On the State of Popular Art (Media) and Research in Ghana

On the State of Popular Art (Media) and Research in Ghana

The first instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University). Conference panelists for this conversation on popular art and research in Ghana include Kobina Graham, Elizabeth Johnson (Chair), Joseph Oduro-Frimpong, Kwabena Opoku-Agyeman.

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God’s Business: Artivist Responses to Ghana’s National Cathedral Project

God’s Business: Artivist Responses to Ghana’s National Cathedral Project

A couple of months before the National Cathedral fundraiser, on 2nd December 2018, celebrated Ghanaian artist Bright Ackwerh posted a satirical cartoon on his Facebook page that circulated widely. In this piece entitled “KOTIDROL,” fire and smoke are detected in the background representing the protests and voices of dissent against the Cathedral project.

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