Easter Weekend at a photography exhibition

I was delighted to spend my Easter holidays attending a photography exhibition by Nuku Studios with my friends @abdul01 and @depressedfuckup. Nuku studios is a center for photographic research and practice located in the heart of Tamale Ghana.

this is me.

On April 8th 2023 at 3 pm Nuku Studio opened a Retrospective on “Northern Ghana Life”. The exhibition showcases a selection of photographs of the “Northern Ghana Life” project which brought together a group of national and international photographers to document stories from Northern Ghana which were first displayed during the 2018 Nuku Photo Festival.

It was amazing to see how other people from different ethnicities valued and appreciated the culture and heritage of my own people. The people of Northern Ghana. Our way of life is indeed diverse and unique. The exhibition perfectly told our stories.

Works of the following photographers were exhibited: Dennis Akuoku-Frimpong, Abdulai Adam, Gerard Nartey, Peter DiCampo, Eric Gyamfi, Francis Kokoroko, Bénédicte Kurzen, Nii Obodai and Patrick Willocq.

a picture of Tolon Naa Sulemana II and his subordinates

Nyankpala Lana. A chief in Northern Ghana dressed in his royal attire

a Gonja land chief with his subordinates

fire festival in Tamale

a newly enskined chief and his subordinates at the chief’s palace

inside the room of a woman who processes sheer butter in a small scale

@abdul01. The padlock in the picture is believed to have been enchanted with some sort of black magic

The “Northern Ghana Life” book

me again.

During the opening event, there was a print sale, drinks and snacks. The “Northern Ghana Life” Book was also available for purchase.

This exhibition will be opened for two months until June 8th, 2023. So if you live in Tamale and you are interested, you can check it out as it’s going to be around for awhile.

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Pictures credit : @thisisnativeboy @abdul01 @depressedfuckup