Ga Mantse launches Sacred Crown Awards to celebrate African heritage, spirituality, and wellness

Accra, Ghana – King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse and President of the Ga Traditional Council, has initiated the first Sacred Crown Awards to champion African heritage, spirituality, and wellness. The launch event, held on June 5, 2026, under the theme "Celebrating African Heritage, Spirituality and Wellness," emphasized the critical need to preserve and promote the continent's rich cultural traditions.

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There is a need to preserve and celebrate Africa's rich cultural heritage, spirituality and wellness traditions.

Highlighting Africa's abundant treasures, the Ga Mantse stated that the continent is blessed with traditions, wisdom, spirituality, indigenous healing knowledge, royal institutions, festivals, music, dance, and cultural symbols. He stressed the importance of protecting and honoring these ancestral gifts for future generations, rather than letting them diminish.

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Africa is blessed with invaluable treasures, including its traditions, wisdom, spirituality, indigenous healing knowledge, royal institutions, festivals, music, dance and cultural symbols, which have shaped generations and continue to inspire people around the world.

The Sacred Crown Awards, established under royal patronage, will honor individuals, institutions, communities, healers, cultural custodians, spiritual leaders, wellness practitioners, and changemakers who actively promote African heritage and contribute to humanity. The awards are founded on three essential pillars: African Heritage, Spirituality, and Wellness, which are deemed crucial for fostering strong communities, peaceful societies, and a proud African identity.

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These sacred gifts, inherited from the continent's ancestors, must be protected, honoured and passed on to future generations rather than allowed to fade away.

African heritage connects people to their language, customs, traditions, values, and history. Spirituality cultivates discipline, humility, service, and reverence for the divine. Wellness focuses on the holistic well-being of individuals, encompassing the body, mind, soul, and spirit. The Ga Mantse expressed optimism that the awards will become a significant platform for safeguarding Africa's identity and celebrating those dedicated to preserving its cultural and spiritual legacy. He urged traditional leaders, spiritual figures, wellness experts, sponsors, and the public to support this endeavor, aiming to establish it as a respected national platform promoting cultural dignity, healing, and unity.

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The Sacred Crown Awards was established under his royal patronage to recognise individuals, institutions, communities, healers, cultural custodians, spiritual leaders, wellness practitioners and changemakers who continue to promote African heritage and serve humanity.