The more things change, the more they stay the same? A familiar depiction of present-day Accra, Ghana, but this speech was made in 1946: "Accra is a town like Freetown. During...
Amidst the hustle and bustle of Saturday morning commerce at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, a group of activists assemble. They start out at the city’s largest roundabout – Kwame Nkrumah Circle...
Here in Accra, Ghana, PARK(ing) Day came a little bit early this year (around the world, it's to be celebrated on September 20th this year). But the essence of what...
Africanurbanism.net article "A Changing Accra" is featured in the September 2013 issue of ArchiAfrika magazine. Have a look at the entire issue below! (more…)
“In Ghana, what attracts people to places isn’t the [physical] space, it’s the event,” a friend said to me in conversation a few weeks ago. I was reminded of his...
[caption id="attachment_1258" align="aligncenter" width="542"] Boys in a hut at Mmofra Foundation's Playtime Park.[/caption] Originally published at UrbanAfrica.net by Victoria Okoye. “Mmofra means children,” explains Amowi Phillips of the Mmofra Foundation, giving the...
The 12-acre green space in central Accra known as Efua Sutherland Children’s Park is one of the city’s largest parks. Situated in the city centre and proximate to the government...