Ampe is a game played long before anyone can remember,Since African history has not been put
on paper and pen due to lack of formal education back in the centuries
no one can really tell the exact origin of ampe. So its history remains a
mystry but ampe is still the game little girls love to play when they
have nothing to do...The game has been
in existence for more Than 200years. African children play this game
during their childhood to teen age. Some believe it originate in Ghana. Elders in the northern part of Ghana believe that people of the
ashanti region developed/created ampe. They say the game was played by
old women, when they had nothing doing. They form a round circle, then
pick a leader to be in the middle. They jump and clap their hands at the
same time and put forward their legs. If both the leader and the one
she picks to begin the game put forward their right leg at the same time
then the leader has lost, if she loses for the second and third then she
joins the circle and the winner becomes the new leader. But if the
leader put forward her right leg and the other put forward her left leg
that means the leader has won. Even though 10 pple can play ampe But its been play by two persons at a time. The game is been played by
girls but sometimes boys do join because is very interesting and
entertaining. Moreover is a form of exercise and keeps the brain and
eyes sharp and active. Mostly is a game played at home but because it
has been the most loved games among little girls, ampe is seen played
in primary schools across Ghana and the world.
Professor Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg on PORK Biological Therapy
In World War II, soldiers in North Africa were taken ill in ever increasing numbers. They were suffering from abscesses of the lower part of the leg called “tropical ulcers”. These ulcerations left the soldiers unfit to fight and necessitated lengthy hospital confinement, often requiring their removal to more temperate climates. Every possible form of treatment as well as chemical therapy was exhausted without positive results. It was then suggested that these leg ulcers could possibly be connected with the soldiers’ eating habits, as the natives showed no signs of this disease. Rations to the soldiers were then based on a diet free from pork, much like that eaten by the Islamic population. This resulted in the immediate relief of the leg ulcer syndrome. During the lean years of the war and especially those after the war, the health of the population was, practically speaking, good. Few people could
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