A Full Circle Moment for Ghanaian Artist Foster Sakyiamah
A new exhibition by Accra’s ADA\Contemporary Gallery is the latest affirmation that Ghanaian artist Foster Sakyiamah is a talent on the rise. Known for taking the subjects of Old Master paintings and reimagining them with African women, bold colors, and vivid patterns, he creates works that are familiar and utterly new at the same time. […]
Fashion Forward
Sustainable fashion is experiencing meaningful advancement in South Africa as witnessed at the recent Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards. Twyg, an online content platform, debuted the awards to draw attention to the importance of such initiatives and to recognize those making a difference. Cleo Droomer was awarded the main award of the programme, the Changemaker Award, […]
Book Review: ‘House of Bondage’ by Ernest Cole
Ernest Cole was a South African photojournalist, who brought the atrocities of apartheid to the broader world with his 1967 book ‘House of Bondage.’ Both he and his book were banned from South Africa in 1968, but the work is now being reissued. A testament to the injustice and horrors of the movement, it also […]
African Restaurants Highlighted During the US-Africa Leaders Summit
Although Washington, DC’s US-Africa Leaders Summit has since passed, this article provides a helpful survey of some of the best African cuisine in the US capitol. As vibrant and diverse at the continent from which they draw their inspiration, these restaurants should be on everyone’s radar on their next pass through DC. When you enter […]
Hive Earth Leads the Charge in Contemporary Building with Earth
As part of its series profiling West Africa’s architectural future, Wallpaper turns its focus to Ghana’s Hive Earth. While they aren’t architects per se, their specialization in rammed earth construction is having major influence on the local built environment and beyond. Husband-and-wife team Joelle Eyeson and Kwame Deheer formally established Hive Earth in 2017, but […]
These Tourist Sites May Not be Around if Things Don’t Change
Mt Kilimanjaro is, with an elevation of 5,891 metres above sea level, the highest mountain in Africa and one of the most photographed in the world thanks to its striking profile, the way it emerges from the African plateau, and the ice field that occupies its highest parts. However, that ice field has been melting […]
Elusive Undiscovered Spots in Southern Africa
On the fringe of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana, stands Great Tsau Hill Lodge proudly above the surrounding grasslands. The unique desert-adapted wildlife species make for excellent game viewing. At the eastern extreme of the Zambezi Region, you’ll find Rupara Campsite on the banks of the Kwando-Linyanti river system. It is ideal for […]
Algeria Eases Visa Rules to Promote Tourism in the Sahara
Algeria will allow foreign tourists heading to its vast desert south to obtain visas on arrival. Africa’s biggest country by surface area – comprises a major chunk of the Sahara, including nature reserves and prehistoric sites. It also boasts 1 200 kilometres of Mediterranean coastline and several historical cities. The Tassili reserve, in the south-eastern […]
Africa, the Ideal Safari Destination for Families
What could be more thrilling than an African wildlife safari in a place of unrivaled exotic beauty, unlike anything your family has ever seen or experienced? Travel to a faraway place and experience the profound quiet and stillness of the African bush, a peace broken only by the sound and presence of the wild animals just […]
Ghana and Morocco are the First African States to Impose Travel Curbs on Travellers from China
Authorities will also toughen entry restrictions from Jan. 6, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in China. All air travellers arriving from China will now be required to present a negative PCR COVID test result not older than 48 hours before departure and undergo another test on arrival in Ghana’s Kotoka international airport at no […]
