It is clear from oral traditions that the Akans who continued their migration southwards met in the coastal districts peoples who differed from them linguistically and culturally. This people on the coast were divided into two main groups: the Guan group to the west and the Ga-Adangme-Ewe group to the east. The first group – the Guans – consisted of the Etsi, the Asebu, the Afutu, the Senya-Breku and the Kyerepon. The second group consisted of the Ga, Adangme, the Shai, the Krobo and the Ewe."

Akumase is the major festival celebrated by the people of Senya Beraku. It is preceded by mini festivals, which are actually traditional farming processes that culminate into the Akumase festival in the third and fourth weeks of August. Akumase is a festival that recounts the greatest historical famine that ever struck the people of Senya Bireku and how their ancestors were able to use systematic agricultural processes to combat the affliction, eventually ending it with bumper harvest.

Another school of thought however explains ‘Senya’ to mean MAJOR (SE) FESTIVAL (NYA). Until the domination of Akans and other tribes, all Guan states used to follow the same spiritual and religious patterns. They observe various rituals and festivals throughout the year. But the ‘Yam Festival’, called “Odwedji” by Boso; “Adwedi” or “Ododi” by Aguafo and “Ijodi” by the Senyans or Awutus, was the major (se) festival (nya) celebrated in all of Gua.