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As early as 1942, Nana Amoh Mensah said Gomoa Lome was founded by Nana Kum. Due to lack of water at Gomoa Gyaaman, he (Nana Kum) decided to move and settle at the place where he could get enough water. He finally chanced upon a water body and decided to live nearby. He subsequently invited his loved ones to join him in his newly found place of abode. Mr Aspect Kobina Donkoh (an elder of Gomoa Gyaaman).

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According to the Gomoa Gyaaman elder, that small town is almost 200 years old. He said six forests and villages were put together to become one village at the time. These villages were led by six elders: Nana Kum, Nana Amo Mensah, Nana Bondam Entsie, Nana Otabil, Nana Akuaku and Nana Kwaafo. These friends agreed to come together to form a town with one chief in order to be protected against their enemies.

However, when they came to their permanent place of settlement, they were expected to pay 64 pounds to the owner of the land. Unfortunately, they couldn’t pay the amount after they had settled. 

Realizing that the pressure being mounted on them by the owner of the land was unbearable, Nana Kum told his colleagues to leave everything for him to handle. Subsequently, his friends started calling him, “Nana Gyaamam,” to wit “Nana leave it for to me”. Hence, the name Gomoa Gyaaman, which is the corrupt form of “Gyaamam.” This means the small farming community’s name is entirely different from that of Germany in Europe.