The Omanhene of Tepa in the Ashanti Region, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I, has contributed to the ongoing dialogues on efforts to preserve the country's cultures and identities through the promotion of indigenous languages.
The debate on endangered indigenous languages came up strongly in a JoyNews report in 2022, which highlighted the Apowa Youth Choir from Western Region, promoting choral music composed in the Ahanta language; one of the Ghanaian local languages considered to be on the brink of extinction.
In a more recent development, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, in February 2025, appealed to the educational sector to safeguard local dialects, which, in her estimation, convey collective histories, traditions and cultural values.
Contributing to the discourse in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb on May 5, 2025, which marked African World Heritage Day, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I, said that the call for targeted effort to ensure young people speak their first language with proficiency is apt.
