This comes after three spellers from Ghana and Africa, Abena Kwaffo, Giovanni Adjei, and N'Adom Darko-Asare, made it to the competition's quarterfinals after accurately spelling their spelling terms in the third round of the preliminary round.
Mychelle Kumah, Janice Afiba Nketsiah, and N'Adom Darko-Asare finished first, second, and third in 2023, respectively, last year. Ghana was represented in the 95th Scripps Spelling Bee competition.
The Spelling Bee 2023 title went to 11-year-old Darko-Asare, who won the DPS International Ghana Bee spelling contest in 2022 and 2023. She accurately spelled her word in the 17th round.
The term chosen by N'Adom was "DOUROUCOULI." The only really nocturnal monkey in the world, the douroucouli is often referred to as a night monkey, lemurine, or owl monkey. Only South America's tropical and subtropical woods are home to it.
Darko-Asare received $500 spending money, an engraved trophy, a fully functional DStv Explora decoder with a 6-month subscription, Indomie items, a gold medal, and GH¢300 in Goil fuel coupons as part of her reward package as the champion.
The 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee is set to take place in the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Centre hotel, which is situated in National Harbour, Oxon Hill, Maryland, close to Washington, D.C., on May 28 and May 30, 2024.
A grand number of 245 spellers were eligible to participate in the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee. Sanil Thorat, a third-grader at Shreveport, Louisiana's Fairfield Elementary Magnet School, is the youngest speller.
The only other nation from Africa competing in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee is Ghana. Ghana, the only nation from Africa participating in the competition, has been sending spellers to the US for over eighteen years.
Concerning the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Every year, the United States of America (USA) host the Scripps National Spelling Bee, previously known as the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and just plain the National Spelling Bee.
The E. W. Scripps Company operates the Scripps Spelling Bee on a non-profit basis. It takes place the week after Memorial Day weekend in a hotel or convention centre in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.