Accra is the administrative, economic, and educational center of Ghana which over the centuries developed into a prosperous trading hub. The name Accra is a corruption of the Akan word nkran, referring to the black ants that abound in the countryside and applied to the inhabitants of the Accra plains. The present site was initially settled by several villages of the Ga tribe, ruled by the Ayaso in the north. Along the 15th and 16th centuries, the growth of coastal villages as well as the built of three fortified trading posts – Osu around the Danish Christiansborg castle, Accra (later Ussher Town) around the Dutch fort of Crevecoeur, and English James Town around Fort James – determined the later development of what was to be Accra and provided the Europeans with an outlet for trade with the Ga people, drawn to the coast by the prospect of more profit. In 1877 Accra became the capital of the British Gold Coast colony, after the British victory in a war against the inland Asante Empire. It was the Accra Riots in 1948 to launch an independence campaign that led to Ghana’s independence from the United Kingdom.
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Artists in Accra
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Accra
Hamid Nii Nortey
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Accra
James Mishio
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Ben Agbee
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Accra
Theophilus Tetteh
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Accra
Elisabeth Efua Sutherland
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Accra
Zohra Opoku
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Accra
Nyornuwofia Agorsor
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Accra
Constance Swaniker
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Accra
Theresah Ankomah
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Accra
Josephine Kuuire
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Accra
Kofi Setordji
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Accra
Isshaq Ismail
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Accra
Kwesi Botchway
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Accra
Juelz Tintin
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Kumasi
Atta Kwami
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Accra
Prince Gyasi
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Accra
Ablade Glover
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Pobiman
Paa Joe
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Jacob Tetteh-Ashong
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Samuel Prophask Asamoah
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Accra
Serge Attukwei Clottey
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Accra
Gideon Appah
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Jonathan Aggrey
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Accra
Appiah Ntiaw
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Bernard Akoi-Jackson
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Bright Ackwerh
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Accra
Isaac Chukwe Udeh
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Events in Accra
Art spaces in Accra
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Accra
NU Gallery
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Accra
ADA \ contemporary art gallery
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Accra
Berj Art Gallery
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Accra
Kuenyehia
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Accra
Nubuke Foundation
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Accra
Tiga African Art
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Accra
Artists Alliance Gallery
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Accra
Foundation for Contemporary Art – FCA Ghana
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Accra
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