As we all know that West Africa is rich in arts and crafts, and undoubtedly, most of it’s unknown yet exquisite treasures can be mostly be found in the western African hub of Ghana.
Ghana is unique in many ways. Ghana is well known for it’s music, culture and cuisine but unbeknownst to many,and just as deserving of recognition, is its fine traditional and local handicrafts.
Handicrafts are colourfully patterned and painstakingly designed. Of course they don’t use a paint sprayer to design kente cloth, everything which is crafted there has some deep, resonant meaning.
Furthermore, art is not done there for the sake of doing it because they represent their ancient cultures and traditions.
Craft stalls are set around the country so that visitors can see the wonderful crafts made by the craftsmen. Ghana is also known for it’s open markets. You can find beautiful hand woven textiles, beads, brass works, gold jewelry, paintings, ceramics, pot and earth ware and wood carvings not to mention a few.
POTTERY AND EARTHWARES
Pottery started in Ghana in the early 18th and 19th centuries by the Ashanti’s.
Today pottery has spread to many other ethnic groups in Ghana. It can be seen in any Ghanaian local markets and it comes in different designs and colours.
ORNAMENTAL BEADS
Beads are basically Ghana’s most famous and common jewelry because it’s relatively cheaper than a gold or diamond ornament. Beads are worn at special occasions which signify wealth and status. Beads are made from materials such as recycled glass, brass, bauxite and shells or seeds. The krobo ethnic group are best known for making of beads.
ARTS AND PAINTINGS
The study of paint in the traditional art of Ghana is pertinent not only to the if of visual arts but also to the total historiography and his to riot um rural background of Ghana.
Ghana is renowned for producing the best in authentic African arts and paintings.Art’s is not only a beautiful sight to behold it’s indeed creativity at it’s utmost best. You can find paintings of animals, trees, famous famous people who have lived and died and in fact anything creatively an artist can ever think of .
The Kwame Nkrumah museum, the Tetteh arts market, wild gecko (a shop mostly dedicated to expats), global mamas( a clothes shop in OSU) and of course the Accra arts center are various places one can buy a beautiful piece of painting
creativity in a new style 