in his role as cultural liaison between african-americans and the national ghanaian house of chiefs, the shekhem ur shekhem, along with the ghanaian community in the united states have sponsored durbars for several other kings of africa, including togbi adeladza v, a king of the ewe; nii aumgi v, a king of the ga; nana adodankwa iii, king of okuapemman, and others. in 1986, ra un nefer amen was given a formal reception by president jerry rawlings of ghana as an official guest to the dedication of the nkrumah mausoleum memorial in accra, ghana. in 1991, amen was the official guest of the oni of the yoruba kingdom of ife, oba okunade sijuade olubuse ii in nigeria, where he was the sole african-american dignitary to the first ile ife reconstruction project. he was also received by the emir of kano, his royal majesty alhaji ado bayero.