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Ibrahim Mahama. Ibrahim Mahama (born 1987) is a Ghanaian artist [1] of monumental installations. [2] [3] He lives and works in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana. [4] He is the founder of Red Clay Studio, Savannah Centre for Contemporary Arts and Nkrumah Volini. Red Clay Studio. Shine a Light, 2022. Installation view at Sharjah Biennial 2023 at Al ...
A Ghana Airways Vickers VC-10 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 1965 A Ghana Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 at Zürich Airport in 1988. Ghana Airways was founded on 4 July 1958, by the government of Ghana with start up capital of £400,000; the government holding a 60 per cent stake, with BOAC holding the remainder.
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo. Kwame Akoto-Bamfo (born 1983) is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator and activist, known for his sculptures and massive body of works dedicated to the memory, healing and Restorative Justice for people of African descent. His outdoor sculptures are dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade ...
Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi (born in Ho) popularly known as the Crazinst Artist, is a Ghanaian multi-disciplinary artist and the founder and artistic director of perfocraZe International Artists Residency (pIAR) which aims at promoting exchange between international and local artists, activists, researchers, curators, and thinkers.
A famous case in 1930, reported by The Gold Coast Times, dealt with a woman in the town of Winneba, Ghana, who was ordered by her local tribe to be tested through the oracle. The oracle was a shrine located in the Akan state of Akyem Abukwa, commonly used to determine the state of innocence of a woman dealing with witchcraft accusations.
The music of Ghana often reflects a Caribbean influence, yet it still retains a flavour on its own. While pan-Ghanaian music had been developed for some time, the middle of the 20th century saw the development of distinctly Ghanaian pop music. High-life incorporated elements of swing, jazz, rock, ska and soukous.
Duodu was a student teacher in 1954, and worked on a general magazine called New Nation in Ghana, before going on to become a radio journalist for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation from 1956 to 1960, becoming editor of radio news (moonlighting by contributing short stories and poetry to The Singing Net and plays to the programme Ghana Theatre).
Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony known as Gold Coast. The body called the Legislative Council, was purely advisory as the Governor exercised all legislative and executive powers. Reforms were introduced in 1916 and 1925, although the governor's power remained extensive.