The Streets That Move Accra
A city read through its junctions: how movement, not architecture, gives Accra its shape.
From Accra
The Stories
Cultural writing from the studio: the places, language, food, music and design thinking behind each edition.
What the Heart of Ghana Carries
Notes from the studio on turning an anatomical drawing into a map of a city.
A Sunday Bowl of Omotuo
Rice balls, groundnut soup, and the specific quiet of a Ghanaian Sunday afternoon.
Why Highlife Still Moves Us
The guitar line that shaped West African popular music, and why it has not aged.
The Meaning Behind Selected Adinkra Symbols
A short, careful introduction to a visual language that is often reproduced without its meaning.
Makola: Commerce, Ambition and Memory
The market as an economic engine, a social institution and a place people measure their lives against.
Ghanaian Day Names and the Stories They Carry
Kwame, Ama, Kofi, Akosua — how the Akan day-naming system works and what it is said to imply.
From Circle to Madina: Reading Accra Through Its Routes
One corridor, and what it tells you about how the city grew outward.