The Taste of Afrika, the organisers of the Cultural Oneness festival, have stated that this year’s event will take place in November rather than December, as planned in 2023, owing to the upcoming general election on December 7.
As a result, the festival will take place in the northern area from November 13 to 16, 2024, with the theme “Leveraging our strength for shared growth and prosperity as one people.”
The festival’s major goal is to encourage community development while also fostering solidarity among traditional kingdoms and ethnic groupings in Ghana’s northern region.
Mr. Tengol K. Kplemani, a Co-Founder of Taste of Afrika, remarked on the sidelines of a media engagement in Tamale on Wednesday that the Cultural Oneness event is primarily intended to promote cultural variety and togetherness among Africans both on and off the continent.
He said that the four-day events would feature a Cultural Roots trip around the five northern regions, a Cultural Fusion durbar, a Street Carnival, an Exhibition, and a Business Forum to encourage young entrepreneurs, as well as a Fashion Show and a musical performance to cap off the event.
Founders of The Taste of Afrika, the organisers of the Cultural Oneness Festival
Mr. Kplemani has consequently urged the people, particularly the teeming young, to come out in large numbers at this time to network, unify, and establish a resilient community for change.
He argued that the durbar of leaders from many historic kingdoms fostered community solidarity and cultural coherence.
He stated that the multi-stakeholder debate created investment prospects and methods to promote sub-national economic growth to reduce young unemployment and enhance lives.
The programme supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 10 and 11, which aim to decrease inequality and create sustainable cities and communities by 2030.
During the media discussion, Suŋ Naa of Tolon traditional area and Chairman and Co-Founder of Taste of Afrika, Chief Martin Christopher Glin, emphasised the significance of private sector involvement in furthering societal development.
He also urged for a shift in people’s mindsets, claiming that many of the issues facing northern Ghana are comparable to those confronting the black population in America.
“There is no one who will assist us, and as I tell people in America and our brothers and sisters here, you cannot go to the government; you must search inside yourself and develop yourself. “You have to create wealth with the resources you have,” he said.
The business coach and investor said, “There is a lot of money that black people have in the United States (point blank, there is a lot of wealth in the United States); a middle-class person is regarded extremely affluent here. Now, how can we persuade black Americans to invest in Northern Ghana? We must demonstrate the possibilities that exist here.”
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