As queer activists in Ghana fighting against the anti-LGBTQ bill, we realised that the kinds of violence or the kind of systems that we have to change go beyond just legal: we are fighting to help change the narrative.

FCA Ghana co-director Ato Annan discusses how the space became a hub for Accra’s wider artistic community, before being joined by Sinethemba Twalo from NGO to talk about collaborative modes of artistic production, and their mutual appreciation of the inspirational figure of W.E.B. Du Bois, whose final home and resting place sets the scene for the exhibition.

Following the debut OtherNetwork exhibition curated by Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana at ifa Gallery Stuttgart in 2022, the curatorial project continues in the form of a relay. For the second iteration, FCA-Ghana have invited NGO–Nothing Gets Organised from Johannesburg to guest curate an exhibition at their own space in Accra.

On September 30, 2023, members of Accra’s creative community gathered at Worldfaze to participate in a dynamic panel discussion hosted by OtherNetwork revolving around the pivotal theme of nurturing collaboration among independent cultural venues, while offering insights and strategies to ensure their sustainability and growth.

Join us at the Museum of Science and Technology in Accra, Ghana for a conversation between Nuna Adisenu-Doe, founder of the nomadic Compound House Gallery, and Ylinka Barotto, director at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York. Together they unpack the thriving art scene in Accra and the growing global recognition of Ghanaian artists.

It is almost midday on a mellow Sunday afternoon in Accra. It is September 4, 2022, the day our comrade and friend, Isaac Nana Osei Kwadwo (aka Ashanti immigrant) would be finally laid to rest in his hometown in Offinso, Ashanti Region, Ghana. On Saturday, September 3, the entire art community in Accra had gathered in the grounds of the W. E. B. Dubois Centre to mourn…

A growing collection of shipping containers. A round concrete seat with a wooden bench. A tiny urban farm growing local vegetables and herbs. Terra Alta is, for me, a push always towards higher ground. But to other people, what exactly is it? We asked our community to help us answer.