Manhyia Palace Museum Receives Copies of Kente Story Documentary Awards
The Manhyia Palace Museum has received copies of all three awards won by Amma Konadu Yiadom Prempeh (Amma Prempeh) at the fourth edition of the Golden Age Business and Creative Arts Awards (GACAA), held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra on May 1, 2024, for display in the museum.
The presentation was made on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at the Manhyia Palace Museum.
Ghana’s first Kente documentary, “Kente Culture Story Documentary Film: The Importance of Kente to Ghanaians & Black Africans,” produced, directed and funded by award-winning BBC journalist Amma Prempeh, won three awards at the event.
The awards are: ‘Woman of Excellence: Creative Art Personality of the Year,’ ‘Woman of Excellence: Tourism and Arts Personality of the Year,’ and ‘Yaa Asantewaa Woman of Valour and Honour Award.’ She also received a citation from the Asante Kotoko Association in New York on May 25, 2024.
The Manhyia Palace Museum congratulated Amma Prempeh for winning four prestigious awards.
The Curator of the Museum, Mr. Justice Brobbey acknowledged the honour done to Asanteman and Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene by winning the awards.
“Receiving four prestigious awards within a year is no mean achievement,’ Curator Brobbey stated.
Miss Amma Prempeh said she is humbled and honoured by the request to bring her victories home to her royal ancestors, in honour of her parents from the Ashanti Royal family. She also thanked God for bringing her this far.
Meanwhile, Nana Kuragu Ameyaw Santanmire II, Otumfuo’s Kentehene has bestowed the title of Kente Ambassador on Amma Prempeh.
He has also requested copies of her awards for the Bonwire Kente Museum.
He hoped Amma Prempeh would not only promote Kente cloth but would push to bring more jobs to Bonwire Kente weavers and other Kente weavers across the country.
