The team also built a library and installed electricity in the campus. Each year, they supply the students with school supplies to last the entire semester. The Distant Relatives
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Rev. Sevor started with zeal and led the school children and a few other persons of the town, instructing them in the word and teaching them the Creed, the Lord ’s Prayer and the Commandments. By the close of 1938, the first group of Christians were baptized by Rev. Alfred A. Adjahoe and the second
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The first group of graduates of the middle school were Eva Agorsor, Gershon Torsu, Simon Alemawor, Paulina Agezo, Elizabeth Hukporti, Alice Kumordzi, Lucia Womoakor, Bertha Kudekor, Keneth Doe, Freeman Alemawor, Julius Abiemo, Bradina Sosu, Emmanuel Ziga Kudekor, Daniel Seke Dogbey, Bernard Kofi
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opened a school and a church at Anyako. As late as 1937 Seva was still without a school and a church. Thus, before the late 1930s, citizens of Seva who were determined to receive formal education had to commute between Seva and Anyako, either by canoe or by fording the lagoon to and from school.
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Towards the end of 1937, consultations began with the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church after the Bremen Mission had declined the request to establish a church in Seva. A delegation under the leadership of N.B. Zaney went to see Rev. Alfred A. Adjahoe, the then Presiding Elder,
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Acknowledgement of donations to the school The following persons have donated assorted materials/cash towards the promotion of teaching and learning in the school. (NB) 9 of the materials cannot be listed as they are many (The records are available at the headmaster's office). 1. Mr Bonuedi
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However, at a point, the club could no longer afford the monthly remuneration of thirty (30) shillings it had agreed to pay Mr Segbawu for his services as a teacher. This sent the Salvation Army Church packing off after three years of missionary work and after having started a school in Seva.
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As the choir did not have robes at that time, an appeal for funds was launched by Rev. Jasper M.K. Atsakpo during the 1993 Easter Sunday Church Service which yielded enough funds to procure eighteen robes or choir gowns which were sewn free of charge by Sis. Lorlor Torsu.
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occupant of the Adzomani Stool is Togbi Adzomani II, while the Adoblanui-Xornyo Stool has a regent, Gabriel Agbewole (Abbeworle), the last occupant of the Stool, Togbi Atsapo-Xornyo, known in private life as Richard Kofi Atsakpo, having died on December 24, 2013.
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impossible, hence these school children relocated to Keta to continue their education. Around this time, the Salvation Army Church had begun to establish its presence in Seva under the leadership of one Godwin Segbawu from Woe.
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