Publication Launches
Ghana Magazine Launch for “Accra”
Friday, September 15
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT
Aperture and the Dikan Center, a nonprofit institution for visual education, are pleased to present the launch of Aperture magazine’s Fall 2023 issue, “Accra,” which considers the Ghanaian capital as a site of dynamic photographic voices that connect visual culture in West Africa to the world. Guest edited by the New York–based artist Lyle Ashton Harris and the Accra-based photographer and educator Nii Obodai, “Accra” explores archives that catalog Ghana’s past, the country’s role as a beacon for Pan-African thought and political activism, and the visions of a new generation.
Join Paul Ninson, founder and executive director of Dikan Center and Anakwa Dwamena, a writer and contributor to Aperture, for a conversation with contributing artists and writers to the “Accra” issue, including Kobby Ankomah-Graham, Carlos Idun-Tawiah, Lloyd Foster, and Fibi Afloe, who will speak about their photography in and about Accra.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP essential to: info@dikancenter.org. This event is presented in partnership with the Dikan Center.
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Image: Dikan Center, Accra, 2023. Photograph by Francis Kokoroko for Aperture
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