When Highlife ruled the airwaves
Art & Culture, Music Daniel Neilson Art & Culture, Music Daniel Neilson

When Highlife ruled the airwaves

Records revisits Ghana’s golden era of rhythm and reinvention with Ghana Special: Highlife, a new single-LP edition that distills the electric fusion of highlife, soul, and psychedelia that defined the country’s sound for almost a decade from 1967 to 1976. 

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Turning Waste Into Memory
Art & Culture, Things to do Daniel Neilson Art & Culture, Things to do Daniel Neilson

Turning Waste Into Memory

In the work of Serge Attukwei Clottey, Ghana’s artistic landscape finds one of its most vital and globally resonant voices. His yellow plastic tapestries, stitched from discarded gallon containers, speak not only to environmental urgency but also to the deep cultural and material entanglements that shape modern Ghana.

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Reframing Ghana: Contemporary artistic voices
Art & Culture, Things to do Daniel Neilson Art & Culture, Things to do Daniel Neilson

Reframing Ghana: Contemporary artistic voices

As Gallery 1957 continues to define Ghana’s place on the global contemporary art stage, its latest exhibition brings together strikingly distinct voices: painter Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe and multidisciplinary artist Denyse Gawu-Mensah. Exhibited alongside Serge Attukwei Clottey (see page 52), their work deepens the conversation around identity, heritage and the evolving power of Ghanaian creativity. 

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Dela Anyah: Identity and rebirth
Art & Culture Marcel Kouassigan Art & Culture Marcel Kouassigan

Dela Anyah: Identity and rebirth

Dela Anyah's fascination with discarded objects ‘is deeply rooted in concepts of renewal, self-discovery, identity, rebirth, and transformative change’. Each piece becomes a ‘narrative, weaving together the stories of forgotten materials into a tapestry of significance’.

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Woven in Wa
Art & Culture Daniel Neilson Art & Culture Daniel Neilson

Woven in Wa

Why Woven in Wa seeks to celebrate tradition while embracing change. Sarah Jones speaks to its founder Odile Tevie and artist Frederick Bamfo

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Best Ghanaian records
Art & Culture Daniel Neilson Art & Culture Daniel Neilson

Best Ghanaian records

We're going to leave you with some of our favourite Ghanaian discs. Whether you're exploring Accra, planning a visit or pining for the homeland, turn these up loud and enjoy Ghana's best export: its music

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Velma’s Millinery & Accessories
Art & Culture, Shopping Daniel Neilson Art & Culture, Shopping Daniel Neilson

Velma’s Millinery & Accessories

Fashion, like a cyclone, is something that constantly picks up speed and changes its course. It can be all-encompassing and unpredictable. But for Velma Owusu-Bempah, focusing on the traditional aspect of women’s apparel that is millinery, she has proved that by sticking to a specific accessory, you can harness the wild world of the fashion industry 

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