Kanko Cultural Institute
Moving forward in breaking multicultural barriers
Established in the 1999, the Kanko Cultural Institute (KCI) in Accra, Ghana is a subsidiary of Kanko Arts Foundation in the UK.
KCI provides training for artists and craftsmen in the practice, exhibition and applications of African arts. Many of these highly talented and skilled individuals come to Europe as tutors and performers. The Institute works in consultation with the National Commission on Culture and also with other arts organisations to ensure that it recruits the best talent for its international operations.
Like its UK parent, KCI has as its aims to stimulate, encourage and develop interest in African arts and culture. Activities include music and dance; visual arts and drama; African food, drum making and woodcarving. KCI runs workshops in and around Accra, as well as in the Eastern and Volta regions. The Institute also seeks to introduce varied European art forms to the school curriculum, as well as Information Communication Technology (ICT), Disc Jockey (DJ) and similar activities to young people in urban and rural areas.
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
The Kanko Cultural Institute (KCI) is our branch in Accra, Ghana.
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park was named after the ‘founding father’ of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the Memorial Park was inaugurated on 1 July 1992. It is located in the main commercial area of Accra, occupying what in colonial days were the polo grounds, opposite Old Parliament House. In fact, it was at these same grounds that Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana’s independence from colonial rule on 6 March 1957.
Major features in the Memorial Park are 
- a mausoleum, containing the mortal remains of Dr Nkrumah
- a large bronze statue of Dr Nkrumah, marking the spot where he declared independence in 1957
- a museum with personal memorabilia of Dr Nkrumah
- office buildings
- fountains and lawns
- trees planted by distinguished visitors to Ghana