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Sankofa Pan-African Honours

Honour Service. Preserve Legacy. Inspire Nation Building.

Celebrating the people and institutions whose leadership, service and enduring contributions help build Ghana and advance Africa.

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Welcome to Sankofa

Every nation is shaped by people who choose to serve, build and leave something of value behind. Sankofa Pan-African Honours brings these contributions into view. Through honours, convocations, heritage programmes and publications, we celebrate meaningful achievement, preserve the lessons of leadership and inspire responsibility for the future.

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What we stand for

Honour Service. Preserve Legacy. Inspire Nation Building.

Honour Service. Preserve Legacy. Inspire Nation Building.

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Thursday

November 2026

Time4 pm to 8 pm

Mantle Africa Honours 2026

Ghana’s Kingdom Honours & African Legacy Convocation

Honouring the Voices. Preserving the Mantles. Advancing the Kingdom.

A gathering celebrating Christian ministry, kingdom leadership and African legacy. The programme places honour alongside reflection on the voices, mantles and enduring contributions that continue to shape lives and communities.

When
Thursday 12 November 2026 · 4 pm to 8 pm
Venue
Accra City Hall (Omanye Oba)
Highlights
Programme elements include the honours ceremony, legacy reflection, fifth-anniversary commemoration and a book unveiling, subject to the final approved programme.

“A nation is remembered for two things:

what it builds, and what it honours.”

Sankofa Pan-African Honours

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A record of service and celebration

Explore moments from our honours journey: leaders recognised, communities celebrated and conversations carried forward through our events and publications.

Nation Builders Convocation 2026: event artwork
Featured completed event 4 October 2026

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Nation Builders Convocation 2026

GHANA @70 — Honouring the Past. Shaping the Next Chapter.

The inaugural Nation Builders Convocation brought together the celebration of service and a forward-looking conversation on nationhood. The programme connected honours, leadership, heritage and the responsibility of shaping Ghana’s next chapter, with World Unity and Peace International (WUPI) as a programme partner.

Date
Sunday 4 October 2026
Venue
Ghana College of Physicians & Surgeons Auditorium, Accra
Motto
Advancing Nationhood
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Photographs to follow

  • Guests in kente and stoles
  • An audience in headwraps
  • Stoles over the shoulder
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Books and publications

Books that carry the conversation forward

Discover writing on national character, leadership, heritage, enterprise and lasting contribution, including We Need a New Ghanaian and Leadership from the Elder’s Seat.

  • No. 01

    We Need a New Ghanaian

    12 Decisions That Will Define Ghana’s Next Chapter

    A call to personal responsibility and national renewal, examining the choices through which citizens help shape Ghana’s future.

  • No. 02

    Leadership from the Elder’s Seat

    Lead with Weight

    A leadership work connecting wisdom, character and responsible authority with the endurance of institutions. It invites leaders to give their influence substance through conduct, judgement and responsibility.

  • No. 03

    The Anatomy of Ideas

    How Ideas Are Born, Built, Resisted and Become Institutions

    A national leadership and transformational-thinking compendium exploring the journey from an emerging idea to an enduring institution.

  • No. 04

    Ghanamatics

    Measuring the Nation, Multiplying Her Future

    A national-development book project connecting people, data, ideas, integrity and action with the ambition of building a greater Ghana.

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Partnerships

Build the next chapter with us

We welcome conversations with institutions, businesses, cultural bodies and individuals who share our commitment to service, excellence and nation building.

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