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Vienna and the Ga-Asante human zoo

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Welcome to our Identity Issue – the audio segment of our 7th digital magazine issues where we ask ‘what being Ghanaians means to you?’ PhD researcher Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński talks with Abena Sɛwaa about her forthcoming exhibition  (21 October 2021 – 6 March 2022)  at Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna) in Austria. The exhibition is based on documents and a book by Peter Altenberg about a human zoo in Vienna. Belinda explains the narrative behind the human zoo that housed Ga communities from Osu. These Ga communities were marketed to European visitors as Ashanti. The image of Belinda is the © of Abiona … Continue reading Vienna and the Ga-Asante human zoo

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England’s African towns

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The UK’s major towns and cities are famed for their diverse non-indigenous populations. According to the Office of National Statistics’ 2011 census records that almost 100,000 Ghanaians are living in Britain with big cities such as London, Birmingham, and Manchester having significant populations. But it has not always been the way. Continue reading “England’s African towns”

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Amma Asante & Belle

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British-Ghanaian director Amma Asante directed Belle – the story of a woman with African and European heritage in 2013. Her film signalled a welcome shift in the ownership of films about the other. But as Amma explains in this segment, having the creative control to tell the story how she would want it is still fraught with challenges. Continue reading “Amma Asante & Belle”