Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, a Ghanaian sculptor, is using his skills to create the Ancestor Project - portraits of Africans who were imprisoned, kidnapped or coerced into slavery. Using the ancient Akan tradition of creating portraits of the dead, Kwame wants to show people how great their community was before slavery. Video producer: Sulley Lansah
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“As a Ghanaian who is interested and inspired by Ghanaian and African culture, I'm a living witness to the knowledge that is being lost to time.” Where a person lived often has a lifelong impact on them. For sculptor Kwame “KABE” Akoto-Bamfo, growing up in Ghana made him aware of the country’s slave heritage and this information quickly became…
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It is in my opinion that art is a creative force that can be channelled through any medium. And like many postmodern artists I don’t believe in categorisation in art. Recently I read an article by Charles H. Traub and Jonathan Lipkin titled If We Are Digital: Crossing the Boundaries. In the article they talk about “the creative Interlocutor”…
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I am a Ghanaian renowned sculptor. My outdoor sculpture dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice which opened in 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama. My other sculptures include an installation of 1,200 concrete heads representing Ghana’s enslaved ancestors in Accra, the capital of Ghana.