Ghanaian Facebook Proverbs
No, Albert Einstein never said this on Facebook: “Having an okro mouth does not mean you will be given banku to go with it.”
Ghana
Love, race and history in Ghana
Historian Carina Ray on her book that explores the history of interracial intimacy in the Gold Coast and Ghana.
From Lisbon to Lagos
It's the end of the year, so Hipsters Dont Dance made a "Top World Carnival Collabs" of 2015.
The stories of Ghana’s young filmmakers
Heritage inspires content and art conjures thought. With this ethos guiding us, Rebecca Oheneasah Hesse and I launched
Ghana Takes The Apollo
We arrived at the Apollo Theater to see hiplife superstar Sarkodie at 7:00 p.m., an hour
Ghana’s CHALE WOTE Street Arts Festival and the corporations
The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival in Accra has grown over the last four years, expanding
Black Magic Women
‘Black Magic Woman’, by Azizaa, from Ghana, is a feminist reclaiming of the sacred from Christianity.
When I was in school, being African was a diss
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance's monthly installment of "Top World Carnival Tunes" for July 2015.
Africa, in a state of constant self-discovery
Afripedia is a visual guide to contemporary urban culture on the continent.
Like a weary protest song that has been marching since the 1960’s
Kae Sun, who we’ve featured on this site before, has just released a new single. With
Obroni, a History
Most Ghanaians think "obroni" means "white person" or "foreigner", but it stems from the Akan phrase "abro nipa" meaning "wicked person."
5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Hawa Essuman
Essuman believes that confining any storyteller to labels like "African stories" is a disservice to the story and the one telling it.
Your concepts of African belonging
The El Foukr R'Assembly collective wants to challenge dominant ideas of African identity and cultural diffusion on both sides of the Sahara.
Why would a Black American root for Ghana’s soccer team over USA?
This post on The Outer Drive got me thinking about blackness and football, but first and
Feel the Rainbow
Designer Akosua Afriye-Kumi: "A lot of designers take or find inspiration from Africa, I want to do the same but actually be in Africa doing it."
Music Video Premiere: DJ Mellow and Steloo’s “Séké”
Africa is a Country is pleased to premiere the music video for “Séké” by DJ Mellow and Steloo:
The photographer Paul Strand’s Portraits of 1960s Ghana
With Kwame Nkrumah's support, Strand’s last major photographic project was of Ghana over three months between 1963 and 1964.
Making Azonto: Local Roots and International Branches
As a DJ, having the platform of Africa is a Radio to showcase the music I’m
Fifty Four Kingdoms
The apparel and accessory company, 54 Kingdoms, makes fashion with "a pan-Africanist sensibility." They thought the African Cup of Nations is a good place to start.
Making African celebrity culture
Considering the proximity of celebrity culture to how capitalism operates in Africa, why is it not given more serious attention?