Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator

Bringing Bright Ackwerh’s “Cartoons from Accra” to Life: Correspondence of an amateur curator

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 More

Black, Brown and in Love: Interracial Relationships between Africa and India

Black, Brown and in Love: Interracial Relationships between Africa and India

This panel took place on March 12th, (10-11:30am EST / 3-4.30pm GMT). It featured David Amponsah, Tracy Mensah, Shobana Shankar, and Meera Venkatachalam, who spoke about the historical and contemporary, inter-racial and inter-cultural, relationships between Africans and Indians. This event was co-organised with Everyday Orientalism and chaired by Girish Daswani. Image by Bright Ackwerh @brightakwerh

Read More