“60 years ago Nkrumah told an audience of tens of thousands of Ghanaians that “your belo
“60 years ago Nkrumah told an audience of tens of thousands of Ghanaians that “your beloved country is free forever”. This weekend, in the very same spot where Nkrumah made the declaration, local artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo unveiled an installation of 1,200 concrete heads representing Ghana’s enslaved ancestors. The piece is called Faux-Reedom and is meant, in the context of the hegemony of western oil companies, foreign aid and IMF loans, to question if the first African colony to gain independence from European colonial rule is indeed free from the legacies of slavery and colonisation.” The guardianI love this so much!❤️ #fauxreedom @ancestorproject by @osramba_mediaRepost via: @ntjamrosie -- source link
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