The Reading / Listening - Pan-African Heritage Museum - Level 2

A new museum in Ghana is exciting people across the world. The Pan African Heritage Museum will open in August 2023. TIME Magazine said it will be one of the world's top 100 places to visit. It will have exhibits, galleries and a theatre. TIME called it an important place for people "interested in connecting with Africa's history and its people's heritage". Ghana's president said the museum will be a "place for all the looted cultural artefacts of our continent, which are housed in foreign museums and which will be returned to us". A digital version of the museum is now online.

The man who thought of the idea for the museum is Kojo Acquah Yankah. He was once a cabinet minister. He said the idea came after seeing 5,000 people of African descent at the 375th anniversary of the forced arrival of Africans in the USA. He said: "This inspired me to create the museum to unite Africans and people of African descent." He added: "The museum is special because it's the only one bringing all African heritage together under one roof." There are fewer than 2,000 museums in Africa, compared with over 30,000 in Europe and the USA.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Pan-African Heritage Museum - Level 0 Pan-African Heritage Museum - Level 1   or  Pan-African Heritage Museum - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Executives-of-Pan-African-heritage-museum-pay-courtesy-call-on-minister-for-tourism-1550963
  • https://travelnoire.com/accras-pan-african-heritage-world-museum-listed-among-worlds-greatest-places
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61631437


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. A new museum in Ghana is
  2. one of the world's top
  3. It will have exhibits, galleries
  4. TIME called it an important
  5. interested in connecting with
  6. all the looted cultural
  7. housed
  8. A digital
  1. and a theatre
  2. artefacts of our continent
  3. Africa's history
  4. version of the museum
  5. place
  6. in foreign museums
  7. 100 places to visit
  8. exciting people

Paragraph 2

  1. The man who thought
  2. He was once a cabinet
  3. This inspired me to
  4. Africans and people
  5. bringing all African heritage
  6. under one
  7. fewer than 2,000
  8. compared with over
  1. together
  2. 30,000 in Europe
  3. of African descent
  4. minister
  5. create the museum
  6. of the idea
  7. roof
  8. museums in Africa

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

A new museum in Ghana (1) ___________________ across the world. The Pan African Heritage Museum will open in August 2023. TIME Magazine said it will be one (2) ___________________ top 100 places to visit. It (3) ___________________, galleries and a theatre. TIME called it an important place for people "interested in connecting with Africa's history and (4) ___________________". Ghana's president said the museum will be a "place for all the looted cultural artefacts (5) ___________________, which are housed in foreign museums and which will be returned to us". A (6) ___________________ the museum is now online.

The man who thought of (7) ___________________ the museum is Kojo Acquah Yankah. He was once a cabinet minister. He said the (8) ___________________ seeing 5,000 people of African descent at the 375th anniversary of the (9) ___________________ Africans in the USA. He said: "This inspired me to create the museum to unite Africans and people (10) ___________________." He added: "The museum is special because it's the only one bringing all African heritage together (11) ___________________." There are fewer than 2,000 museums in Africa, (12) ___________________ 30,000 in Europe and the USA.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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anHeritageMuseumwillopeninAugust2023.TIMEMagazinesaiditwillb
eoneoftheworld'stop100placestovisit.Itwillhaveexhibits,galleriesan
datheatre.TIMEcalleditanimportantplaceforpeople"interestedincon
nectingwithAfrica'shistoryanditspeople'sheritage".Ghana'spresiden
tsaidthemuseumwillbea"placeforallthelootedculturalartefactsofour
continent,whicharehousedinforeignmuseumsandwhichwillbereturn
edtous".Adigitalversionofthemuseumisnowonline.Themanwhothou
ghtoftheideaforthemuseumisKojoAcquahYankah.Hewasonceacabin
etminister.Hesaidtheideacameafterseeing5,000peopleofAfricandes
centatthe375thanniversaryoftheforcedarrivalofAfricansintheUSA.H
esaid:"ThisinspiredmetocreatethemuseumtouniteAfricansandpeopl
eofAfricandescent."Headded:"Themuseumisspecialbecauseit'stheo
nlyonebringingallAfricanheritagetogetherunderoneroof."Therearef
ewerthan2,000museumsinAfrica,comparedwithover30,000inEurop
eandtheUSA.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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