The Mahama and Fuseini families

Alhassan & Sadia

Friday 19 and Saturday 20 November 2027

Tamale

Printed on the lining

The Nikah on Friday at the Central Mosque after Jumu'ah, and the Walima on Saturday at the Mahama family house in Sakasaka, from four until the plates are empty. You are invited to both. Come hungry.

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The Mahama and Fuseini families

Alhassan Abdul-Rauf Mahama&Sadia Fuseini

invite you to Tamale for two days: the Nikah at the Central Mosque on Friday, 19 November 2027, after Jumu'ah, and the Walima at the family house in Sakasaka on Saturday, 20 November 2027, from four until the plates are empty. Come to both. Come hungry.

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  • Friday · 2:00 PM

    The Nikah

    Tamale Central Mosque

    Tamale, Northern Region

    The Nikah, on Friday after Jumu'ah. Family and close friends at the mosque; everyone at the Walima on Saturday.

    The address

  • Saturday · 4:00 PM

    The Walima

    The Mahama Family House

    Sakasaka, Tamale

    The Walima, on Saturday. Canopies in the yard, the parcels come out at four, and the drumming goes on until the last one is eaten.

    The address

  • What to wear

    The parcel

    The colours of the parcel: leaf green, the brown of the rice, shito red, cream, and raffia. Smocks and kaftans welcome. Friday modest; Saturday loud.

    • Leaf
    • Waakye
    • Shito
    • Cream
    • Raffia
Order yoursThe parcel

The order

How it was put together

Everything that goes on a plate of waakye, and what each one stands for.

  1. The rice

    Where they grew up

    Two streets apart in Sakasaka. Same school, same madrasa, same tro-tro stop. Fourteen years of not noticing.

  2. The beans

    The first meeting

    Properly, at his cousin's naming ceremony in 2022. She was serving. He went back for thirds he did not want.

  3. The shito

    The argument

    About whether Tamale waakye beats Accra waakye. It does. He conceded in writing. She kept the note.

  4. The egg

    The proposal

    At her mother's kitchen table, with both mothers pretending not to listen from the next room.

  5. The gari

    The families

    On top of everything, holding it together. The Mahamas and the Fuseinis have been one street for a long time.

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How do you take yours?

Build your plate and your name goes on a parcel tag, which is also the note that reaches the kitchen. Kindly reply by 20 October 2027.

Shito
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And
Will you be there?
Parcels

Tied up, and tied together. Come hungry.

Alhassan & Sadia