From Elmina Castle to the beach resorts, from Nana Kofi Anthony, remembered as the first chief fisherman, to the Middle Passage and colonial rule, water has always witnessed the making and unmaking of this town, Elmina. With this mural we honor the water. Painted on the Cornelis Nagtglas House, a building tied to the Dutch colonial governor and his Euro-African partner Anna Abraba Smith, this mural turns colonial memory into a site of reckoning.

Invited by artist Richard Kofi, DJ Chinnamasta and performers Christian Guerematchi and Suzooki Swift explore the Afro-European identity.

Pidgin imaginarium exists within other imaginaria and remains a place of refuge, possibility, experimentation and critical insights to...