The political lives of people in the African continent
Below is an archive of the Africa ProActive blog posts.
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Africa-Asia Relations
- Oct 22, 2025 Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator Oct 22, 2025
- Feb 24, 2021 This is not Namaste Wahala: On Silences, (His)Stories and Ghana’s Oldest South Asian Family Feb 24, 2021
- Mar 26, 2020 Japanese kyōsei: A comparative model for co-existence in Africa? Mar 26, 2020
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Africa-India Relations
- Mar 1, 2021 Black, Brown and in Love: Interracial Relationships between Africa and India Mar 1, 2021
- Feb 24, 2021 This is not Namaste Wahala: On Silences, (His)Stories and Ghana’s Oldest South Asian Family Feb 24, 2021
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Artivists
- Oct 22, 2025 Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator Oct 22, 2025
- Sep 4, 2025 Accra's Middle Class (Akua Antwiwaa Frempong and Francis Kokoroko) Sep 4, 2025
- Sep 2, 2025 Political Cartoons in Ghana (Bright Ackwerh and DAAVI) Sep 2, 2025
- Aug 29, 2025 Art and Feminist Activism (Akosua Hanson and Ama Asantewa Diaka) Aug 29, 2025
- Aug 28, 2025 Grassroots Activism in Accra (Golda Addo and Mutombo Da Poet) Aug 28, 2025
- Feb 13, 2023 Music and Activism in Ghana (Wanlov the Kubolor and Kwame Write) Feb 13, 2023
- Feb 9, 2023 On the State of Popular Art (Media) and Research in Ghana Feb 9, 2023
- Oct 4, 2022 Booing is Caring: Mutombo Da Poet on the Global Citizen Festival and Ghana Oct 4, 2022
- Mar 26, 2020 Japanese kyōsei: A comparative model for co-existence in Africa? Mar 26, 2020
- Jan 21, 2020 God’s Business: Artivist Responses to Ghana’s National Cathedral Project Jan 21, 2020
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Civil Society/Activism
- Oct 22, 2025 Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator Oct 22, 2025
- Sep 4, 2025 Accra's Middle Class (Akua Antwiwaa Frempong and Francis Kokoroko) Sep 4, 2025
- Sep 2, 2025 Political Cartoons in Ghana (Bright Ackwerh and DAAVI) Sep 2, 2025
- Aug 29, 2025 Art and Feminist Activism (Akosua Hanson and Ama Asantewa Diaka) Aug 29, 2025
- Aug 28, 2025 Grassroots Activism in Accra (Golda Addo and Mutombo Da Poet) Aug 28, 2025
- Feb 13, 2023 Music and Activism in Ghana (Wanlov the Kubolor and Kwame Write) Feb 13, 2023
- Oct 4, 2022 Booing is Caring: Mutombo Da Poet on the Global Citizen Festival and Ghana Oct 4, 2022
- Oct 13, 2021 Vaginas and Penises: Why Ghana Is Not Having the Right Conversations About Them Oct 13, 2021
- Jun 19, 2020 The Poor are Paying for the Whole Ghana Approach in the Fight Against COVID-19 Jun 19, 2020
- Jun 8, 2020 From Accra to Harlem and Back: Black Histories Matter Jun 8, 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 A Following is Never Owned Apr 28, 2020
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Commentary
- Oct 22, 2025 Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator Oct 22, 2025
- Sep 4, 2025 Accra's Middle Class (Akua Antwiwaa Frempong and Francis Kokoroko) Sep 4, 2025
- Aug 29, 2025 Art and Feminist Activism (Akosua Hanson and Ama Asantewa Diaka) Aug 29, 2025
- Aug 28, 2025 Grassroots Activism in Accra (Golda Addo and Mutombo Da Poet) Aug 28, 2025
- Feb 13, 2023 Music and Activism in Ghana (Wanlov the Kubolor and Kwame Write) Feb 13, 2023
- Feb 9, 2023 On the State of Popular Art (Media) and Research in Ghana Feb 9, 2023
- Oct 4, 2022 Booing is Caring: Mutombo Da Poet on the Global Citizen Festival and Ghana Oct 4, 2022
- Oct 13, 2021 Vaginas and Penises: Why Ghana Is Not Having the Right Conversations About Them Oct 13, 2021
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Cross-cultural relations
- Mar 1, 2021 Black, Brown and in Love: Interracial Relationships between Africa and India Mar 1, 2021
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Gender
- Aug 29, 2025 Art and Feminist Activism (Akosua Hanson and Ama Asantewa Diaka) Aug 29, 2025
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Ghana
- Oct 22, 2025 Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator Oct 22, 2025
- Sep 4, 2025 Accra's Middle Class (Akua Antwiwaa Frempong and Francis Kokoroko) Sep 4, 2025
- Sep 2, 2025 Political Cartoons in Ghana (Bright Ackwerh and DAAVI) Sep 2, 2025
- Aug 29, 2025 Art and Feminist Activism (Akosua Hanson and Ama Asantewa Diaka) Aug 29, 2025
- Aug 28, 2025 Grassroots Activism in Accra (Golda Addo and Mutombo Da Poet) Aug 28, 2025
- Feb 9, 2023 On the State of Popular Art (Media) and Research in Ghana Feb 9, 2023
- Oct 4, 2022 Booing is Caring: Mutombo Da Poet on the Global Citizen Festival and Ghana Oct 4, 2022
- Oct 13, 2021 Vaginas and Penises: Why Ghana Is Not Having the Right Conversations About Them Oct 13, 2021
- Jun 16, 2021 Ghana’s Crackdown on LGBTQ+ has a (Neo)Colonial and Christian Face Jun 16, 2021
- Apr 23, 2021 “Rules are Rules”: Discrimination and Calls For a More Inclusive Senior High School Education in Ghana Apr 23, 2021
- Apr 20, 2021 Is COVID-19 Exacerbating Inequality in Ghana? An Interrogation of the Evidence Apr 20, 2021
- Mar 21, 2021 Queer Feminist Organizing in Ghana and Beyond: A Special Panel Mar 21, 2021
- Mar 3, 2021 Propagandizing a Pandemic: The narrative of “progress” in Ghana’s COVID19 response Mar 3, 2021
- Mar 1, 2021 Black, Brown and in Love: Interracial Relationships between Africa and India Mar 1, 2021
- Jun 19, 2020 The Poor are Paying for the Whole Ghana Approach in the Fight Against COVID-19 Jun 19, 2020
- Jun 8, 2020 From Accra to Harlem and Back: Black Histories Matter Jun 8, 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 A Following is Never Owned Apr 28, 2020
- Apr 3, 2020 COVID-19: A Whole Ghana Approach Apr 3, 2020
- Jan 21, 2020 God’s Business: Artivist Responses to Ghana’s National Cathedral Project Jan 21, 2020
- Nov 14, 2019 Ghana’s National Cathedral: Chale, what’s up with that? Nov 14, 2019
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Health
- Apr 20, 2021 Is COVID-19 Exacerbating Inequality in Ghana? An Interrogation of the Evidence Apr 20, 2021
- Mar 3, 2021 Propagandizing a Pandemic: The narrative of “progress” in Ghana’s COVID19 response Mar 3, 2021
- Apr 3, 2020 COVID-19: A Whole Ghana Approach Apr 3, 2020
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LGBTQ+
- Jun 16, 2021 Ghana’s Crackdown on LGBTQ+ has a (Neo)Colonial and Christian Face Jun 16, 2021
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Panel
- Aug 28, 2025 Grassroots Activism in Accra (Golda Addo and Mutombo Da Poet) Aug 28, 2025
- Feb 9, 2023 On the State of Popular Art (Media) and Research in Ghana Feb 9, 2023
- Mar 21, 2021 Queer Feminist Organizing in Ghana and Beyond: A Special Panel Mar 21, 2021
- Mar 1, 2021 Black, Brown and in Love: Interracial Relationships between Africa and India Mar 1, 2021
- Aug 5, 2020 On Beyoncé’s Africa: African Perspectives on ‘Black Is King’ Aug 5, 2020
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Popular Culture
- Oct 22, 2025 Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator Oct 22, 2025
- Sep 2, 2025 Political Cartoons in Ghana (Bright Ackwerh and DAAVI) Sep 2, 2025
- Mar 1, 2021 Black, Brown and in Love: Interracial Relationships between Africa and India Mar 1, 2021
- Feb 24, 2021 This is not Namaste Wahala: On Silences, (His)Stories and Ghana’s Oldest South Asian Family Feb 24, 2021
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Religion
- Feb 13, 2023 Music and Activism in Ghana (Wanlov the Kubolor and Kwame Write) Feb 13, 2023
- Jun 16, 2021 Ghana’s Crackdown on LGBTQ+ has a (Neo)Colonial and Christian Face Jun 16, 2021
- Mar 21, 2021 Queer Feminist Organizing in Ghana and Beyond: A Special Panel Mar 21, 2021
- Jan 21, 2020 God’s Business: Artivist Responses to Ghana’s National Cathedral Project Jan 21, 2020
- Nov 14, 2019 Ghana’s National Cathedral: Chale, what’s up with that? Nov 14, 2019
This blog post documents an insider’s perspective of the set-up for political cartoonist and artist Bright Ackwerh’s first North American art exhibition, Cartoons from Accra: Memoirs of Politics and Activism from Ghana and Beyond. My narrative is followed by a virtual gallery of Bright’s pieces from the exhibition, so everyone can share in this project.