01 · Nzema
Fufu
Cassava and plantain pounded to a soft, stretchy dough — swallowed with light soup or palm nut. Read more
Esiama
The Crown of
Nzema.
Esiama — palace hospitality, beautiful beaches and ocean views and 7 centuries of tradition & culture. Center of Nzema hospitality, known for its heart-warming welcome.
Welcome to Esiama!
Esiama — the jewel of Nzema and Western Region
We are a proud Nzema town on Ghana's western coast, serving as the center of Nzema's growth and progress — and we continue being the paragon of Nzema excellence for over 7 and half centuries! Here's a brief into who we are, what we stand for and what we offer.
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Our Story
Stool, ocean and town — how Esiama holds together, from ancestral Nzemaland to the 2025 courtyard.
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Community & Culture
Six values: respect for stool, Nnoboa, Nzema welcome, ocean care, family & faith.
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The Royal Palace — 100 Years
A century of the Palace, centenary 2027 — the courtyard, the durbar and the homecoming.
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Things to Do
Ocean at dawn, market morning, beach at first light — ask the Palace desk.
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Visit Nzema
How to get here, where to stay, where to eat — and practical numbers.
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Talk to a Person
The Palace desk is staffed by humans, in Esiama. No bots — the opposite of a call centre.
This year's main event · Kundum Abisa
Kundum Abisa — 1st week of October
Esiama's main event this year is Kundum Abisa — harvest, durbar and homecoming at the Palace forecourt, 1st week of October. Drums, dance and the Kundum fire: the town at its most itself.
Centenary · 2027
A century of the courtyard.
The Royal Palace marks one hundred years — durbar grounds, ocean mornings and a palace gathering. Centenary 2027.
Fufu, Palm nut soup and akyeke
Our Top 3 traditional palettes
for your savouring pleasure.
The pride of our tradition and our eateries' favorites.
Hotels & Guesthouses
Three stays.
One town, held well.
Maggie's Guesthouse Annex, the Palace and Bafana Bafana Hotels — guesthouses and hotel that keep the town's welcome.
01 · Esiama — Maggie's Guesthouse
Maggie's Guesthouse Annex
Esablished in 1820, Maggie's Guesthouse is the first guesthouse to grace the Esiama community - Hospitable front desk, en-suite luxurious rooms and quiet environment. Perfect for relaxed vacations and visits to Esiama and beyond.
02 · Esiama — Palace
Palace & Ocean Guesthouse
Courtyard rooms behind the palace wall — veranda to the ocean.
03 · Esiama — Bafana Bafana
Bafana Bafana
Hotels
Hotel, bar and club with open view to the sea — clean and well-maintained decorated rooms. Bafana Bafana is also the center of the Esiama's entertainment all year round - no dull days ever at Bafana.
Kundum Homecoming
Drums, dance
and homecoming entertainment at its best.
Kundum at its most itself — the week the diaspora returns, drums kept ready year-round.
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Town Office
Notices from the Palace
and Town Office
What's Happening
What's Happening
In Esiama
Three happenings the town keeps — palace, market and Kundum.
01 · Accra, Ghana
100 Years of The Royal Palace — Announcement in Accra, Ghana.
Esiama recently marked the announcement of the 100th anniversary of the Royal Palace, held in Accra. The Secretary of the Royal Palace, Rev. Alfred Godbless Armoo, presented the commemoration — a century since the Palace's founding in 1927, now counted toward 2027. Read more
02 · Esiama — Ellembelle
Commercial Hub — Nzema's most promising marketplace.
The GH¢9 million commercial hub — funded by Ghana National Gas Company Ltd — centralizes modern trade, improves traffic along the Elubo–Agona Nkwanta highway and makes resources available to all of Nzema. 76 stores, transport parking, security posts and sheds — funded by Ghana Gas, championed by Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah. Read more
03 · Esiama — Kundum
Kundum Abisa.
Every year Kundum Abisa is celebrated in Nzema — Esiama's week is always the 1st week of October. Esiama's celebration is the most anticipated, with visits from the Asantehene, Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah and guests from Côte d'Ivoire, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. Read more
Visit Nzema — Beyond Esiama
Three neighbours.
Ocean, fort and home.
Esiama is the base — the stilt village, Fort Saint Anthony (1515) and Nkrumah's home are a short drive away.
Letters
The town letter
One note a month — what the town is doing, cooking, planting and gathering. Nothing else.