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Ghana's fantasy coffins turn funerals into life stories

In Accra, Ghanaian coffin makers craft guitars, shoes and microphones to reflect the lives, work and passions of the people they are made for.

Euronews · Sep 3

I went on Africa’s most unusual pub crawl

Ghana’s frenetic capital is hard to pin down, but on a micro-tour of the Jamestown neighbourhood, Phil Thomas gets to experience the city like a local, discovering secret chop houses, boozy traditions and an independent spirit

The Independent UK · Aug 17

‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible art

Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18

Ghana conference calls for formal apology for transatlantic slave trade

Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at event includes demand for compensation and debt relief

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19

Ghana to advance reparatory justice at first major gathering since landmark UN resolution

Heads of state and participants from more than 80 countries at three-day event in Accra to pursue actionable commitments to reconciliation and restitution

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17

Poison or poverty: the impossible economic choices facing Ghana’s e-waste workers

Agbogbloshie, in Ghana’s capital city, Accra, is a sprawling, open-air scrapyard located next to a lagoon and a growing informal settlement. Roughly 6,000 people dismantle, recycle and burn old and broken electronics there.

The Conversation · Jun 4

The Secret Crypto Boom Wall Street Is Completely Ignoring

This week's Visionary Voices continues our conversation with Eric Annan, founder of AYAHQ, on why real crypto utility isn't being built in New York or Singapore. It's being built in Accra, Nairobi, and Lagos.

International Business Times · May 20

Ghana’s transport system is chaotic: how it can move more people with fewer vehicles – research

Every morning in Accra, Ghana’s capital, thousands of commuters sit in traffic while minibuses and taxis compete for limited road space.

The Conversation · May 11

What Ghana’s foreign-built landmarks tell us about its global relationships

The call to prayer echoes across the neighbourhood as people congregate under the sweeping domes and tall minarets of Ghana’s National Mosque in Accra. For many, it is a place of faith, community and national pride. Yet, few pause to consider that this landmark – now firmly part of Accra’s…

The Conversation · May 5

A ruined building, five Ghanaians and an elegant horse: Ron Timehin’s best photograph

‘I went to this tourist resort in Accra wanting to show how the people who live there fish, play – and rest. Africans aren’t often portrayed in this way. And the horse pulls it all together!’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15