ACTI Ghana
ABOUT US
The Asante Cultural & Traditional Institute
The Asante Cultural and Traditional Institute is a non-governmental organisation based in Kumasi, Ghana.
Established with a passion for safeguarding and transmitting the cultural legacy of the Asante people, the institute serves as a beacon of knowledge, bridging the past with the present for the benefit of current and future generations.
Our Story
Why the institute exists
Asante culture is carried by people. The rites of a festival, the language of the palace, the meaning of a cloth, and the duty of a chief are learned beside those who already know them. When that chain breaks, what is left on paper is thin.
The Asante Cultural and Traditional Institute was set up in Kumasi to keep the chain intact. It prepares nominated chiefs and elders for the tradition they are asked to hold, and it opens that same heritage to students and the public who want to understand it properly.
The work is practical. Courses take in history, Twi, ceremony, craft, and food. Leadership training covers the ethics of the stool. Apprenticeships put kente, Adinkra, and pottery in the hands. Oral-history work records what elders still remember, while they are here to tell it.
Vision
Preserving and promoting Asante culture for generations to come.
Learning Cultural Values from the Experts
Mission
To educate and empower nominated chiefs, elders, and the wider public in Asante cultural practice, so the traditions that define the Asante people are understood, respected, and carried forward.
Core Values
What the institute stands for
Cultural Education
Teach Asante practice as it is lived: ritual, ceremony, art, language, and custom, in courses people can finish and use.
Leadership
Prepare nominated chiefs and elders to be capable, ethical custodians of the tradition in their care.
Community
Take the learning into the open through workshops, seminars, and cultural events for the wider public.
Research
Document oral histories, artefacts, and practice so Asante knowledge is kept accurately, and in time.
Leadership
The people carrying the work
Dr. Thomas Agyarko-Poku
Director
Osei-Bonsu Safo-Kantanka
Programs Manager
Kelvin Yesutor Dzitrie
Administrative Manager
Dr. Albert Adusei Dua
Consultant