Milestones · Family · Belonging

Life & Community

Explore the ceremonies and shared moments through which Ghanaians welcome, unite, remember and celebrate.

Ghanaian Weddings: Two Families Become One

From the first family visit to cloth, gifts, blessings, music and food, explore how Ghanaian marriages bring people and traditions together.

Meet the family traditions through which a child is introduced, named, blessed and welcomed into a wider community.

Explore how worship, food, music, generosity and neighbourly welcome shape Christian, Muslim and community occasions in Ghana.

Understand how Ghanaian families mourn, remember and support one another through announcements, wakes, burial, thanksgiving and final funeral rites.

Enter the colour, authority and public responsibility of installations, enskinments and durbars across Ghana’s traditional areas.