The Artists Of Accra's Chale Wote Street Festival Interpret "African Electronics"

7 artists from Accra's Chale Wote street art festival interpret what this year's theme of 'African Electronics' means to them.

The Artists Of Accra's Chale Wote Street Festival Interpret "African Electronics"

Nana Oforiatta Ayim, cultural historian and curator

Nana Oforiatta Ayim at Chale Wote 2015 (Photo: Alice McCool)

"African Electronics is in the context of Chale Wate is all of us, artists, creative writers, musicians, coming together and bringing together all of our energy in order to move things forward. Drawing on the centuries and centuries of electronics that we’ve had in terms of innovation and dynamism, and seeing how we can reinterpret them in ways which are true to ourselves."

(Photo: Alice McCool)

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