Did You Know..the so-called kaba and slit design does not originate from Ghana? It is an import from Nigeria where kaba is defined as a
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Exploring Brazil’s Ghanaian roots
British-Ghanaian journalist Kai Lutterodt can trace her family back five generations to her great great great grandmother who is thought to have come to Ghana
Brixton exhibition preserves Ghana’s past
An East London family had no idea that two bags of letters, papers and documents brought back from Ghana would become the subject of a
Ghanaian sitcom star leaves lasting legacy in Kwahu
The late Gyearbuor Asante, who famously played long-term mature student Matthew in hit British sitcom Desmond’s, was also a royal. He came from Tafo, Kwahu, in
In conversation with film-maker legend Ernest Abbeyquaye
Ernest Abbeyquaye is a stalwart of the Ghanaian theatre/film and TV industry and has notched up an impressive number of accolades – the latest being
Luton International Carnival 2019
Join us at the exciting Luton International Carnival theme is ” Together as One”
Probing language endangerment in Ghana
A British-Ghanaian documentary-maker is taking her investigations into language endangerment within the Ghanaian community back home. Pamela Sakyi – the woman behind the ‘British Ghanaians: Lost
Ghana’s rural communities inspire UK-based education project
Did you know that in 2016, Ghana Society Luton partnered with Luton-based educational centres the Open Doors Training & Development Trust and Lewsey Farm Learning
African carvings and their religious function
We would never dream of taking sacred artefacts from Christianity or Islam and placing them on our mantelpieces at home. So why do we do
Is it time we had more African history taught in UK schools?
Historian and journalist Gus Casely-Hayford comes from a prominent family line hailing from Ghana and Sierra Leone. The list includes his grandfather – lawyer, politician,