Twi Time launched in Australia

At long last a solution is at hand for Ghanaians living overseas on one pertinent issue – that of language, and how to get their children to understand, speak and write the language of their parents.

If you live outside Ghana with young children, a recurrent frustration is to watch your own children growing up healthily and happily, but missing one important ingredient. That ingredient is so closely associated with every human being’s culture that once it is missed, there is a feeling of hollowness in the person.

The problem is compounded by the fact that there are no books or any other resource for parents to use to teach their children Ghanaian languages such as Akan, Ga, Ewe or Dagbani.

A Ghanaian-born graphic designer in Sydney, Australia, refused to be cowed by these seemingly intractable hurdles when he realised that he was making no headway in trying to find resources to teach his young child Twi.

Together with his scientist wife Ebony, Jeffery Abrokwah set about to design resources for the teaching of the Twi language to children right from the day of birth.

Jeffery and Ebony’s dream finally became a reality when their brain-child - called Twi Time - was launched in Sydney earlier this month.

The package includes an interactive computer program as well as flashcards, posters and books.

Several government officials and scores of African thronged the centre to catch a first glimpse of the program that many had long waited for.

The first package was auctioned at the function, attracting a top bid of $3000.

Mr Abrokwah said his company, Yolk Designs, plans to extend its work to cover several other Ghanaian and African languages. In the meantime, Ghanaians around the world are welcome to order copies of the package from Yolk Designs by emailing Jeffery and Ebony: info@yolkdesigns.com.