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Red Clay to host, Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace

Red Clay to host, Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace

Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace (A Retrospective of Agyeman Ossei ‘Dota’), co-curated by Adwoa Amoah, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh and Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson at SCCA Tamale and Red Clay. Akutia: Blindfolding the…

Art Spaces: a tool for development in Northern Region

Art Spaces: a tool for development in Northern Region

Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Sanatu Zambang Newsroom Sometimes we just need a place to go and relax, bring us closer to our environment and reflect on the past, present and future. One place to visit when in Tamale…

German Cemetery in Yendi: Resting Place of the Warriors of Adibo Battle

German Cemetery in Yendi: Resting Place of the Warriors of Adibo Battle

Source: Ghanaian Museum / Mumuni Y Yunus.  At the time the king who reigned was Ya Na Andani II (popularly called Andan Naanigoo) and he said that his kingdom, Dagbon, would not be taken over by…

Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace

Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace

Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace (A Retrospective of Agyeman Ossei, ‘Dota’) Co-curated by Adwoa Amoah, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh and Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson Akutia: Blindfolding the Sun and the Poetics of Peace…

On a trip to Tamale: Where to refresh and quench your thirst

On a trip to Tamale: Where to refresh and quench your thirst

By Abdul Raafi Mohammed – fishbone Ghana has placed second in the global ranking of countries with most women entrepreneurs according to the latest Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE). The annual Mastercard Index of…

Dr. Rhoda Naana Arthur:  Bawumia has already raised the bar high and worth appreciating.

Dr. Rhoda Naana Arthur: Bawumia has already raised the bar high and worth appreciating.

Source: Dr. Rhoda Naana Arthur I am a young woman in my mid-thirties. Like many other Ghanaians, I would naturally follow political discourses but not lend myself to active partisan politics. That notwithstanding, I have…

Top 10 Places to visit when you are in Northern Ghana

Top 10 Places to visit when you are in Northern Ghana

By Abdul Raafi Mohammed – fishbone Northern Ghana keeps getting bigger. Every traveler who has visited the region knows and says their wish list grows longer, not shorter, every time they dip into the Northern…

This women’s college in Ghana leads the way on e-learning during the pandemic

This women’s college in Ghana leads the way on e-learning during the pandemic

This story by Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed originally appeared on Global Voices on July 10, 2020. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many universities are currently deliberating what to do for the forthcoming semester. St. Teresa’s College of Education, one of…

Sanatu Zambang host creative researcher in Tamale

Sanatu Zambang host creative researcher in Tamale

Story: Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Sanatu Zambang Newsroom Over the last few years, Sanatu Zambang has hosted people in its studios especially people in the art sector and June was no exception. Efo Sela from the Nafti, who is…

Sylvia Arthur’s  Library for Africa and the African Diaspora

Sylvia Arthur’s Library for Africa and the African Diaspora

Source: https://mg.co.za/ What do you do when you have too many books? (Actually, you can’t have too many books; it’s storage that’s the issue, especially for bibliophiles of the peripatetic persuasion.)  Sylvia Arthur’s solution was…