Another major collaboration has been with the International Centre for African Music and Dance of the University of Ghana in organising the Ephraim Amu Memorial Lecture series. In 1998, the Centre in collaboration with the Academy instituted the Ephraim Amu Memorial lecture series, to commemorate the achievements of a humble and dedicated man from Peki Avetile, who devoted his entire life to cultural nationalism. An educationist, reformist and creative musician, Dr Ephraim Amu left a mark on Ghana’s cultural memory perhaps more than any of his contemporaries. An exhibition of memorabilia on the life and deeds of the great, distinguished composer and nationalist precede the Ephraim Amu Memorial lectures. The event often attracts a choral group which sings and celebrates Amu’s compositions at the lecture. In the inaugural lecture, Emeritus Professor J. H. Kwabena Nketia traced the beginning of the story of Amu in order to give a synoptic portrait (A Synoptic Portrait of Amu) of him as a man of action committed to culture and development. The following topics have been presented on the Ephraim Amu Memorial Lecture platform: