Ghana

It’s been a week of escapism: daydreams of Ghana sparked by lively local projects, glimpses of Tokyo on nostalgic film rolls, and a charming foray into the heart of Christmas as the festive season kicks off in earnest

By Anna Solomon Published 21 November 25

Created by DeRoche Projects, Backyard Community Club is a brand-new tennis court and a valuable, sustainable, public recreational facility in Ghana’s capital

By Ellie Stathaki Published 5 November 25

Alice Asafu-Adjaye, founder of architecture studio Mustard, describes the Ghanaian capital as spicy, colourful and loud. Here’s how to tap into its contagious energy

By Sofia de la Cruz Published 18 June 25

An architect’s home in Accra, Ghana, packs a punch on a tight urban plot; welcome to Compact House by Alice Asafu-Adjaye

By Ellie Stathaki Published 5 June 25

We found the most exciting emerging West African architects and spatial designers; here are the top ten studios from the region revolutionising the spatial design field

By Ellie Stathaki Published 11 February 25

Lesley Lokko, the British-Ghanaian architect, educator, curator, and founder and director of the African Futures Institute (AFI), has been an inspirational presence in architecture in 2024; which makes her perfectly placed to discuss the year, marking the 2025 Wallpaper* Design Awards

By Lesley Lokko Published 15 January 25

‘The design sensibilities of West Africa are equally as valuable and important as those from Europe’ states British-Ghanaian designer and architect Giles Tettey Nartey

By Shawn Adams Published 17 August 24

Photographer James Barnor is in the spotlight at 95, his work the subject of a series of exhibitions and events in Ghana

By Ugonna-Ora Owoh Published 24 July 24

Dot.ateliers | Ogbojo in Accra, Ghana was designed by emerging studio DeRoché Strohmayer for artist Amoako Boafo as a writer’s and curator’s residency space for the country's creatives

By Ellie Stathaki Published 4 July 24

Abdur Rahman Muhammad casts the ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag in oils as a potent symbol of migration in ‘The Allegory of a Seeker’, on view at ADA gallery in Accra

By Gameli Hamelo Published 24 May 24

Late Ghanaian photographer JK Bruce-Vanderpuije’s works are on show at Efie Gallery in Dubai, offering a vision of a nation across the decades

By Tianna Williams Published 19 January 24

‘Voices: Ghana’s artists in their own words’, from Manju Journal, celebrates 80 Ghanaian creatives

By Ugonna-Ora Owoh Published 2 December 23

‘In and Out of Time’, held at Gallery 1957 in Accra, Ghana, and curated by Wallpaper* contributing editor Ekow Eshun, celebrates the concept of Sankofa with artists including Malala Andrialavidrazana, Shiraz Bayjoo and Godfried Donkor

By Hannah Silver Published 14 September 23

Surf Ghana collective in Busua has a newly redesigned HQ, a home for surfers and their community, courtesy of architects Glenn DeRoché and Juergen Strohmayer

By Ellie Stathaki Published 17 May 23

Limbo Accra from Ghana is part of our series of profiles of architects, spatial designers and builders shaping West Africa's architectural future

By Ellie Stathaki Published 31 December 22

Self-taught Nigerian painter Eniwaye Oluwaseyi addresses #EndSARS in his debut show at ADA gallery in Accra

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 25 October 22

We hone in on the work of Limbo Accra, a pioneering, spatial design studio founded in Ghana that encourages a new wave of creative collaboration and co-production in Africa and its diaspora

By Nana Ama Owusu-Ansah Last updated 10 October 22

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 20 July 22