Ghanas sea of sculpted slave heads commemorate slave trade 400 years on

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As the year 2019 marks 400 years since the commencement of the transatlantic slave trade, Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo has been sculpting hundreds of faces to represent the men and women who fell victim to slavery. • Akoto-Bamfo has placed the sculptures in Ada Foah, which was a major slave market in the 19th century when the region was under British rule. • Akoto-Bamfo says he has borrowed from the ancient Akan tradition of creating portraits of the dead. • Akoto-Bamfo's aim is to keep Ada Fo… • READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2019/08/02/... • Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans. • Africanews is the first pan-African multilingual media outlet, unique in its concept and vision. • Subscribe on our Youtube channel / africanews and receive all the latest news from the continent. • Africanews is available in English and French. • Website : www.africanews.com • Facebook : / africanews.channel • Twitter : / africanews

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