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The National Commission on Culture was established in 1990 by Provisional National Defense Council Law 238 to manage from a holistic perspective, the Cultural life of the country. In the execution of the aforementioned, the National Commission on Culture is enjoined, among other things, to promote the evolution of an integrated National Culture, supervise the implementation of programmes for the preservation, promotion and representation of Ghana tradition and values; and perform such other functions as may be prescribed by government.

 
 
The Cultural Policy Document

This Cultural Policy Document is the result of many years of deliberation and discussion at several workshops and public forums.

It is dedicated to the realization of the Vision of the people of Ghana to respect, preserve, harness and use their cultural heritage and resources to develop a united, vibrant and prosperous national community with a distinctive African identity and personality and a collective confidence and pride of place among the comity of Nations.
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PROGRAMME FOR NAFAC 2010
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PROPOSAL FOR INCLUSION OF CULTURE IN THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE LONG TERM NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR GHANA
I read the Long Term National Development Plan Vol I: Draft Policy Framework document with considerable interest; and I am convinced that this time round the approach of our development plan treats seriously the idea that CULTURE is a socio-economic CAPITAL of indigenous wealth, competencies and capacities.  A clear attempt has been made to bring the so-called informal sector into the frame of our national development strategy.

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THE SECOND ZONAL WORKSHOP ON CULTURE AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The attainment of the 8 Millennium Development Goals largely depend on human attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, norms, practices and other behavioural patterns that have been cultivated over so many years. Therefore, given the human focus of the goals, one of the logical steps towards the attainment of the goals is to sensitise community leaders, civil society and other cultural actors about the demands of the MDGs within the context of their culture and historical experiences. It also requires generating meaningful discourse to the challenges posed by the MDGs to responsible leaders and social groups with the hope of defining the strategic approaches and modes of action that would facilitate the attainment of the goals.

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CULTURE AND NEPAD
UNESCO recognises Culture as crucial to development and good governance in countries around the world. More importantly, it is now recognised that Culture can facilitate the realization of the Millennium Development Goals in African countries.

This makes it urgent to develop within the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) framework a strategy not only for defining culture as a strategic domain but also incorporating culture into all other sectoral domains defined in the NEPAD framework.

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European Development Fund Supports Arts and Culture

The European Development Fund (EDF) has allocated 24 million Cedis to the Government through the Cultural Initiatives Programme (CISP) Project for the development of arts and culture in the country.

 
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Do Not Neglect Culture
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RESOURCING OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO ENHANCE NATIONAL UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT
BY: NELSON KOFI AKATEY,

Once again the critical issue of re-sourcing adequately our Arts and Cultural Institutions in the country to enhance their performance and contribute more effectively to the promotion of national unity and development has come to the fore.

 
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Culture, Gender and Human Rights
One of the important events that featured prominently in the week long celebration of the National Festival of Arts and Culture in Wa recently was a colloquium on Culture, Gender and Human Rights.
 
 
 
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PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CULTURE WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG
The National Commission on Culture has made remarkable strides in the development of the Cultural Policy of Ghana, Draft Strategic Plan and staging of workshops to create awareness on how to factor Culture into the various domains of action for overall national development within the scope of the 1992 Republican Constitution of Ghana with sponsorship from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

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10/05/2013
LET’S DEVELOP BRONG-AHAFO TOURISM SITES
Available records say the region produces about 30 percent of the food requirement of the country....more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF TONGU
The Tongu consist of a dialect group among the Ewe-speaking people and the Dangme-speaking people of Ada who inhabit the lower parts of the Volta River. Among the Akan speaking people, however, Tongu and Battor are identical, because the Battor were the first tribe to migrate up the Volta and to come in contact with the Akans there....more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF NSOKO
Nsoko Traditional Area forms an integral part of the Tain District in the Brong Ahafo Region....more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF AKWAMU
The founding fathers of AKWAMU in the Asougyaman District of the Eastern Region claim migrant origin from erstwhile Kumbu state cited in the mountainous region between the Black Volta and the Comoe Rivers in northeastern Cote d’lvoire where they are from the royal Kumbu lineage – a Vanished Dynasty!...more
 
10/05/2013
THE STORY OF SAKYIKROM
SAKYIKROM is a town located at the foothills of the Nyanao Mountain, and shares a common boundary with Nsawam-Adowagyiri Township in the Eastern Region....more
 
24/04/2013
THE STORY OF OBO KWAHU
According to Obo Ankobeahene Oral Tradition captured between 1985 and 1987 and supported by Adamu Yanko Oral Tradition, the first sight where the present Obo Township is situated was called Akropong....more
 
24/04/2013
THE STORY OF DUAYAW NKWANTA
DUAYAW-NKWANTA is the administrative capital of Tano-North District Assembly, in the Brong Ahafo Region. And according to legend, the putative founder, Nana Dua Yaw, and the first queen mother, Nana Serwaa, and followers of the Ekuona clan descended from the sky on a gold ‘’atweaban’’ chain on a Friday. They landed in a dense forest on a spot known as Mankwaemu which later became the royal mausoleum....more
 
28/01/2013
THE STORY OF NSOKO (1 – 2)
Nsoko Traditional Area forms an integral part of the Tain District in the Brong Ahafo Region. This traditional area shares boundaries with:...more
 
05/01/2013
THE STORY OF HO
Traditions of origin suggest that they had migrated with a related group-the Ewe-speaking people from southern Nigerian. It is certain that the Ewe originally were in sphere of influence of the old Ayo Empire that flourished in the southern Nigerian....more
 
01/12/2012
THE STORY OF AHANTA (1 – 2)
The AHANTA STATE and the story of the glorious era of Ahanta Traditional hierarchy prior to the recent creation of District Assemblies which significantly altered the early geopolitical morphology of the area, vis-á-vis, SHAMA-AHANTA EAST METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY (with its capital at Agona Nkwanta)....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story Of BOSO
Boso Gwa Traditional Area forms an integral part of the Asuogryaman District in the Eastern Region. Linguistically, the people of Boso belong to the Guan ethnic bloc, and had lived in the Mid-Volta Basin long before the Akamu arrived from Nyanawase to establish a permanent home at Akwamufie, 1733....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story of PRANG
Geographically, the Prang State is situated in the Atebubu-Amantin District in Eastern Brong Ahafo Region....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story Of BUEM
JASIKAN is the Administrative capital of the Buem Traditional Area in mid-Volta Region, physically an integral part of the Togo-Atakora system, but historically a part of the former German Colony of “Schutzgebiet Togo”, 1899 – 1918, when Buem became part of Togoland under United Kingdom Trusteeship till Plebiscite was held in May 1956 to determine its unification with an independent Gold Coast....more
 
27/07/2012
The Story of BEREKUM
BEREKUM Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region shares boundaries with Wenchi (Tain District) to the north-east, Dormaa to the south, Sunyani to the east, and Jaman to the west....more
 
12/07/2012
The Story of Kwamankese
The Kwamankese State forms an integral part of Abora – Asebu Kwamankese District Assembly in the Central Region. The state shares boundaries with Assin Attandaso in the north; Abeadze in the east, Abora in the south and west....more
 
12/07/2012
The Story Of BODWESEANWO
The town of BODWESEANWO forms an integral part of the Adanse Traditional Area, and lies south-east of Fomena behind the Kusa hills. It is situated some 11 kiometers inland from Obuasi junction through Brofoyedru....more
 
12/07/2012
The Story Of SEKYEDUMASI
Traditions claim that the royal Aduana lineage of Sekyedumasi, in the Ejura-Sekyedumasi District of Asante, originated from Asumegya-Asantemanso....more
 
12/07/2012
THE STORY OF SENYA – BERAKU
The people of Senya – Beraku belong to the AWUTU AMANSA group of States comprising Winneba, Senya and Awutu who occupy the same geographical area in the Central Region on the coast. Linguistically, they speak the same language or related Guan dialects which are more or less mutually intelligible. Despite ties and language and culture they are largely independent of one another....more
 
04/04/2012
The Story Of Akwatia
Akwatia is situated west of the Atewa ranges on the Asamankese Kade road.The founding fathers of Akwatia were once a branch of Akwamu.They were together with Akwamu throughout their migration from Human to Asakamu while the main body of Akwamu continued eastwards and settled permanently on the Nyanao Hill....more
 
16/03/2012
ELMINA CASTLE, A LIVING TESTIMONY TO SLAVERY
The Elmina Castle, Edina, Anomana or Amankwaa Kurom — it has been called many names, but one thing will never change — the malevolent history of this relic of the trans-Atlantic slave trade....more
 
22/02/2012
"AZONTO CRAZE"
“Azonto” is a Ghanaian dance which involves movement of most of the joints in the body in a rhythmic fashion taking very few steps. Just like most African dances, knee bending and hip movement are rudiments to dancing it....more
 
22/02/2012
ROLE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER IN ENSTOOLING OR DESTOOLING A CHIEF.
Chieftaincy- Chief- Definition of – Requisites for making a chief – Constitution, Article 277. Chief – Nomination – Fundamental requirement for making a chief – Role of queen mother – meaning of nomination – Nomination to precede all other processes for making chief – Ex post facto processes after nomination irrelevant for want of capacity to make nomination....more
 
27/10/2011
TRIBUTE TO EFO KODJO MAWUGBE BY THE MINISTRY OF CHIEFTAINCY & CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CULTURE
TRIBUTE TO EFO KODJO MAWUGBE BY THE MINISTRY OF CHIEFTAINCY & CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CULTURE...more
 
17/10/2011
ADEKYEM FESTIVAL
Under the able and inspirational leadership of Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area and President of the Bechem Traditional Council, Nananom introduced the ADEKYEM FESTIVAL to be celebrated by the Chiefs and people of Bechem Traditional Area, made up of the following towns and their villages: Bechem, Dwomo, Terchire and Tanoso. These towns together are known as “ATANOFO AKROTUONNAN”....more
 
28/07/2011
BEADS SHOW AT NGMAYEM FESTIVAL
If you love beads and don’t mind getting caught up in a week filled with an exhibition and trade show, seminars and work- shops for beads sellers and producers, fashion shows with assorted beads accessories, beads design competition and bead- making lessons, then the place to head for between October 22 and October 29 is the 2nd International Bead Festival at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region....more
 
19/07/2011
WHAT IS FOLKLORE
The world Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) under what it terms Model provisions suggests an illustrative enumeration of most typical kinds of expressions of Folklore....more
 
11/11/2010
‘LET’S UPLIFT OUR CULTURE’
Newly appointed Acting Director of the Center for National Culture, Greater Accra Region George Oppong...more
 
25/10/2007
Kwame Nkrumah misfounded Ghana
THIS essay has been prompted by an introspection of Ghana’s fortunes since independence and the celebration of the Jubilee this year. The writer seeks to answer the question why there appears to be “something missing” somewhere in the scheme of affairs in Ghana’s development....more
 
12/10/2007
DR SUSAN DE-GRAFT JOHNSON – FIRST GOLD COAST FEMALE DOCTOR
Dr (Mrs.) Susan de-Graft Johnson (Nee Ofori-Atta) was one of the three children Nana Sir Ofori-Atta I, the Okyenhene and Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, had with Nana Akosua Duodu....more
 
 
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