By Omotayo Edubi
In celebration of this year’s World Art Day, Ghanaian-based Tapioca Founadation and Imposters Art Collective have launched an agenda to sensitise people about environmental protection and sustainability.
The World Art Day is celebrated April 15, and the collaborating organisations launched this year’s project in Ada, Greater Accra Region.
The project was designed to utilise art pieces to educate citizens on issues relating to the environment, while calling on actions to protect it from manmade harm and climate change.
The graffiti pieces addressed the topics of earth destruction, global warming, wildlife conservation, climate change, and other global issues.
According to Ian Kwakye, artist and brainchild behind the project, Tapioca still remains open to every artist in Ghana and Africa who want to work in their space, the “HENOKAMI WE – THE HOPE HUB” at Fort Kongestein, Ada Foah.
Kongestein, which currently lies in ruins, was a Danish trading fort built in 1783.
According to him, although the venue for the murals, has a dark history of being a slave-trading centre, Tapioca sees it as an opportunity to shift the narrative to inspire the younger generation with positivity.
He added that the ‘Imposters’ are a growing collective of artists in Ghana, whose main aim is to build a network to share ideas and work together to develop communities.