The following item, which mentions Ghanaian languages, may be of interest. [See the article webpage after the title below for the full text; the NCC site URL is at the end below]
Don Osborn Bisharat.net Ghana: National Commission on Culture launches website http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=71688 Accra, Dec. 14, GNA - The National Commission on Culture (NCC) on Tuesday launched a website aimed at providing knowledge on Ghana's culture and cultural heritage. The website would also educate policy-makers on the relevance of culture, especially on burning issues of gender and inform the public about the country's cultural heritage to enable them to treasure the cultural value in Ghanaian languages, proverbs, music, festivals, arts and crafts and traditional governance, among other things. The Royal Netherlands Embassy and the UNESCO funded the project. Professor George P. Hagan, Chairman of the NCC, said three things - formulating of culture policy, culture trust fund and creation of a website where people could access the Ghanaian culture - were his priority which he promised to accomplish since he assumed office in 2001. He said government accepted the policy and the trust fund had one million dollars. Prof. Hagan said they were working on the codification of traditional laws in Ghana and expressed the hope that in future it would be accepted as a working document for the development of the country's culture. He, therefore, urged the public to access the site - http://www.ghanaculture.gov.gh/ to enrich their knowledge. ... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
