Consider this: you’re a company driver. one morning, whilst driving a company vehicle, a call comes through your phone, and you receive it. you’re still on the phone when you sight a ‘fine, fine lady’ (with a rather large derriere.) you follow with your eyes, and before you realize, there the vehicle was: in a gutter. You’re left with a dented vehicle, a burst tire and a brain racking itself for an explanation to give to your boss.
Felicia Abban: Remembering the Woman in all the Portraits
Photos: Accra: Portraits of a City, 4th March 2017- 1st April 2017, ANO, Osu. / Laurian R. Bowles (2015) Felicia Abban: Remembering the Woman in all the Portraits In the 1950s, an 18-year old Felicia Abban came to this gendered confluence of a national space called Accra. Married to Robert Abban the textile print merchant, she […]
A Nascent Music Industry Promises to Reshape Social Norms in Northern Ghana
Photo of Rock City (Credit: Rock City Empire) When a Tamale-based artiste won the popular song of the year category at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards, many Ghanaians were surprised. Their astonishment follows the fact that for the better part of two decades, Accra-based artistes have dominated mainstream Ghanaian music, with some contributions from Kumasi […]