Every single day these past three years, she had religiously dusted the chest of drawers on which the gramophone stood majestically. Yet, never had she noticed that there were four drawers instead of three.

This is an expository essay on the evolution of leisure and space in colonial Accra.

Transcendence is a short story chronicling a surreal moment experienced by Effia, a professor who returns to Ghana to sell the childhood home in Ridge that is her last tie to her family. When she opens the front door of her childhood home, she travels back in time right into her life as a girl in the early 1950s in Accra.

After reading an article by Gilbert Nii-Okai Addy, a writer and guitarist, about Adedainkpo (old Accra) I, together with another Accra Archive Fellow Akotowaa Ofori, spoke to him about Ga ethnicity, naming patterns and more.

I combine my artistic talents, my skills in 3D art with my love for Ghanaian history by creating 3D characters and dressing them up in Ghanaian fashion styles.

Although the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now known as The African Union, was formally established on the 25th of May 1963, the work to make the organisation a reality started long before that.

In 1877 after the colonial government decided to move the capital from Cape Coast to Accra, the headquarters of the postal service was set up in Accra.

Horse racing used to be quite a popular sport in the Gold Coast/ Ghana, and especially in Accra. All over the country, festivals, celebratory events and other festive occasions often included a commemorative horse racing event

In architecture and construction, there was a building boom that reflected the great optimism and euphoria of the time. This boom was especially visible in Accra because it was the capital city and the seat of government.

The Accra Town Council got a whopping 1328 applications for building permits.

In 1950 alone, 484 applications for building permits were made. All these applications were approved and the permits were granted.

Setting up an office to work in was one of the most important early tasks for the bEA project.