Si Hene 🇬🇭

Building Ghana's cultural future. A centre for heritage, creativity & community.

[email protected]

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

Si Hene | To give one power
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This project brings fourth, the profound beauty and sovereignty of Ghanaian cultural heritage through looking at the past.
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Akwantukese Festival | Hunter Gatherer

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

The Black Aesthetic (Addison Gayle Jr., 1971) — the Black Arts Movement manifesto.

By whose standard is Black art judged?

What's YOUR Black Aesthetic? 👇
#IAW2026 #blackartmovement #worldarchiveweek

[Perfume and Prose @bookpresse]

I have waited a very very long time for something like this! Be still my beating heart. BE STILLLLLLLL!!!!😫😫♥️

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

Archives don’t just hold what happened.

They hold who got to laugh.

This cartoon ran in Britain’s sharpest satirical magazine — three months after Ghana’s independence. The joke was never for us. 🪞🇬🇭

#IAW2026 #WorldArchiveWeek #ArchiveGhana

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

What is an archive? We're answering that all week.

Follow along during International Archives Week!! ✨ #IAW2026 #WorldArchiveWeek #ArchiveGhana

[Ambassade de France au Ghana @FranceandGhana]

🤩 Today, we unveil the first 10 finalists of the Création Africa Ghana 2.0 Incubation Program — selected from nearly 300 applications nationwide.

🔥 Meet the creatives and changemakers shaping Ghana’s creative future! 🇬🇭 👇

#CreationAfricaGhana

@trybeafrica @parkcultural

[Ambassade de France au Ghana @FranceandGhana]

@Riohs_College @ImpactHubAccra @HeadlessYouTube @crowdpen_ @abcardgames, @si_hene

[Rita Mawuena Benissan @RitaMawuena]

To New Beginnings @si_hene !!

We can’t wait to open the space to you all!!

🤍☂️🤍

🎥: @chrisbaiden_ @visioninview

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

Join us for our Reading Room: Ghana in Portrait, a 4-day workshop exploring Ghana’s history through photography, memory & dialogue! ✨

Date: Thursday November 27th – Sunday November 30th, 2025
Location: Si Hene Foundation, 128 Ring Road E.

For more info email: [email protected]

[travis. @obengcasper]

@si_hene ☂️✨

[Ambassade de France au Ghana @FranceandGhana]

📸 We were honoured to host legendary #photographer James Barnor, who was in #Ghana 🇬🇭 for his 95th birthday.

With over 40 years of capturing societies in transition, he is Ghana’s first and most well known photojournalist, and continues to inspire generations all over the 🌏.

[Rita Mawuena Benissan @RitaMawuena]

archives and histories digitized. Please make the necessary corrections!

The workshop was hosted by @si_hene and @ritamaweuna.

[Rita Mawuena Benissan @RitaMawuena]

@the_nana_project, @thekorabea, @postbox.ghana, @scorpio.eyes, @archiveafrica, and @vintageafricanwomen.

The purpose of the workshop was not only to educate the youth about archiving but also to create a space for families and the community to come together and have their family

[Rita Mawuena Benissan @RitaMawuena]

I wanted to clarify that the event was called "Vanishing Past: A Community Archiving Workshop." The "Custodian of Memory" was a special segment within the workshop, dedicated to showcasing the archival projects of [..]

[Ambassade de France au Ghana @FranceandGhana]

We are proud to take part in this wonderful project. ✨📸

It is happening from today until Sunday: we are waiting for you!

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

In My Bag | Archiving with Si Hene

Si Hene is thrilled to present ‘In My Bag’ with our founder and artist, Rita Mawuena Benissan @RitaMawuena

Let’s take a peek inside her bag!

Full video: https://t.co/ZY8siLNQ8E

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

Join us June 7th - 9th to our Vanishing Past: A Community Archiving Workshop at Jamestown Cafe!

Bring your old family photographs and documents to be digitized and preserved for future generations. Connect with your community through shared stories and memories.
#VanishingPast

[Rita Mawuena Benissan @RitaMawuena]

A @visioninview production!!!!!

So proud of you @chrisbaiden_ and your whole team!!!!!🖤

[Open Society Foundations @OpenSociety]

The theft of Africa’s cultural heritage to Europe and other places is a grand theft of memory. Returning cultural items home can help communities recover their history and knowledge and help build their future. We’re proud to support these efforts.

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

Heritage is Humanity!!

[Open Society Foundations @OpenSociety]

The theft of Africa’s cultural heritage to Europe and other places is a grand theft of memory. Returning cultural items home can help communities recover their history and knowledge and help build their future. We’re proud to support these efforts.

[Si Hene 🇬🇭 @si_hene]

Calling all college students! Join Si hene’s “Vanishing Past: A Community Archiving Workshop”!

Join us as we unlock our Vanishing Past!

If interested, please email [email protected] by April 26th! 🌍