the space we’re developing

Nii Ayikwei Parkes — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:06:05 +0000

So, we’ve been speaking about the work that we are doing and hope to do in Ghana, but we have never gotten round to making it concrete. I thought that today I would post some images of the building where the Ghana Association of Writers is housed, which has a room which we have begun to stock with books from our wishlist and are working on equipping with computers so that writers can use is as a resource room.

The pictures in order are:

The building from the outside (to give an idea of its size and state – sorry I got to it late so it’s a bit dark)
The room we are converting (you might see me in some of the pics )
A view of the walls (the walls are covered with images of writers from Africa and the diaspora as well as donated paintings from African artists – solicited by Atukwei Okai)
An image of the founder of the centre – Atukwei Okai – from the walls
A close up of the wall, revealing James Baldwin and Sonia Sanchez side-by-side
Another close up – Kamau Brathwaite (who worked in Ghana for a while), Kwaw Ansah (revered Ghanaian filmmaker), Atukwei, Robert Hayden, Chester Himes and Nikki Giovanni
An image of a thatched circle outside where regular readings can be held.

I hope the images give you an idea of what we’re doing, the challenges we’re facing, etc. etc. All of you who feel you can support in any way, please join the army!

Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Wishlist Progress

Nii Ayikwei Parkes — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:20:58 +0000

We’ve received 3 of the 59 books that we wanted to get for the Ghana Association of Writers as reference resources for budding writers in Ghana, but we struggle on. If you want to help, please go to our amazon link and buy one of the titles. They are sent directly to Ghana.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/1QSHO5WB45K67

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Nii Ayikwei Parkes — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:19:13 +0000

From message board to blog. We’ve made the change because the blog format is friendlier, we can put quick updates on the pages… and there are no banner ads! Thanks for your support as always…

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the space we’re developing

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