40th Kundum Celebration
Honouring Heritage · Inspiring Innovation · Empowering Generations
Nzema Association in Diaspora (Europe)
Our Focus (2026–2030)
- Cultural Renaissance
- Intellectual Empowerment
- Youth Leadership
- Intercultural Engagement
- Sustainable Legacy Building
Kundum@40 Event Schedule
Join us for a weekend of rich cultural heritage, majestic displays, and communal celebration. Here is the official schedule of events
Friday, October 23, 2026
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Main Festival Grounds
Arrival & Welcome Reception
Guests and dignitaries arrive. A warm welcome reception featuring traditional music, networking, and introductory remarks
Saturday, October 24, 2026
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Royal Palace Forecourt
Opening Ceremony & Libation
Official commencement of the Kundum@40 festival with traditional prayers, pouring of libation by the Chief Priest, and cultural displays
Saturday, October 24, 2026
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Main Festival Grounds
Grand Durbar of Chiefs
A majestic display of culture, featuring chiefs in palanquins, traditional drumming, dancing, and keynote addresses
Sunday, October 25, 2026
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Community Center
Youth & Cultural Exhibition
Showcasing the talents of the youth through traditional arts, crafts, storytelling, and a local food bazaar
Sunday, October 25, 2026
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Main Festival Grounds
Thanksgiving Service & Feast
A communal feast and thanksgiving service to conclude the celebrations, praying for a bountiful harvest and unity
Flagship Programms
Digital Heritage Project
A multimedia platform archiving stories, proverbs, oral histories, and artistic expressions.
Kundum Global Fellowship Program
A mentorship and training initiative for youth and emerging scholars across the diaspora and Ghana
Nzema–Ahanta Innovation Challenge
An annual competition supporting youth-led projects that merge culture, creativity, and technology
Anton Wilhelm Amo
Anton Wilhelm Amo or Anthony William Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759) was a Nzema philosopher from Axim, Dutch Gold Coast then within what was broadly considered the region of Guinea (region) (the area is now in Ghana). Amo was a professor at the universities of Halle and Jena in Germany after studying there. He was brought to Germany by the Dutch West India Company in 1707 and was presented as a gift to Dukes Augustus William and Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,[2] being treated as a member of the family by their father Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In 2020, Oxford University Press published a translation (into English) of his Latin works from the early 1730s
Education
He went on to the University of Halle, whose Law School he entered in 1727. He finished his preliminary studies within two years, titling his thesis Dissertatio Inauguralis de Jure Maurorum in Europa (1729).[4] This manuscript on The Rights of Moors in Europe is lost, but a summary was published in his university’s Annals (1730). For his further studies Amo moved to the University of Wittenberg, studying logic, metaphysics, physiology, astronomy, history, law, theology, politics, and medicine, and mastered six languages (English, French, Dutch, Latin, Greek, and German). His medical education in particular was to play a central role in much of his later philosophical thought.