About Gbi-Bla
Our heritage. Our people. Our future.
Gbi-Bla is one of the nine divisions of the Gbi Traditional Area and the second largest. It forms the northern frontier of the Volta Region of Ghana and shares boundaries with the Oti Region. The community lies along Ghana’s Eastern Corridor Road, the National Road N2 that runs from the harbour city of Tema on the Atlantic coast to Kulungugu at the border with Burkina Faso. This strategic route makes Gbi-Bla an important gateway linking southern and northern Ghana and connecting the country to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
The people of Gbi-Bla, originally known as the Awalime, trace their origins to southern Nigeria. From there, their ancestors migrated through Benin, then Dahomey, and Notsie in present-day Togo, before finally settling along the banks of the River Dayi, where Gbi-Bla continues to grow and flourish.
Gbi-Bla is made up of three sub-divisions: Tsrivi in the centre, Blanyigbe in the south and Bladzigbe in the north. The Overlord of Gbi-Bla is Togbe Buami, supported by sub-divisional chiefs, a divisional queen mother, a council of elders and traditional counsellors, and the Asafoatse who leads the youth.