Monthly Archives: February 2025
Artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo revives endangered art forms at Nkyinkyim Museum
Before the invention of the modern camera, the Akans, one of the largest and predominant ethnic groups in Ghana, documented family portraits of the deceased through sculpture. For generations, this practice served as a culturally significant commemoration of African ancestors until colonialism disrupted the art form and the practice of Ancestor Veneration was misrepresented and…