Category: Arts & Culture
Understanding copyrights: what the creative artiste should know – IP rights expert
Zakaria Abdul Hakim Cisse || Sanatu Zambang The issue of monetization of creative works have been long discussed in the country. Even though these discourse have been happening, the creative industry in Ghana especially northern Ghana,…
Where to be in Tamale: Akutia Art Exhibition opens on Friday, September 4
Zakaria Abdul Hakim Cisse || Sanatu Zambang From Friday, September 4, the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA) would be opened to the public. The Red Clay Studios will however be opened on the following day,…
Ibrahim Mahama, “Dreams In-Between Dreams, 1909-1972,” 2020 on New York Times
Source; The New York Times ACCORDING TO DATA compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center, some 100 monuments to Confederate generals and politicians have been removed from American public land since June 2015, when Dylann Roof, a…
Ibrahim Mahama speaks about the histories and aesthetic motivations behind his works
NIRIN ARTIST INTERVIEW Ibrahim Mahama (biennalesydney) In this interview, Ibrahim speaks in detail about the histories and aesthetic motivations behind the work. Ibrahim Mahama’s large scale, immersive installation dresses the interior Turbine Hall at Cockatoo…
Dagbon Tourist Sites: Historical communities to visit in Northern Ghana
Yong Duuni community (Naa Nyagse and the expansion of Dagbon Kingdom) The Tatale hills, the Yong Duuni community, where the adventurous Yaa Naa Nyagsi, son of Naa Shitobu and grandson of Naa Gbewaa died after…
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
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…
Akutia: Aretrospective of Agyeman Ossei ‘Dota’
Agyeman ‘Dota’ Ossei (b. 1960) is an artist and senior lecturer who has provided administrative and academic leadership as head of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Ghana, Legon from 2014 until…
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…
