Otuam

Otuam (also Tantum) is a town in Ekumfi District, Central Region, Ghana.

Nana Amuah-Afenyi VI (born Peggielene Bartels in 1953^[1]), known informally as King Peggy,^[2] is the reigning chief of a clan (Ebriadze Abusua) of the town. She is the head of one of the 7 major clans that form the Otuam township. Peggy has worked as a secretary at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C. since the 1970s.^[3]

History

It is the site where the Royal African Company built Fort Tantumquery in the 1720s.^[4]