Ahanta

AHANTA

Name of Language: Ahanta

Ethnologue Code: [aha]

Population: 142,000 (2003).

Alternative Names:

Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Central, Bia, Southern

Location: Western region: Takoradi to Princes Town. Southwest coast

Scriptures Published

New Testament- 2009

Old Testament Ongoing

GILLBT Contact Persons:

1. Project Coordinator- David Kwofie

Phone: 0207598992

Email address: bura1945@yahoo.com

2. Mathar Emina

Phone: 0207166986

email address:

3. Committee Chairperson-

Nana Agyeman 1X

Phone: 0271105265

Bringing the Scriptures to Life in Ahanta

Bringing the Scriptures to life in a language that has never expressed the Scriptures before is an exciting and multifaceted mission. This is the mission of the Ahanta language project team. The team is seeking to realize their vision—God’s Word reach­ing into Ahanta hearts and lives—through a va­ri­ety of cre­ative strate­gies. Their var­ied ap­proach is ef­fec­tively prepar­ing the hearts of the Ahanta peo­ple for the Word of God. As the team trans­lates the New Tes­ta­ment, they are also lay­ing the ground­work for its use through lit­er­acy, Scrip­ture use train­ing, and ra­dio broad­casts of the trans­lated Scriptures.

Trans­la­tion is at the heart of the Ahanta team’s mission. Translation of the Scriptures is their first priority. The team participates in translation workshops to continue developing their skills and growing in their understanding of the Scriptures. Meanwhile, the team has also translated pamphlets to generate in­terest in both literacy and the Gospel. Some of these pam­phlets, with titles like Smoking or Health and Exclusive Breastfeeding, deal with issues of health that are important to the local popu­la­tion. Oth­ers, like The Birth of Christ, share the good news of Christ and build foun­da­tions of familiarity and understanding for the Scriptures being translated.