Rethinking Ghana's language policy in education: An Afrocentric defence of mother tongue instruction

The history of language and education in Africa cannot be separated from the colonial project. British colonial education was ...

Ghana Mandates Use Of Local ‘Mother-Tongue’ Languages in Schools

The Ghanaian government announced the new mandate on Friday, Oct. 24. The first attempt in the early 2000s failed.
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One descended from slaves, one whose ancestors aided traders explore shared history in Ghana

A new study-abroad program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, takes students to Ghana, in part, to explore slave castles and other historic sites related to the trans-Atlantic slave ...
Rolling Out

7 best places in Ghana to retrace slave migration and family history

The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade runs deep in the roots of Ghana, making it one of the most significant destinations for anyone wishing to trace the footsteps of enslaved ancestors and ...
The Africa Report

Ghana: The power of art to safeguard history and change the future

The role of artists in rewriting history and shaping economic development came to the fore at a recent ‘Global Ghana’ gathering organised by the Africa Institute in Sharjah, a city in the UAE. The ...
Africanews on MSN

Ghana makes local languages compulsory in schools

The government of Ghana has announced that all teachers must now use local languages as the main medium of instruction at the ...