GHANA WE DEY

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Joy, nostalgia and memory in the living archive

Ghana We Dey (We are Ghana) re-visits the past through personal photographs from private archives found in Ghana and its diaspora. We are interested in such photographs because they show how communities see themselves and want to be remembered. Journalistic and historic photos show the extraordinary, often from an outsider’s perspective. Those are photos that dominate how the past is pictured. Instead, this platform is interested in centring the every day and ‘ordinary’ photographs of Ghanaians because they are a imporant invitation to re-see the past.

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“Preserving [family photographs] is continuing the work that [Seydou Keïta, James Barnor and others] did. To let other people know about the story of Africa and Ghana, of families and individuals. … These are memories that will continue to live on. This is why these photos should be preserved.”

Nana Osei Kwadwo (team member)

Ghana We Dey, currently in its pilot phase, was initiated by Museum Rietberg (Zurich, Switzerland) as a digital crowdsourcing platform. As a digital commons space, the platform provides digital access to physical photos found in Ghana and across the world. The platform will serve as a fluid, democratic site which allows a fresh perspective of the past.

team

We are currently a small but expanding team. Get in touch if you are interested in collaborating with us.

Nana Osei Kwadwo (Accra)
Nanina Guyer (Zurich)
Philipp Schütz (London)

 

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