Today is the birthday of Gil Scott-Heron, the man who sang about #winterinamerica and told us #therevolutionwouldnotbetelevised. This song "I'm New Here" was released just a little over a year before his passing. May his legacy live on. 🕊️ #gilscottheron #poet #jazzisdead

Star boy Yn. ✨

Before he died aged 83, J.D. Okhai Ojeikere spent three decades travelling across Nigeria and creating a visual time capsule of 1000 portraits of hair. 'Hairstyles' became an internationally acclaimed series that provides a beautiful and powerful insight into Nigerian culture. 📷

⭐⭐⭐⭐'s for RESOLVE Collective's installation in our Curve. Come along and check it out. Did we mention it's free?!🤩

My fellow Ghanaians (and everyone!), tell me your favourite 1940s - 1980s highlife music hits 🎺🥁🎤🙏🏾

"Free and open to all Resolve have created a space of community & contemplation from an assemblage of repurposed materials and objects" Nana Biamah-Ofosu reviews Them's The Breaks Barbican Centre ow.ly/U3nn50NNKZA #barbicancentre Akil Scafe-Smith Melissa H Seth Amani Scafe-Smith

Oluwole Olumuyiwa (1929-2000) is a Nigerian architect who established the first Nigerian architectural practice in 1960. His work merges modernist principles with West African architectural traditions that prioritize room for communities to congregate and socialize.

First images of Tropical Modernism: Architecture & Power in West Africa, the V&A / La Biennale di Venezia Special Project for this year's Venice Biennale, in collaboration with @AASchool and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, which I co-curated with Nana Biamah-Ofosu and @Bushra_m22

GREAT EXHIBITION at the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Arsenale #TropicalModernism La Biennale di Venezia #BiennaleArchitettura2023 #TheLaboratoryOfTheFuture

Really enjoyed this fascinating insight into an area that I knew virtually nothing about. thank you to everyone involved - especially Christopher Turner Nana Biamah-Ofosu and @Bushra_m22 (and got the link to your gorgeous dress!)

Happening in Venice today, 30.05.23 ‘Afropolitan Axis’ at the British Pavilion, Giardini. I’ll be in dialogue with Hayley Eber, Tau Tavengwa & Mokena Makeka, chaired by Matthew Barac.

On her passing,we celebrate the life and legacy of Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo, writer, poet activist and great supporter of the Writers Project of Ghana from the very start. While we mourn her passing, we also celebrate her work and support for writers, women and the literary space. 1/2

My blog on Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Power in West Africa, the V&A's pavilion La Biennale di Venezia in collaboration with @AASchool and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-li…

Designer Mimi Shodeinde on her aesthetic. “In the beginning, people didn’t understand my work—it wasn’t African enough, nor sufficiently European. It showcases a different side of African design, beyond caricatured colors and motifs.” Words: Nana Biamah-Ofosu | bit.ly/46gzFmE

83' - WE'VE COMPLETED THE TURNAROUND!!! 💪 Ofosu rises highest inside the area from an NCP corner delivery and our CB slams home the header!!! 💫 Ofosu is proudly sponsored by Solihull Renovations. 🟡 #AFC 2-1 #HIT 🟢

Proudly watching my Dad on #JoySports this morning and wishing him all the best for the big handover tomorrow and looking forward to the 2023 #AfricanGames ❤️👏🏾👏🏾

I have four DEI grandparents.

“Black women don’t get to make light of their gaffe-making, impulsive remarks or off-colour comments. They don’t get to have bad days. Anything short of exemplary personal behaviour would result in public retribution & humiliation.” And here we are. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…