Ghana’s iconic Black Star Square in Accra will host the 13th Chale Wote Street Art Festival, one of Africa’s most vibrant street art festivals, from Monday, August 21 to Sunday, August 27, 2023. The Black Star Square, its adjoining streets, and the Osu community, will witness a new wave of…
Hundreds of children, mainly from Jamestown, an Accra suburb, at the weekend fought the urge to sleep to catch glimpses of the 2022 ‘Chalewote’ festival and ride in on the fun-filled event. The children, some as young as four years, were spotted meandering the jammed streets, which were full of…
The Chale Wote Street Art Festival, a highly anticipated festival that brings art, music, dance and performance onto the streets of Jamestown, Accra’s old quarter, is sparking a wave of euphoria among revellers. Some merrymakers, local and international tourists alike, have begun to throng Jamestown, reintroducing the distinct aliveness that…
The 2022 Chale Wote Street Art Festival was on Monday launched with a meditative procession through the streets of Jamestown, a suburb of Accra. A traditional priestess with her acolytes, draped in all white linen and adorned with strands of purifying green leaves, led the pouring of libation to begin…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that this year's Chale Wote Street Art Festival, themed "Stargate to Africa," will be held in a grand style at Jamestown, an Accra suburb. This year’s event seeks to embrace the defiance of formal artistic boundaries and fragmentation of social experience through…