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Art Ghana, a movement of visual artists from across the country have held an exhibition
of colourful paintings of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah and other participants in
the nationalist struggle for independence on the Osu Oxford Street in Accra.
Seth
Dei Tutu, organizer of the event and a fine artist himself believes that
painting is an efficient tool for communication and can be a tool for social
change.
According
to him, whilst there might be elements like Nii Kwanena Bone and some others who
participated very actively in the struggle to emancipate the Gold Coast from
the grip of British colonialism, it took the masterful skill of Kwame Nkrumah
to turn the agitations into something meaningful leading to Ghana’s political
independence.
Perpetual
Agyei, an independence day celebrant who was attracted to the scene of the exhibition
expressed excitement at the paintings of Nkrumah and promised to learn painting
by herself.
“I
haven’t seen something like this in Accra before and the guys are just
wonderful. I am also happy to see many young women also doing some painting
here and I am encouraged to give it a try. This is just amazing!” she said.
More paintings from the event can be found below:
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