Ebo Noah is a young Ghanaian prophet whose apocalyptic flood warning sent hundreds of followers—some from as far as Liberia—rushing to wooden arks he claimed would save them. When the world didn’t end on December 25th, he announced that God had “postponed” the destruction after hearing his prayers, sparking outrage, arrests, a burned ark, and even a surprise rap performance on a national stage. In this episode, we trace how one prophecy spiraled into a national spectacle, a legal crackdown, and a cultural moment uniquely shaped by Ghana’s long, complicated history with doomsday predictions.

Ebo Noah—born Evans Eshun in 1995—rose from TikTok obscurity to national notoriety in Ghana after declaring that a catastrophic global flood would begin on December 25, 2025. Acting on what he described as divine instruction, he built eight to ten ...