Adabraka

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The town was first settled in the early 1900s developed by private owners. It steadily grew, fully developing the area between old Accra and central Adabraka by 1949 and the northern part of the town was finished by 1954. Since the 1940s, housing in the town is dominated by privately owned multihousehold buildings, consisting of four to forty rooms, most of said rooms rented to tenants.{{sfn|Sanjek|1982|p=59}}

On 2 November 2024, during the daytime, a group of five armed and masked men robbed a men sited in a red Toyota Corolla parked near the Adabraka market. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the robbers approached the vehicle with their gun drawn and began firing multiple shots into the air. The robbers stolen a total of around {{currency|7500000|GHS}} from the victim. One person suffered serious injuries during the ordeal.{{cite news|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/daylight-robbery-in-accra-gunmen-escape-with-sacks-of-money-from-adabraka-market.html|title=Daylight robbery in Accra: Gunmen escape with sacks of money from Adabraka market|date=2 November 2024|publisher=Graphic Online|accessdate=4 November 2024}}{{cite news|last=Osei|first=L.|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2024/11/daylight-robbery-in-accra-gunmen-flee-with-sacks-of-money-at-adabraka-market/|title=Daylight robbery in Accra: Gunmen flee with sacks of money at Adabraka|publisher=Citi Newsroom|date=2 November 2024|accessdate=4 November 2024}} The Ghana Police Service launched a manhunt for the perpetrators shortly after the incident.{{cite news|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Over-GH-7-5m-stolen-from-gold-dealer-Owners-of-jewellery-shop-give-details-of-Adabraka-daylight-robbery-1958555|title=Over GH¢7.5m stolen from gold dealer - Owners of jewellery shop give details of Adabraka daylight robbery|date=4 November 2024|website=ghanaweb.com|accessdate=4 November 2024}}

{{also|Accra#Demographics}}

Adabraka is one of many neighbourhoods which surround the central business district of Accra. The town is within walking distance of government ministries, markets, and private firms.{{sfn|Sanjek|1982|p=59}}

The town is administrated by the Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly, which has mayor–council form of government. The mayor (executive chief) is appointed by the president of Ghana and approved by the town council.{{cite book|url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/10487.pdf|title=A Guide to District Assemblies in Ghana|publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Ghana|pages=37,38|date=2010|isbn=978-9988572136|access-date=23 August 2024}} As of 2019, the current mayor of the municipality is Hon. Samuel James Nii Adjei Tawiah.{{cite web|url=https://kokma.gov.gh/pages/about-us/mce.html|title=Municipal Chief Executive|publisher=Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly|accessdate=4 November 2024}}

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The town is home to the Adabraka market, which underwent renovations in 2013. The market was constructed in 1927 during the end of Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg's rule. The market is known as a fish market because of the many types of dry fish sold.{{cite news|last=Asare|first=E.|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/junior-graphic/junior-news/adabraka-market-the-processed-fish-centre.html|title=Adabraka Market; the processed fish centre|publisher=Graphic Online|date=3 June 2020|accessdate=5 November 2024}} Traders at the market hired security to protect their goods overnight.{{cite web|last=Budlender|first=D.|url=https://www.wiego.org/sites/default/files/migrated/publications/files/Budlender-Budgeting-Informal-Economy-Accra-WIEGO-BB5.pdf|title=Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana|publisher=WIEGO|pages=3,5,7|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|date=2015|accessdate=5 November 2024}}

Adabraka is one of three circuits which is a part of the Education Directorate.{{rp|8,9}}

Adabraka was once known for the O'Reilly Senior High School.{{cite web|title=Educational Institutions|url=http://www.centralregion.gov.gh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=57|website=centralregion.gov.gh|access-date=12 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801035651/http://www.centralregion.gov.gh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=57|archive-date=1 August 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=References » Schools/Colleges|url=http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/regions/schools.asp?menu_id=6&sub_menu_id=310&gender=&s=a|website=modernghana.com|access-date=12 August 2011}} The school is a second cycle institution that relocated in 2010 to Okpoi Gonno at Teshie-Nungua.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=200434|title=Ministry of Education relocates O'Reilly Senior High School to Nungua|last=|first=|date=2010-12-31|website=ghanaweb.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2023-01-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/junior-graphic/junior-news/o-reilly-shs-begins-boarding-system.html|title=O'Reilly SHS begins boarding system|last=|first=|date=28 January 2015|publisher=Graphic Online|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-19}}{{cite web|title=List of Secondary Schools in Ghana|url=http://www.ghanaschoolsnet.com/page/list-of-senior-secondary|website=ghanaschoolsnet.com|access-date=12 August 2011}}

The town hosts four tertiary institutions: the African University College of Communication (AUCC),{{cite news|last1=Ndetei|first1=C.|last2=Simwa|first2=A.|url=https://yen.com.gh/115130-african-university-college-communication-courses-fees-admission-requirements.html|title=African University College of Communication courses, fees and admission requirements|date=2 April 2024|website=yen.com.gh|accessdate=6 November 2024}} The Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), the Catholic Institute of Business and Technology (CIBT), and the Accra City Campus of the University of Ghana.

{{also|Healthcare in Ghana|List of hospitals in Ghana#Greater Accra Region}}

The town is home to the Accra Rehabilitation Centre, established in 1962. The institution, since it opening, has helped trained over 2,000 disabled people with employable skills.{{Cite news|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2019/02/afw-eng-local-pages/local-news-003?lang=eng|title=2018 Light the World in AWA {{!}} Accra Rehabilitation Center Receives Support During Light the World Launch|location=Accra, Ghana|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|date=February 2019|accessdate=6 November 2024}} The town is home to 6 CHPS compounds{{efn|CHPS hospitals are a national technique to help provide essential health services to communities who lack access to proper health care.{{cite web|url=https://www.moh.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CHPS-policy-final-working-draft-for-validation.pdf|title=National Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Policy|date=2014|publisher=Ministry of Health|page=13|access-date=9 October 2024|quote="...CHPS is a national mechanism to deliver essential community based health services involving planning and service delivery with the communities..."}}}}.{{cite report|url=https://mofep.gov.gh/sites/default/files/composite-budget/2024/GR/Korle_Klottey.pdf|title=COMPOSITE BUDGET FOR 2024-2027 {{!}} PROGRAMME BASED BUDGE ESTIMATES FOR 2024 {{!}} KORLE KLOTTEY MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY|date=22 January 2024|publisher=Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana|accessdate=5 November 2024}}{{rp|8}}

Graphic Communications Group Limited hosts annual free health screening for residents of the town and its surrounding areas. This event, started back in 2005, is a part of the community's celebration of the Homowo.{{cite news|url=https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/graphic-clinic-offers-free-health-screening-to-adabraka-residents/|title=Graphic Clinic offers free health screening to Adabraka residents|publisher=Ghanaian Times|date=18 October 2024|accessdate=4 November 2024}}

Adabraka is the location of the Accra Psychiatry Hospital, one of the oldest psychiatry hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa.{{sfn|Forster|1962|p=25}} The hospital is one of three of such institutions in the country. The hospital opened in 1906 and consisted of a dispensary, a store, a gate keeper's room, and two large courts measured by {{convert|250|by|150|ft|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Forster|1962|p=26}} The institution has a current capacity of around 800 patients.{{cite news|last=Boye|first=M.|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Inside-Accra-Psychiatric-Hospital-The-good-the-bad-the-ugly-578188|title=Inside Accra Psychiatric Hospital: The good, the bad, the ugly!|date=7 September 2017|website=ghanaweb.com|accessdate=6 November 2024}} In 2022, it was announce by Dr Pinamang Apau, the Medical Director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, that the Ministry of Health is working on redevelopment works on the hospital.{{cite news|last1=Andoh|first1=D.|last2=Konadu-Boakye|first2=E.|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/redevelopment-of-accra-psychiatric-hospital-to-begin-september.html|title=Redevelopment of Accra Psychiatric Hospital to begin September|date=23 March 2022|publisher=Graphic Online|accessdate=6 November 2024}}

{{also|Accra#Transportation}}

Melcom have a branch in the town which is one of many in the region.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-19 |title=Melcom opens new store at Mataheko, Afienya based on consumer feedback |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/melcom-opens-new-store-at-mataheko-afienya-based-on-consumer-feedback/gecq4pf |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Pulse Ghana |language=en}}

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• {{cite journal|last=Sanjek|first=R.|title=The Organization of Households in Adabraka: Toward a Wider Comparative Perspective|journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History|date=1982|volume=24|issue=1|pages=57–103 |jstor=178722|doi=10.1017/S0010417500009798}}
• {{cite journal|last=Forster|first=EB|title=A Historical Survey of Psychiatric Practice in Ghana|journal=Ghana Medical Journal|publication-date=2012|date=1962|volume=46|issue=3|pages=158–162 |pmid=23661830|pmc=3645160}}

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