The French Embassy in Accra has renovated and transformed a library built in 1974 into a Community Museum for the people of Begho, in the Tain District of the Bono region.
The museum, which is under the Begho Area Archaeological Project (BAAP), contains remains recovered from the second century AD to the mid-18th century AD and includes artifacts such as ancestral bowls, clay crucibles, smoking pipes, spindle whorls, metallurgical implements and ceramic vessels.
There are other prehistoric artefacts such as micro-lithic tools, stone axes and rasps all recovered from Mumute site, an area which dates to 1500 BC at the museum.
Speaking at a durbar of the chiefs and people of Hani during the inauguration of the museum, a lecturer at the Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Ghana, Mr Daniel Kumah, observed that the Bono region has several archaeological and tourist attraction sites including; Bono-Manso and Kunsu Slave routes, which could be developed to enhance eco-tourism.
On her part, the Bono Regional Minister, Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, lauded France’s tremendous support towards building Ghana’s indigenous rich cultural heritage and enhancing the nation’s tourism industry as well.
She said “culture depicts the true identity of indigenous Ghanaians” and noted that the government appreciates the support from France in helping to portray the true indigenous culture of the Ghanaian people.
Madam Owusu Banahene said Ghana has diverse rich and interesting cultural heritages that could be harnessed to push rapid socio-economic development, but regretted such indigenous culture that reflects the true identity of the people remains in the shadows.
She, therefore, called on traditional rulers to revisit the ancient storytelling approach to resuscitate tradition and culture, and help instil in young people indigenous Ghanaian moral values.
Madam Owusu Banahene expressed concern about moral decadence among the youth and attributed the menace partly to the adulteration of foreign cultures.
The regional minister, therefore, called for re-introduction of tradition and culture into basic school curricula to promote and project the nation’s diverse and rich cultural heritage.
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