This article supports the perspective that philosophical ideas emerge from and are intimately intertwined with cultural practices. Things and feelings that shape people and communities over time (Morgan 2012) forming a basis and lens through which people interpret the world. Using tangible illustrations from the Dipo ceremony, a typical Ghanaian funeral, the Homowo festival and the film “I told you so”, I discover and bring to light some African ideas present in these practices, things and feelings in a greater appreciation of African philosophy .The Dipo ceremony is celebrated in the month of April by the people of Manya and Yilo Krobo in Odumase and Somanya, in the eastern region of Ghana. It is an initiation ceremony that marks the transition of girls to womanhood and during this event traditional African beliefs in Spirits and deities become very evident. Spirits are believed to be powers, immaterial and incorporeal beings (The Structure of African Traditional Religion, 1973). These beings are believed to have the ability to inhabit anything, including rocks, mountains, forests, bodies of water, and natural objects in general. Before puberty rights begin, there is an announcement from the deity Nana Kloweki, the Earth goddess, for pubescent girls to participate in the rites. During the rites, there is a sacred and sacred stone on which the initiates must sit three times in their shrine. The stone is believed to have a detective spirit that would glue a pregnant girl to it as she sits as proof of her pregnancy. Furthermore, the spirits of the initiates are contacted to explain the type of initiation rites they would like to have with certain specifications before any rite is undertaken and this...... middle of paper ...... from http:/ / munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/2673/thesis.pdf?sequence=2Egbert Adjeso, KY (Director). (1970). I told you so [Motion Picture].Gyekye, K. (1996). Ancestors and tradition. In K. Gyekye, African Cultural Values: An Introduction (pp. 161-167). Sankofa Publishing Company. Gyekye, K. (1996). Community and individualistic values. In K. Gyekye, African Cultural Values: An Introduction (pp. 35-51). Sankofa Publishing Company. Gyekye, K. (1996). The Family. In K. Gyekye, African Cultural Values: An Introduction. Sankofa Publishing Comapny.Quartey-Papafio., A. (2014, March 10). Homowo Festival. Retrieved from GhanaWeb: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/tribes/homowo_festival.phpThe Structure of African Traditional Religion. (1973). In E. B. Idowu, The structure of African traditional religion: a definition (pp. 137-178). Africa: Orbis books.