Use culture to advance African unity and development – ECOWAS Queen urges African leaders

The Queen Mother of ECOWAS nationals working and living in Ivory Coast, Nana Kyeremaa Abrafi-Koto, has urged African leaders to prioritize unity and development of the African continent through the promotion of culture.

Addressing a durbar of chiefs and people from ECOWAS living in Ivory Coast to climax this year’s ECOWAS festival, dubbed “FENA 2023,” the ECOWAS Queen Mother on Sunday, May 28, 2023, said African leaders have the best opportunity to use culture and tradition to speed up the promotion of unity, peace, stability, and development in the continent.

Nana Kyeremaa Abrafi-Koto, who hails from Ghana and gained the ECOWAS Queen Mothership in Ivory Coast through her social activities, further intimated that the only inspiration required to push Africa to unite was through cultural activities.

She lauded the various African embassies in Ivory Coast for helping to promote African culture.

The Queen praised the administration of Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast, for creating an enabling environment for foreigners to stay and work in Ivory Coast.

An Ivorian Minister of State in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, who represented the Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Patrick Jérôme Achi, at the festival, lauded the Queen Mother for brilliantly initiating the festival to bring together nationals of the continent to celebrate cultures on one stage and to take stock of activities commemorating African unity.

He applauded the Queen Mother for identifying herself with the Ivorians and for working to promote culture, development, and tourism