Bureau of Ghana Languages

The Bureau of Ghana Languages is an agency of the government of Ghana that promotes Ghanaian languages, including publication of materials in them. It focuses on 11 languages: Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Ewe, Mfantse, Ga, Dangme, Nzema, Dagbani, Dagaare, Gonja and Kasem.[1]

Bureau of Ghana Languages
Agency overview
Formed1951 (1951)
HeadquartersAccra and Tamale
Agency executive
  • William Boateng, Chair of the Bureau of Ghana Languages
Websitehttp://www.bgl.gov.gh

The bureau provides services for the promotion, orthographic control and learning of Ghanaian languages, as well as general research into Ghanaian languages, writing, translation of non-local language documents, assessment, editing and publication of documents in Ghanaian languages. It also influences government policies on Ghanaian languages through the co-ordination of all agencies involved in promoting Ghanaian languages. It has two offices, one in Accra and the other in Tamale.

History

The bureau was founded in 1951, originally as the Vernacular Literature Bureau,[2] and later given its current name in 1957. In 1958 it was converted into a department under the Ministry of Information. It was later transferred from the Ministry of Information to the Ministry of Education in 1963. The Bureau has since 1 December 1989 been under the National Commission on Culture by the PNDC Law 238. The Bureau of Ghana Languages is a government institution involved in the educational and cultural effort of the nation. It is a unique institution because, as a government publishing house, it is the only institution of its kind that publishes exclusively in Ghanaian languages.

Heads of the Bureau of Ghana Languages
Name Beginning of term End of term Region
R.C. Whitaker 1951 1953
John A Hamilton 1953 1956
Edwin L. Read Jr. 1956 1958
Samuel K. Otoo 1958 1968
Samuel K. Otoo 1968 1972
Felix S. Konu 1973 1982
Daniel E. K. Krampah 1982 1995
John N. Nanor 1995 2001
J. C. Abbey 2001 2005
A.A . Arries-Tagoe 2005 2005
Francis E. Kwaw 2005 2018
William Boateng 2018

References
  1. "Ghana, National Commission on Culture, "The Bureau Of Ghana Languages-BGL" (Page 2 of 6)". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  2. Ghana, National Commission on Culture, "About Us - Cultural Institutions and Agencies"


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