Living Knowledge
Culture Beyond Ceremonies
Culture is not limited to ceremonies, festivals or historical memory. It includes the knowledge, languages, values, skills, institutions and productive practices through which communities understand their environment and organise social life.
Regional Heritage
Our Shared Cultural Foundations
This Culture & Heritage platform explores the shared cultural foundations of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire and the wider Upper Guinea Coast. It connects historical understanding with education, citizenship, creativity, livelihoods and sustainable development.
Identity and Participation
Culture, Knowledge and Nation Building
Cultural knowledge influences identity, confidence, cooperation and participation. Nations make stronger and more inclusive progress when education, media and public institutions recognise the knowledge carried through communities and mother tongues.
Knowledge to Value
Cultural Resources and Economic Development
Traditional arts, music, storytelling, textiles, food systems, medicinal knowledge, architecture, cultural landscapes, flora and fauna can support research, education, tourism, creative industries and responsible enterprise. Their development must protect community ownership, environmental sustainability and cultural integrity.
Connected Communities
The Upper Guinea Coast Connection
The peoples of the Mano River Union and neighbouring territories share long histories of movement, trade, language, family relationships and cultural exchange. Modern borders should not prevent communities from studying these relationships or using their common heritage to strengthen regional understanding and cooperation.
Culture & Heritage Radio Programme
Explore researched broadcasts connecting cultural knowledge, community memory and sustainable development.
Listen to broadcasts exploring the cultural knowledge,
languages, histories, artistic traditions, flora, fauna and
productive resources of Sierra Leone, the Mano River Union
and the wider Upper Guinea Coast.
Culture, Cultural Knowledge and Resources
Culture & Heritage — Episode 1