The Executive Director of the National Commission on Culture, Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong has met the management of the Western North Centre for National Culture. The Executive Director in his address encouraged the management team to work very hard to raise high the flag of the Centre, the Commission and Ghana as a whole. He […]
The New Executive Director of the National Commission on Culture, Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong has met the staff of the Commission to introduce himself to them following the retirement of Madam Janet Edna Nyame. The Acting Director for Policy Planning, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, Dr. Fio Richardson Commey who chaired the meeting in his […]
The Executive Director of the National Commission on Culture, Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong has paid a courtesy call on the Head of Local Government Service Secretariat and the Country Representative for UNESCO to introduce himself. The Director took advantage of the meeting to identify areas where these two organisations can collaborate and work together to […]
About this event OVERVIEW OF THE SUMMIT The 1st Edition of the international cultural summit & exhibition Ontario 2023 is an extraordinary forum of knowledge exchange, debate, policy planning and its development, performances and exhibition of unique cultural products and services. The summit is being organized by the Alliance Creative Community Project in […]
The diversity in the Ghanaian culture does not only hover around our tradition, practice, what we eat and wear but also our spoken words which is our indigenous mother languages. These languages which gives unique historical background to a person’s cultural identity embody the composition of songs and folktales which depicts the cultural setting of […]
The National Commission on Culture under the auspices of Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has launched the ‘2022 edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC) in Accra. NAFAC, one of the flagship event of the National Commission on Culture was institutionalised in 1961 by the late Dr. Alexander Atta Yaw Kyeremanten, […]
The National Commission on Culture, in collaboration with Ghana Society-UK, Location Accra and Ako GH has launched the prestigious annual kente festival dubbed KENTEFEST “22 in Accra under the theme “Harnessing the heritage and evolving nature of Kente in both Trade and Tourism“. KENTEFEST, an annual event seeks to promote the rich Ghanaian cultural heritage […]
Background: Memphis in May International Festival is a month long festival held in the Memphis city of the Tennessee state of the United States of America, celebrated by the people of Memphis. As an annually events, the festival each year specifically gives a special salute to a country. For the past forty four (44years) and […]
Clothing is an essential descriptor of our culture and this evident in the diverse ethnic clothing styles of the ethnic groupings in Ghana. The promotion and preservation of this aspect of Ghanaian culture has led the National Commission on Culture to curate the event “Wear Ghana”, which is commemorated in the month of March. As […]
The National Commission on Culture as part of its “Wear Ghana Festival” campaign has educated the pupils of La Wireless Cluster of Schools on some “Adinkra” symbols and their meaning. The Commission in collaboration with the National Folklore Board, aside the education on the “Adinkra” symbols also exhibited some locally prepared food to the pupils […]