The Past is Never Dead
2021
Cotton appliqué suspended.
360 cm x 450 cm.
The tapestry consists of the ‘footprint’ plans of 20 slave forts from the coast of Ghana.
Left to right from top: Fort Amsterdam, Cormantin, 1638; Fort Ankober, Axim, 1705; Fort Batenstein, Butri 1656; Cape Coast Castle, 1653; Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove, 1683; Fort Dorothea, Akwidaa, 1685; Castle of St George, Elmina, 1482; English Fort, Komenda, 1633 / 1695; Fort Good Hope, Senya Beraku, 1667; Fort Vredenburg, Komenda, 1682; Fort Gross Friedrichsburg, Pokesu, 1683; Fort Hollandois, Shama, 1746; Fort James, Accra, 1673; Fort Nassau, Butri, 1612; Fort Orange, Sekondi, 1642; Fort Ussher, Accra, 1649; Fort St Anthony, Axim, 1515; Fort St Jago, Elmina, 1652; Fort St Sebastian, Shama, 1526; Fort Tantumquery, Otuam, 1720;
Photos: Nii Odzenma, L&B.
‘The Past is Never Dead…’Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana, 20 May – 12 July 2021.
Exhibition opening “The Past is Never Dead…” Gallery 1957, Accra, 19 May 2021
