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Gold is not poured in a hurry.

It is heated until it is honest,

poured into the shape it will keep,

and left to cool into something that lasts.

Theirs has been cooling for eight years.

Obuasi · Independence Day weekend

Kwaku&Ama

Saturday, 6 March 2027

The Agyei-Baffour and Poku families

Kwaku Agyei-Baffour&Ama Birago Poku

invite you to Obuasi, the town the gold comes out of, on Saturday, 6 March 2027: eleven o'clock at St. Peter's, and then the lawn at the Gold Fields Club for lunch under the trees and dancing until the lights come up. It is the long weekend. Stay for all of it.

#BaffourAndBirago24K

11:00 AM
The Ceremony
St. Peter's Catholic Church, Obuasi
Obuasi, Ashanti Region
Seated by 10:30 AM. The church is on the main road past the roundabout; parking in the school grounds opposite.
The address
3:00 PM
The Reception
The Gold Fields Club
Obuasi
Lunch on the lawn under the big trees, and the floor inside from five. It is Independence Day weekend, so the roads will be busy: leave early and come dressed for a long one.
The address
What to wear
Twenty-four karat
Twenty-four karat. Black as the base, gold as the metal, and cream or stone for the rest. Something that catches the light when you dance, nothing that competes with the ring.
- Ore
- Molten
- Gold
- Stone
- Cream

Reply The goldweights

Eight years in the fire

How it was cast

Six pictures from their own roll. Tap one to see it properly; the light comes up as you go.

2019
Where they met
KNUST library, Kumasi
Same table, same exam, different books. He asked what she was laughing at. She has not told him yet.
2021
The first trip
The Kumasi to Accra bus
Five hours, one pair of headphones, and the whole of her playlist. He has not been allowed to choose the music since.
2023
Obuasi
The edge of the pit
She took him home to see where the gold comes out of the ground. He said it was the second most valuable thing he had seen that day.
2024
The two families
A courtyard in Kumasi
The aunties had already decided. The families met to agree with them.
2026
The ring
A terrace above Kumasi
He asked at dusk. The photograph is blurred because her cousin was crying too.
Now
The two of them
Anywhere
This is what it has all been for.