Summary and Objectives

Learning activities focus on the importance of oratory wisdom among the Akan peoples of Ghana. Through writing and artmaking experiences students explore the ways that verbal and visual ideas can work together to express notions of importance for the Akan and by extension, in their own lives. Students will

• Examine the importance of oratory wisdom among the Akan peoples of Ghana through discussion and oral presentations.
• Use creative writing and artmaking activities to explore how verbal and visual ideas can complement each other in expressing knowledge, wisdom, and power.
• Consider the relationship between tradition-based systems of oral communication and the concerns of modern media through discussion and role-playing opportunities.