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Volume 13, 2019 - Issue 1: Twenty-first Century Contemporary Art in Ghana
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Trends in Twenty-First Century Contemporary Art In Accra

Kwame A. LabiUniversity of Ghana
Pages 21-50 | Published online: 05 Nov 2020

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Interviews

  • Adjo Kisser, Friday 23 August 2019, Interview by author. Institute of African Studies, Legon, Accra.
  • Adjo Kisser, Artist Statement, 2019, courtesy of artist.
  • Mrs. Frances Ademola, June 2016, Interview by author, The Loom Gallery, Accra.
  • Bright Ackwerh, 28 August 2019, Interview by author, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.
  • Zhora Opoku, 5 September 2019, telephone interview by author.
  • Serge Clottey, 22 August 2019, interview by author, La, Accra.
  • Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, 21 November 2019, WhatsApp chat.
  • Billy Nana Anoff, 8 January 2020. WhatsApp chat.

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