ONE AND A HALF DAYS IN ACCRA

ONE & A HALF DAYS IN ACCRA

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JAC DE VILLIERS

O N E & A H A L F DAYS I N AC C R A I recently visited Accra, the capital of Ghana, the Black Star of Africa.

I was commissioned to photograph the Design Network Africa workshop initiated by the Danish Centre for Culture and Development, and headed by the dynamic Trevyn and Julian McGowan of Source.

The aim of DNA is to nurture African designers and showcase their work on an international platform, through workshops and exhibitions and having the work perceived on a par with contemporary Western design, while maintaining an African identity.

The photographs were snapped in a day and a half – time I had off from the workshop. I’ve captioned only those that are obscure, like the fish-shaped coffin at Paa Willie’s.

Jac de Villiers

Statue of Kwame Nkrumah

Letterboxes

Paa Willie’s coffin shop

Paa Willie’s coffin shop

The boys from Deluxe Coffeeworks

Red Red

Banku and Okra

Kelewele

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