Ghana's Arts & Culture

Gallery Africana, located in Accra, across from the main Sports Stadium

The arts are the soul of a society.  The artists are the very essence of a  society.  So why is Africa is selling her soul and loosing her very essence?

No where in the world exist the natural beauty that abounds in Africa. The Creator has spared no ink in coloring His wonderful garden, having also planted all of His precious minerals within Her womb so that the beauty on the surface is only an indication of the beauty within.  Africa, being the foundation of all Creation, it is also the root of all art, but though this is common knowledge to the rest of the world, Africans remain in  denial.  In Ghana, much of the arts have been demoted to peddler's quality, crafted by the likes of Abram's father, an idol maker, churning out pieces for idol worshippers to consume in hopes of getting a taste of the real thing.  The government has also played its part in the demise of the arts by neglecting to preserve and promote it, instead they watch as European and Western investors establish museums for the sole purpose of showcasing our greatest works, most of which were plundered and now deemed too good to be returned because we as Africans have no idea of their value!  It has been suggested that due to our disregard of our own roots and culture, we are no longer qualified to be custodians of our own creations.

Yet and still, in mire of scorn and neglect, Africa is on the verge of revealing her greatest secrets.  Submerged in the depths of worlds abroad, subjected to powers untold and stripped of all universal possessions, Africa's Creators are answering Her call and returning to Her shores.  The curators of tradition are emerging from eons of colonialism and slavery.  The heart of the continent is beating to the beat of an old drummer, but with the vigor of a newborn child.  Society's outcast have returned with a new weapon, the respect of the rest of the world, bringing about the evolution necessary in the arts and culture to elevate the standards and demand the value! The repatriation of innovative thinking and revolutionary works is positively impacting the core of a society, lost without its artistic sons and daughters and redeemed by an undying love.