28
Oct
Cartoons as Political Critique in Ghana – a Close Look at the Work of Bright Ackwerh
The lecture focuses on the activist work of Ghanaian political cartoonist Bright Ackwerh. Bright is an artist who describes himself as a “pseudo-historian,” someone who responds to the gatekeeping practices of elite-owned and state-influenced media, by telling stories that media agencies are too afraid to tell. Bright’s political cartoons bring to the surface the unspoken and unseen worlds of e...
