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THE INTERNTIONAL CULTURAL SUMMIT & EXIBITION ONTARIO 2023 720 380 National Commision on Culture

THE INTERNTIONAL CULTURAL SUMMIT & EXIBITION ONTARIO 2023

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…

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 720 380 National Commision on Culture

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

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…

NCC LAUNCHES 2022 PRESTIGIOUS KENTEFEST IN ACCRA 720 380 National Commision on Culture

NCC LAUNCHES 2022 PRESTIGIOUS KENTEFEST IN ACCRA

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…

2022 EDITION OF THE MEMPHIS IN MAY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, USA National Commision on Culture

2022 EDITION OF THE MEMPHIS IN MAY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, USA

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…

WORLD PUPPETRY DAY CELEBRATION National Commision on Culture

WORLD PUPPETRY DAY CELEBRATION

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…

NCC EDUCATES LA WIRELESS CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS ON “ADINKRA” SYMBOLS. 720 380 National Commision on Culture

NCC EDUCATES LA WIRELESS CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS ON “ADINKRA” SYMBOLS.

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…

NCC LAUNCHES WEAR GHANA 2022 National Commision on Culture

NCC LAUNCHES WEAR GHANA 2022

The National Commission on Culture (NCC) under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in collaboration with Ghana Tourism Authority, GTP and the National Theater has launched the 2022 edition of its annual event dubbed Wear Ghana Festival.  The festival which was initiated four years ago was…

35th SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL CRAFT MELA 2022 IN INDIA National Commision on Culture

35th SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL CRAFT MELA 2022 IN INDIA

The Indian High Commission in Ghana has invited a 14-member cultural troupe from Ghana to participate in the 35th Surajkund International Craft Mela 2022 in Surajkund District Faridabad Haryana, India. This is the second time the High Commission has extended such invitation to the National Commission on Culture. The 14-member…

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY CELEBRATION 2022 National Commision on Culture

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY CELEBRATION 2022

Due to globalization and migration, multilingualism has become both a reality and an aim of education globally of which Ghana is not exempted. However, the aim for multilingualism can best be achieved when all stakeholders are technologically inclined. Thus, the theme chosen to mark this year’s event is not only…

UNVEILING THE NEW FACE OF THE ICONIC ‘AKWAABA’ FRAME BY CEEJAY MULTIMEDIA National Commision on Culture

UNVEILING THE NEW FACE OF THE ICONIC ‘AKWAABA’ FRAME BY CEEJAY MULTIMEDIA

Chief Executive Officer of Ceejay Multimedia, and the brain behind the iconic  Akwaaba frame, Mr. Joseph Osae, has unveiled a new face to replace the old one which captured Angelina Nana Akua Oduro which has existed over two decades.  The Akwaaba portrait, which means welcome in the Ghanaian Twi language,…