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22/09/2026

Yesterday at the Dikan Center in Accra, we screened The Eyes of Ghana—a film by director Ben Proudfoot, executive produced by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.

We were honoured to share this special cinematic experience with our community and to create space for stories that connect Ghana to the world.

To the more than 380 people who joined us, thank you for making the evening so memorable. Together, we continue to create space for Ghanaian stories to be seen, discussed, and remembered.

Many of you have asked to watch it again, while others couldn’t make it. We hear you! We’re considering another screening—stay tuned.
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21/09/2026

Ghana was already independent. But the man waving from this car was not yet its president. 🇬🇭 On 27 August 1959, Kwame Nkrumah returned from London to the welcome captured here. At the time, he was Ghana’s Prime Minister.

Here’s a detail worth remembering: independence and becoming a republic were two separate milestones. Ghana gained independence in 1957, with Queen Elizabeth II remaining its constitutional head of state. On 1 July 1960, Ghana became a republic, and Nkrumah became its first president. This photograph captures a moment between those two chapters.

Today, on Founder’s Day and the anniversary of his birth, we remember Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, whose vision helped shape an independent Ghana and gave voice to the possibility of a united Africa.

What is one thing about Nkrumah you wish more people learned in school?

15/09/2026

On Nkrumah’s birthday, discover the story of the man behind his camera. 🇬🇭🎬
This holiday Monday, join us at Dikan Center for The Eyes of Ghana.
Follow Chris Hesse, Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cameraman, and filmmaker Anita Afonu as they work to recover and share footage of Africa’s independence era—a history preserved on film for a new generation to see.

Directed by two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot and executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama.

📅 Monday, September 21 🕕 6:00–8:30 p.m. 📍 Dikan Center, Accra

Seats are very limited. Make this part of your holiday—and join us for an evening with our history. No tickets— just come early to secure a seat.

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14/09/2026

What is your portfolio saying — and is it the story you want to tell? Get a fresh perspective at Dikan Portfolio Review with Francesco Bellina: free, in-person, one-on-one feedback on your photography. Open to Ghanaian documentary photographers, photojournalists and portrait photographers at every career stage.

📍 Dikan Center, South La, Accra 🗓 Monday | 10am–3 pm

Limited places. Apply by Friday evening.
Submit your portfolio, a short artist bio and a brief statement about your work through the link in bio. Selected applicants will be invited to individual sessions.

What would you most like feedback on? Let us know below.

08/09/2026

Archive Night at Dikan is a new community night for all of us.
It is a home to sit together, meet people, listen, watch, talk, remember, and learn from one another.

Every Archive Night will be different. One night may feature a film or a short presentation. Another may bring together music, photographs, books, recordings, objects, storytelling, a performance, or a DJ set. Someone may share the history of a person, place, community, or collection.

Whatever the format, the evening is about archives: what they hold, how we care for them, and the stories they help us share.
For our first Archive Night, Courage and George will give a discussion about archives. They will explore what archives are, and why they matter to our communities.

You can speak, ask questions, share what you know, or simply sit back and enjoy the evening.
Come alone or bring someone with you—a friend, a neighbour, your children, your parents, or your grandparents. You do not need to be an archivist, artist, researcher, or historian. You do not need to know anything before you arrive.
Young or old, everyone is welcome.

Come as you are. There is a place for you.

25/08/2026

The oldest records this country has were never photographed, or written down, or filed anywhere.
They were spoken. Which means they only survive if somebody tells them and somebody shows up to listen.
On Friday 4 September, Nana Asaase is telling folk stories at Dikan Ahenfie in Twi and English, in a room with about sixty chairs in it.

6PM. Free. No tickets — just come early.

27/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who came on Friday.

Some of you stood in front of these photographs for a long time. That’s exactly what they’re for. If it moved you, tell someone about it and if you haven’t been yet, come this week.

Free entry · 10am–7pm, every day except Monday · until 24 Sept · 📍 Dikan Gallery

23/07/2026

You free tomorrow evening?

Congo, close to home is going up on our walls right now. Printed big. Shot by seven photographers who live there. Guerchom Ndebo working with the curator Paul Ninson

Doors open 6pm. Free. Just walk in.

14/07/2026

Tag a photographer who’s never had a working professional sit down with their full portfolio.

Most photographers build a body of work alone — one shoot, one edit, one post at a time. Nobody ever sits with the whole thing and tells you what’s working, what’s missing, or what to shoot next. How to get your work infront of decision makers.

Dikan’s Portfolio Review changes that. Submit your work, and if you’re shortlisted, you get real, one-on-one time with Francis Kokoroko ( )— Accra-based documentary photographer and Reuters contributor — going through your portfolio with you directly.

Ghanaian photographers, any career stage. Applications close Friday — only a few days left.

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