Abibifahodie is not only expressed in declarations. It is practiced in the choices that bring Afrikan people closer to our languages, communities and ways of knowing. This Black August, one of those choices is learning to speak.

Abibitumi’s eight-class Twi language and cultural orientation program begins Saturday, August 29 at 4:00 p.m. GMT. Learners can meet at Jamrock Restaurant at the University of Ghana or join online by Zoom.

  • Begins: Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. GMT
  • Attend: Jamrock Restaurant at the University of Ghana or online via Zoom
  • Program: Eight classes with Twi language instruction and cultural orientation
  • Cost: 500 GHS or US$50
  • Member offer: 50% off for members of selected organizations

Recovering more than vocabulary

For Afrikan people in the diaspora, language disruption was part of a larger assault on memory, belonging and self-definition. Reconnection therefore involves more than translating English sentences word for word. It asks learners to hear the values, relationships and histories carried by an Afrikan language.

Ɔbenfo Ọbádéle Kambon, whose linguistic work focuses on Akan, is leading the invitation. He emphasizes conversational ability and addresses the course directly to repatriates—both new arrivals and those who have spent years in Ghana without developing the confidence to speak.

The cultural orientation accompanying the language classes recognizes that liberation requires context. A greeting has a social setting. A name has history. Respect, humor and responsibility do not always travel cleanly through English.

Eight classes are a beginning, not an endpoint. But beginning together, with instruction and a community of learners, can turn good intentions into a daily practice.

Register for the Black August Twi classes.

Source: an August 28, 2026 announcement by Ɔbenfo Ọbádéle Kambon for Abibitumi and the Decade of Our Repatriation. Watch the original announcement.