"Visiting the exhibitions, installations and performances of Accra Cultural Week, I saw how the finest art nourishes and constructs a country's history and identity. The centrepiece was no doubt Serge Attukwei Clottey's exquisite [Dis]Appearing Rituals: An Open Lab of Now for Tomorrow, which put his pioneering afrogallonism on full display: a concept that transforms yellow jerrycans into illusory art pieces, mosaics of yellow, brass and gold."
"The show was conceived in tribute to the resilience of Jamestown, an historic area of Accra, which I take a walking tour of with designer, historian and exhibition co-curator Allotey Bruce-Konuah. Here I learn that the area predominantly inhabited by the Ga people, a fishing community is also where many formerly enslaved people returned from Brazil and settled in the 1830s. The community, known as the Tabom people, brought Portuguese language and culture."
A visit to Ghana for Accra Cultural Week included Jamestown, where exhibitions, installations and performances showed how art nourishes and constructs national history and identity. Serge Attukwei Clottey's [Dis]Appearing Rituals: An Open Lab of Now for Tomorrow presented afrogallonism, transforming yellow jerrycans into mosaics of yellow, brass and gold. The show paid tribute to Jamestown's resilience. Jamestown is predominantly inhabited by the Ga people and hosted formerly enslaved Tabom people who returned from Brazil in the 1830s, bringing Portuguese language and culture. Architectural highlights include Franklin House (Fort Vicentia), built in 1660 by the Portuguese for trade and slave auctions.
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