CHALE WOTE STREET ART FESTIVAL
TOUR ACCRA-GHANA
8th August: Open Day/ Travellers Decide Places to Explore
9th August: Nkyimkyim
A visual archive of African history and culture, including models of indigenous architecture, and pays homage to aspects of black history that are often overlooked-such as the contribution of soldiers from African countries in the first and second world wars.
10th August: Day of Remembering/ All white Procession in Remembrance of The Departed
Clad in all white clothing and sacred herbs (optional), the day is a celebration of life cycles and way-making. On this day, the society comes out in full force, and colour, the magnetic pull to the procession is drawn by a mix of curiosity and pure joy. These powerful emotional experiences serve as catalysts to the abundance of creativity that will ooze out during the festival.
10th August: Opening of Shika Shika Art Fair/ Artist Mixer
A psychedelic mix of new and old work by Ghana based and international artists. The fair is an avenue to expose the range of expression possible through street art by highlighting unique styles, motifs, and characters from the use of lucid color, psychedelic text and multiple landscapes available through the medium. The fair is also an attempt to tap into the growing commerce base that African art is garnering globally, especially through auction houses and galleries that primarily operate outside Africa. However, in typical CHALE WOTE spirit, the fair is structured in the same vibrant energy that possesses, engineered to level the field for artists to be able to profit off their work without having to go through exploitative gatekeeping.
11th August: Krobo Glassblowing Factory Visit
Be captivated by the creative process of making sentimental glass art using centuries old glass blowing method and indigenous tools. Nestled in the commercial glass beads headquarters of Ghana, Odumase Krobo, this glass blowing factory, which uses discarded glass in the environment, is owned by the country’s only professional glassblower.
11th August: Cook Sessions and Gallery Tour
12th August: Osu Castle Tour + Festival Activities
12th August: Chale Wote Film Salon
A gathering of Ghanaian & International artists, filmmakers, thinkers and Cultural producers, sharing work through screenings, panels and performance.
14th August: Twins Procession/ Haajia Yelè
The Ga people believe twins to be incarnated children of divine beings. The festival celebrates the divinity of twins with colourful processions of drumming, singing, and opulent parading of twins and family deities through the streets of Accra. Join twin family rituals of renewal, cleansing and dress up for street processions, where ancient myths come alive.
15th August: Homowo /Chale Wote Grand Finale Weekend
Experience the spellbinding celebration of ancestral migration and triumph of the Ga people of Greater Accra. The annual festival is marked by centuries old rituals, rites of cleansing and feasting. This includes an after-party and Ceremonial Homowo meal, Kpoikpoi.
15th-16th August: Chale Wote Grand Finale Weekend
Africa’s largest gathering of artists, performers, and a new generation of innovators from around the world. A day of street exhibitions, community murals, colourful processions, conversations, and music concerts, and savor delectable platters at the food courts.
Gbagbasete Procession
The Gbagbasete procession is not just a celebration; it is a defiant assertion of our history and strength in the face of adversity. It stands as a vivid reminder of the vast body of knowledge produced in the past, serving as a prism through which we examine our imagined radical futures and alternative realities. By bringing together invasive species, experimental visual aesthetics, and alternative technologies, the procession invites speculation on what might emerge after the fall of oppressive empires. It opens the door to new possibilities for anthological designs that defy description, generating fresh configurations for marginalised voices, vernacular futurisms, and multispecies intelligence.
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