MP Kukua Bissue launches Ahanta language renaissance project 

The rich Ahanta culture and tradition was at display over the weekend during the launch of the Ahanta language renaissance project.

An initiative of the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Kukua Bissue Boateng, the launch brought dignitaries to Ahantaland.

Apart from traditional chiefs from all corners of Ahanta, who were at the launch, political figures like the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson, Dr. Grace Ayensu Danquah, MP for Essikado Ketan, amongst other MPs joined their colleague for the launch.

The Ahata renaissance project is an initiative of the MP to ‘resurrect’ the Ahanta dialect and same taught in schools in Ahanta towns and villages.
As a result, she first collaborated with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Department of Education to draft a curriculum for the project.

Currently, a team of teachers have been selected to teach the dialect in selected schools on a pilot basis.

Prior to the launch of the Ahanta dialect renaissance project, MP Kukua Bissue Boateng, had made a positive statement in Parliament, recognising the importance of the Ahanta dialect.

Pupils selected from various schools accompanied the MP to the House of Parliament on the day she made the statement.

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