Culture

November 29, 2022

GHANA COMMISSION FOR UNESCO ORGANIZES INCEPTION MEETING FOR THE ICH PROJECT IN GHANA

On Wednesday, 23rd November 2022, the Ghana Commission for UNESCO organized an Inception Meeting to kickstart the ICH project in Ghana at the Ellking Hotel in […]
September 30, 2022

GHANA’S MINISTER FOR TOURISM, ARTS, AND CULTURE SPEAKS AT THE UNESCO WORLD CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL POLICIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, MONDIACULT, IN MEXICO CITY

The Honorable Minister, who was amongst the High-Level Officials invited to speak at the Conference, delivered his statement on the 28th of September 2022 after the […]
May 5, 2022

GHANA HERITAGE COMMITTEE’S STATEMENT ON AFRICAN WORLD HERITAGE DAY 2022

Our Heritage Won for us It has been established that Africa is underrepresented on the World Heritage List. African properties account for some 12% of all […]
April 21, 2022

VIRTUAL DIGITAL MUSEUM LAUNCH-PAN AFRICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM

The Pan African Heritage World Museum is launching the first digital museum in the world on May 5, 2022. The event coincides with the UNESC About […]
March 21, 2022

World Poetry Day 2022

Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history […]
March 1, 2022

UNESCO-Ghana: Challenges in Sustainable Heritage Conservation in Ghana

In July 2021, one of the external walls of the Fort at British Komenda unexpectedly collapsed when Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) staff were undertaking […]
February 7, 2022

MEETING WITH CHIEF DIRECTOR FOR MINISTRY OF TOURISM, ARTS, AND CULTURE

On 2nd February, the Secretary-General and Program Officer for Culture at the Ghana Commission for UNESCO paid a visit to the office of the Chief Director […]
January 27, 2022

JAMESTOWN – YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW: AN EXHIBITION ON GA MASHIE BOXING HERITAGE

Today, the Ghana Commission for UNESCO joined the Imagining Ghanaian Futures team at the maiden exhibition of Ga-Mashie Boxing Heritage. Hon. Fritz Baffour, former Minister for […]
January 17, 2022

Ghana To Host World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture 2022

Each year on January 24, World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture celebrates the many vibrant cultures of the African continent and African Diasporas around the […]