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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,…

Goldstar Air Donate PPEs to Community Education and Youth Development Centre. National Commision on Culture

Goldstar Air Donate PPEs to Community Education and Youth Development Centre.

COVID-19 have ravaged countries and economies affecting the daily routines of most populations. Though governments and private institutions have tried to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, it has been trying and some successes have been attained, though some challenges still persist. It was therefore, very heart-warming when the staff…

Embrace autistic people-HE Georgina Opoku urges. National Commision on Culture

Embrace autistic people-HE Georgina Opoku urges.

  Ghana’s Cultural Ambassador, Her Excellency Georgina Opoku Popularly known as “Asor” has advised the general public not to drive autistic people away but rather embrace such people and get the best out of them. According to Her Excellency Georgina Opoku, autistic children have great capabilities. she explained that persons…

COMMUNITY YOUTH CULTURAL CENTRE AT FITMO/FAB National Commision on Culture

COMMUNITY YOUTH CULTURAL CENTRE AT FITMO/FAB

The Community Youth Cultural Centre, an implementing agency under the National Commission on Culture was recently invited to the 18th edition of Festival Internationale du Theatre Marionettes Ouagadougou / Festival au Burkina (FITMO/FAB) by the kind courtesy of the organizers led by Dr Hamadou Mande. The festival was scheduled to…

Adukrom Abontendomhene becomes a Cultural Ambassador National Commision on Culture

Adukrom Abontendomhene becomes a Cultural Ambassador

  The National Commission on Culture has appointed the Adukrom Abontendomhene, Nana Anim Obiri as Cultural Ambassador for the promotion of culture in the country. The ceremony was held to climax this year’s Odwira Festival at the Okuapehene’s Palace. The executive Director for National Commission on Culture Madam Janet Edna…

JUNKANOO FESTIVAL LAUNCH National Commision on Culture

JUNKANOO FESTIVAL LAUNCH

The Executive Director for the National Commission on culture and the United States of America Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Stephanie S. Sullivan officially launched the 2022 world Junkanoo Festival yesterday in Accra (Ghana). The Junkanoo festival is celebrated each year in two spectacular parades, on Boxing Day (26th December) and…

GOVERNING BODY OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CULTURE National Commision on Culture

GOVERNING BODY OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CULTURE

An advisory board of the National Commission on Culture has been sworn in to help improve, promote, and preserve the Ghanaian Cultural Heritage in order to make it more attractive to the youth, generation yet unborn and to the outside world. It is expected of the board to strive in…

INAUGURATION OF A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR National Commision on Culture

INAUGURATION OF A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR

National Commission on Culture has inaugurated a 51-year-old Miss Georgina Opoku, popularly known as Asor as a Cultural Ambassador to help support the work of the Commission and its centres, she is the second person to be commissioned as a Cultural Ambassador. The Executive Director Madam Janet Edna Nyame in…

National Commission on Culture Co-hosts World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. National Commision on Culture

National Commission on Culture Co-hosts World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.

Ghana joins the world in celebrating World Day for Cultural Diversity on June 10, 2021. The day has been celebrated since 2001 when UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity; and in December 2002, the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 57/249, declared May 21 to be the World…