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The pandemic seems to have accelerated the city’s creativity, producing its most exciting explosion of artistic activities yet.
The Bukom Boxing Arena is more than a boxing ring, it’s a state-of-art sports centre and shrine to Ghana’s boxing greats.
Accra’s fashion designers are taking the best of their traditions and heritage and turning them into cutting-edge fashion. Sarah Jones uncovers some of the most interesting designers in Accra right now, including Larry Jay
Why Woven in Wa seeks to celebrate tradition while embracing change. Sarah Jones speaks to its founder Odile Tevie and artist Frederick Bamfo
A national museum or city museum plays an essential role in a person’s identity. Here’s a look at the newly opened museum
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In 2027, Ghana will mark a significant milestone—70 years since it became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule. To honour this momentous occasion, the National Museum of Ghana is proud to host a monumental exhibition, Ghana 1957: Art After Independence, which explores the profound influence of Ghana’s independence on the visual arts, art education, and exhibition making.
London-born Barbadian artist Andrew Pierre Hart debuts his first solo exhibition at Gallery 1957, presenting new paintings, murals and sculptures entitled The Listening Sweet II Ghana.
Gallery 1957 is honoured to present its first solo exhibition by Lois Selasie Arde-Acquah (b.1992 Ghana), Winner of the 2023 Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize, entitled Echoes of Mundane Mindfulness.
Gallery 1957 proudly presents Keeping Time curated by Ekow Eshun and Karon Hepburn. Keeping Time is a group exhibition which significantly brings together both international and Ghana-based artists from the African diaspora who explore notions of Blackness, being, and time.
Latest Accra restaurant reviews
Under the creative direction of Chef Mick Élysée, NsuomNam – meaning food of the sea – offers the most innovative, yet comforting food in Ghana.
Asanka Local is a traditional chop bar and serves a superlative example of red red, best piled next to a fried fish.
With a prime location right on Labadi Beach, the recently refurbished Sandbox Beach Club is eminently Instagram-able, from its contemporary, honey-hued poolside seating to the strings of bare light bulbs, white linen canopies and scattering of palm trees.
Situated at the back of La Palm Royal Hotel’s expansive grounds, this attractive thatched restaurant with beachside tables is a winning spot at which to try some distinctive Ghanaian flavours – its buffet is easily the best place to eat in the hotel.
The opulent, oceanfront Labadi Beach Hotel is one of Accra’s smartest properties, with a long-established reputation for smooth service.
Dela Anyah's fascination with discarded objects ‘is deeply rooted in concepts of renewal, self-discovery, identity, rebirth, and transformative change’. Each piece becomes a ‘narrative, weaving together the stories of forgotten materials into a tapestry of significance’.