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.
Read MoreThe fifth instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University).
The panelist for this conversation are political cartoonists Bright Ackwerh and DAAVI.
Read MoreThe fourth instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University).
The panelists for this conversation are radio host and gender activist Akosua Hanson and spoken word artist Ama Asantewa Diaka.
Read MoreThe first instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University). Conference panelists for this conversation on popular art and research in Ghana include Kobina Graham, Elizabeth Johnson (Chair), Joseph Oduro-Frimpong, Kwabena Opoku-Agyeman.
Read MoreA couple of months before the National Cathedral fundraiser, on 2nd December 2018, celebrated Ghanaian artist Bright Ackwerh posted a satirical cartoon on his Facebook page that circulated widely. In this piece entitled “KOTIDROL,” fire and smoke are detected in the background representing the protests and voices of dissent against the Cathedral project.
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