This morning.
Dublin 2.
Entrepreneur ‘Kisu’ opens a pop-up shop called Sahara on Grafton Street selling bags and items from Ghana, west Africa.
Open until Christmas day.
Tag Archives: Ghana
The ‘afrofuturistic Lego’ of Toronto based artist Ekow Nimako – hundreds of thousands of sleek black Lego blocks in structures which explore ‘the intersection of technology and race to visualize a powerful future for the African diaspora”.
Nimako’s ongoing project ‘Building Black’ envisages West African mythology and folklore in the form of masks and a huge 1.85m² urban landscape called ‘Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE’ representing the ancient capital of the Ghana empire.
The art of hand-painted movie posters, prevalent in Ghana during the 80s and 90s when dilapidated movie halls, desperate to attract customers, maximised the allure of films by adding scenes and characters from their own imagination.
These days, originals regularly change hands for thousands of dollars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXtOnRbNcmc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEMI-RLcmIY
Upcoming Ghanaian sci-fi blockbusters ‘2016’ and ’12:00′.
They may not be showing in your area.