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Inside Nkrumah’s secret ‘dungeon’ with Venezuelan Artist Ana Alenso

Inside Nkrumah’s secret ‘dungeon’ with Venezuelan Artist Ana Alenso

“MAD RUSH”. A solo show by Venezuelan artist Ana Alenso has officially opened at Nkrumah Voli-ni. The exhibition is part of EXISTING OTHERWISE. THE FUTURE OF COEXISTENCE curated by @solvejovesen and co-curated by Isabel Lewis…

Reengineering the mindset of the next generation through art spaces in Tamale | The Ibrahim Mahama Fashion

Reengineering the mindset of the next generation through art spaces in Tamale | The Ibrahim Mahama Fashion

Story: Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria  In every generation, we have people who come to offer their selfless service to the community without asking anything in return. Northern region especially Tamale is lucky to have those people live with…

YOPP and YEFL youth activist benefits from Asigri art workshop

YOPP and YEFL youth activist benefits from Asigri art workshop

Story By:  Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Sanatu Zambang Young emerging artist from Tamale has taken November to organise an art workshop for youth activists in the region as part of the activities for his Circle of Life…

Tracy Thompson Fine Art Workshop at SCCA Tamale

Tracy Thompson Fine Art Workshop at SCCA Tamale

Tracy Thompson is a Ghanaian artist who explores the latent ability of ubiquitous materials (synthetic or natural) transforming into unrecognisable, strange, new and mimicry form through alchemical processes of dissolution and crystallisation of the varied…

Dear Corporate Ghana, there are about 26 traditional festivals in these 3 regions

Dear Corporate Ghana, there are about 26 traditional festivals in these 3 regions

Originally published at 2:03 AM on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, by Atigsi Badek Corporate Ghana neglects the 3 regions of Northern Ghana A few months ago, a man from Bole became president of Ghana; I…

Preserving local architecture through art- the Rashid Asigri way

Preserving local architecture through art- the Rashid Asigri way

Story By:  Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Sanatu Zambang In his first solo exhibition as an artist, Tamale based artist, Rashid Asigri illustrate the local architecture of the north that is slowly fading off due to urbanisation and…

This festive season let’s journey across these 7 tourist sites in the North-East Region

This festive season let’s journey across these 7 tourist sites in the North-East Region

Source | ZooriTours Photography | North-East Ghana & Elaa Shots Supervisor Editor | Zakaria Abdul Hakim Cisse The fragmentation of the Northern Region into three autonomous regions has brought questions on the state of tourism…

SCCA Tamale futuristic approach to Arts & Technology | Ernest Ofori Sackitey

SCCA Tamale futuristic approach to Arts & Technology | Ernest Ofori Sackitey

Ibrahim Mahama joins the ranks of Prof. J.H. Nketia (Laureate 1997), Tetteh Adzedu (Principal Award 1998), and El Anatsui (Laureate 2009) as previous Ghanaian Laureates of the Prince Claus Awards. Ibrahim is a visual artist…

Ibrahim Mahama spirit resonates with that of Kwame Nkrumah | Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson

Ibrahim Mahama spirit resonates with that of Kwame Nkrumah | Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson

Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson is a Ghanaian artist who lives and works in Accra and Kumasi. She is currently a Ph.D (Painting & Sculpture) student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in…

Nkrumah’s vision, Ibrahim Mahama’s mission | In a conversation with Dr. Bernard Jackson and Ibrahim Mahama

Nkrumah’s vision, Ibrahim Mahama’s mission | In a conversation with Dr. Bernard Jackson and Ibrahim Mahama

  Ibrahim Mahama to give Nkrumah Voli-ni (SILO) a new facelift Before the fall of Nkrumah in the 1966 coup d’état, he was on a mission to building silos across the country to solve the…