Teshie

Teshie is a coastal town in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana, within the Ledzokuku Municipal District and next to the capital, Accra. It is one of the independent towns of the Ga State and keeps the Ga harvest festival Homowo every August; tradition holds that its original people came from La, a town lying to the west. The Danes built Fort Augustaborg here in 1787, and the British held it from 1850 until Ghana became independent, though it now stands in a ruined state. Teshie is also known for design coffins, a craft invented in the 1950s by Seth Kane Kwei and still practised at the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop and by other artists. A population of 171,875 was reported for the town, making it one of the larger settlements in the country, and Labadi Beach lies close by.