The National Folklore Board is a statutory body with the primary aim to protect and promote

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

of Ghana.Folklore in

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

is defined as set of traditional beliefs and customs of a community that may be preserved by an ethnic group or unidentified

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

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History

National

Folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

Board is under the Ministry of

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring (disambiguation), touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tour (disambiguation), tours. Th ...

, Arts and Culture as a

state agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and proc ...

. The National

Board, is the statutory body established and mandated under the Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690) (the “Act”), to administer, register, promote and protect

expressions of folklore on behalf of the President and for the people of Ghana. The Board which consists of National Folklore Board, Chairperson, Copyright administrator, nominated individual by national commission on culture and six other persons. Folklore is based on

oral tradition Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (1985 ...

, passed on from generation to generation which encompasses intellectual and spiritual tradition. It is composed of customs, arts (dramatic ),festivals, musical stories, proverbs celebrated over the years. The National Folklore Board has partnered with MTN to digitize Ghanaian folklore.

Functions

National Folklore Board functions as a state agency, to perform the role of intellectual property and folklore branding in Ghana. * To educate Ghanaians on folklore * To preserve Ghana's rich heritage to influence nation building * To boost domestic and international tourism to generate revenue and create jobs * Monthly outdoor activities "Did you know" throughout the year

Activities

* Folklore Clubs * Cultural Tourism * National Traditional Games Competition * Know your folklore campaign

References

{{Authority control Society of Ghana