The Oku Ampofo Foundation


*Dedicated to Preserving and Continuing the Legacy.*	THE OKU AMPOFO FOUNDATION will support community development projects to benefit the people of Ghana and, in particular, Dr Ampofo's hometown, Mampong-Akwapim. The Foundation will also support research into selected plant medicines needed to treat critical diseases in Ghana, West Africa and the world. The first one to be researched is a very effective anti-malarial plant which is being developed into a drug, which is desperately needed throughout the African continent. The Foundation believes that Dr Oku Ampofo's artistic legacy, as well as his healing legacy, needs to be remembered and continued.
It is the intention of the Ampofo Foundation to prepare a full-color coffee-table book including photographs and descriptions of his sculptures. The proceeds from the sale of the book will be used by the Foundation to establish a museum displaying Dr Ampofo's work, and to encourage the work of young and upcoming sculptors inspired by his art. A series of reproductions of Dr Ampofo's sculptures are also being created and offered for sale on this website. Click Here to enter the online catalog of this effort. Dr Ampofo was not only a physician, a pioneer in the use of herbal medicine and founder of the Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, but also an actor and sculptor. Begun as a hobby during his medical student days in Edinburgh, his sculpture flourished in Ghana and he soon achieved international fame. His works, executed in multi-coloured hard woods or cement and terrazo, display not only unusual artistic beauty but true understanding of the medium used. They also portray cultural and socio-religious aspects of the Ghanaian way of life. Dr Ampofo exhibited in Senegal, Nigeria, England, United States of America, Israel, Brazil, and Romania. He influenced many contemporary Ghanaian artists, painters, sculptors and ceramists alike.