Arts + Culture
Akan goldweights: the tiny brass sculptures that weighed gold dust and carried proverbs
For centuries, Akan traders weighed gold dust using small brass weights cast in geometric shapes and figures of…
Kumasi
Arts + Culture
The Golden Stool: the sacred throne that holds the soul of the Asante nation
The Golden Stool, Sika Dwa Kofi, is the sacred symbol of the Asante nation. According to tradition, it…
Music
Yaw Sarpong and Asomafo: the gospel highlife band that sang for ordinary Ghanaians
Yaw Sarpong led the gospel highlife band Asomafo, "the messengers", founded in 1986. He released about 25 albums,…
Music
Nana Tuffour: the “9-9-2-4” highlife romantic who learned his trade with King Sunny Ade
Nana Tuffour, born James Kwaku Tuffour in 1954, started as a keyboardist, worked with King Sunny Ade in…
Arts + Culture
A laboratory scientist who became the king of palm wine guitar: Koo Nimo
Koo Nimo, born Kwabena Boa-Amponsem on 3 October 1934 in Foase in the Ashanti Region, is the leading…
Music
Who Is Kwartengg? The Kumasi Artist Behind “Out The Mud” With M.anifest
In May 2026 M.anifest went on X to tell his followers about a younger artist from Kumasi. He…