Lalue Kpledo Shrine

Lalue Kpledo Shrine is the sacred shrine of the Lalue deity of the people of Prampram, in the Ningo-Prampram District of Greater Accra, Ghana. It is both a shrine and a heritage site, and it is the focus of the Lalue Kpledo, or Kpledomi, festival — a veneration of the ancestral deity Lalue.

The celebration venue is known as Kpledo Tsoshishi, meaning "Beneath the Tree." It is described as a happy place, where the sound of the Kple Mie, the sacred drum, draws people to dance. Dancers must be barefoot, and wearing footwear at the sacred site is forbidden.

The festival is held in three parts. The first falls in April — 23 April in 2024 — and a curfew immediately follows that first celebration. The second and third parts follow a week later. The final celebration moves to the lower, coastal side of Prampram, where the Kplemi drum is lowered into the sea after a customary rite performed by the Chief Priest of the Traditional Area, Nii Ayertey Charway Labia.

Rites include a symbolic visit to the ancestral forest, called Huemiyami in Dangme, and all-white spiritual ceremonies led by the Prampram Traditional Council under Paramount Chief Nene Tetteh Wakah III, seeking blessings for the people of Prampram and its environs. The festival also carries a remembrance and healing theme, linked to Prampram's history as a coastal slave-trading point and its role as a trading post for colonial merchants.

Prampram is a coastal town and the capital of Ningo-Prampram District. The shrine and the Kpledo Tsoshishi venue are in Prampram, and the closing rite takes place on the town's lower, coastal side. No verified street address or coordinates for the shrine were found, so visitors should treat the location as the town of Prampram rather than a mapped point. Because the shrine is an active sacred site, access and photography are governed by customary protocol; visitors should expect to observe local guidance on dress, footwear and participation.