Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

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[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

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[ghanaspora @ghanaspora]

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo has spent most of his life building one of the most morally serious bodies of work in contemporary art. His Nkyinkyim Museum in Ghana houses thousands of sculpted heads memorializing those lost to the transatlantic slave trade; they are faces returned to people who were rendered nameless

[Antoine Mensah @antoine_mensah]

We’re still celebrating #GHMonth on @mx24gh with weekly Twitter space sessions with key players in our creative industries.

Follow @mx24gh tonight for a convo with @brightackwerh , @_Nanadanso_ _ & @ancestorproject at 19:00hrs (GMT)

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Nkyimkyim Installation figure now 3,000 plus. Thank you for your continous support. Official photos with credits to be released soon. Yedaase! https://t.co/AKYSMEIi8R

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Everytime you see a black person murdered unfairly by police, you feel a part of your self die.
We said "Black Lives Matter"
We never said "Only Black Lives Matter"
We know "All Lives Matter"
We just need your help… https://t.co/7XvuWjXIHt

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

“Copy and paste or Home-grown.” 😎
join our conversation with Kwame Akoto @@AncestorProject on alternate education in Ghana.
IG-Live @ArtlifeAfrica | 7th May | 16:00GMT (ACC)
#Corona #artsydemic #artlifematters… https://t.co/yR4dXeH1pn

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

A battle scar gave an odd look to his jaw. He was valued for his bravery by his tribe but his enslaver took interest in the shape of his face when he holds air in his mouth.
He is commanded to make the face of an… https://t.co/S6FV4KkbU2

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

A battle scar gave an odd look to his jaw. He was valued for his bravery by his tribe but his enslaver took interest in the shape of his face when he holds air in his mouth.
He is commanded to make the face of an… https://t.co/bPggdU6OWb

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

A battle scar gave an odd look to his jaw. He was valued for his bravery by his tribe but his enslaver took interest in the shape of his face when he holds air in his mouth.
He is commanded to make the face of an… https://t.co/NuWO8tFzJi

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Nkyimkyim Installation is still evolving and growing in narrative and related dialogue within the African diaspora and beyond.
I am very grateful to all those who showed up and participated, collaborated and… https://t.co/PfB1aQAtqz

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Nkyimkyim Installation is still evolving and growing in narrative and related dialogue within the African diaspora and beyond.
I am very grateful to all those who showed up and participated, collaborated and… https://t.co/Rhsqd64vq3

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Sigh, breath... It will be alright.
That's what she thought. But her thoughts were not in English. Will you still consider her human if you knew she did not think or speak English?
Kwame… https://t.co/tAOznbMrEv

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Sometimes the work starts playfully. Even though the subject is nothing playful.
I am lucky to have these pockets of peace whiles working on a narrative that only fills my mind with horror.
Kwame… https://t.co/6iYGJuSyMf

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Sometimes the work starts playfully. Even though the subject is nothing playful.
I am lucky to have these pockets of peace whiles working on a narrative that only fills my mind with horror.
Kwame… https://t.co/fMtZXlWotp

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Sometimes the work starts playfully. Even though the subject is nothing playful.
I am lucky to have these pockets of peace whiles working on a narrative that only fills my mind with horror.
Kwame… https://t.co/lzbOEHZ8KH

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Reposted from nkyinkyim_za - Come and be part of the history making process. Starting 26January Kwame Akoto-Bamfo and his artist friends and will be creating 400 more portraits of… https://t.co/i1AnJr1Pak

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

Come let's create history together! https://t.co/Zzjd22Proo

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

My creative communal labour partners from yesterday.
#Nkyinkyimza #Za #yearofreturn2019 #kwameakotobamfo
Photo by @keel_son https://t.co/dzODBPcFag

[Kwame Akoto-Bamfo @AncestorProject]

My creative communal labour partners from yesterday.
#Nkyinkyimza #Za #yearofreturn2019 #kwameakotobamfo https://t.co/CfpatQGLfx