Culture & CurrentGhana's Beauty, CountedMakeup Ghana and its partners are building the first evidence-based report on Ghana's beauty and wellness industry. The real test is whether it counts the people doing the work.Related: The Compact Ghana RefusedThe Big Push
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Monday, November 2
Field NotesVisit GhanaGetting around Accra and beyond, Cape Coast Castle in the Museums and Monuments Board's words, and four festivals by month, all from official pages.Related: Accra by the SeaGhana's Beauty, Counted
Culture & CurrentThe Compact Ghana RefusedPresident Mahama's government turned down a US health compact over data and drug-inspection terms; now Washington wants to revisit the clauses.Related: Ghana's Beauty, CountedThe Big Push
SoundRooms and RoyaltiesTwo rooms in Accra where music gets made, and a GHAMRO royalty round that promised personalised statements for the first time.Related: Gen Z HighlifeFrom Everywhere
SoundGen Z HighlifeCojo Rae's case for highlife is now an album title, a Spotify bio and a public argument, carried to more than a million followers on TikTok.Related: Rooms and RoyaltiesFrom Everywhere
SoundFrom EverywhereAn American producer in Ghana builds psychedelic R&B on the Soulquarian idea, told in his own words.Related: Rooms and RoyaltiesGen Z Highlife
SoundAlté, Out LoudGhana's alté, R&B and soul singers are reaching award lists and global playlists: who is being named, how their sound is described, and what the scene still needs.Related: Rooms and RoyaltiesGen Z Highlife
SoundShatta Wale and StonebwoyShatta Wale and Stonebwoy, through what Ghanaian and international press have recorded: BET and Billboard, an Afrobeats turn, and a rivalry their fans still argue over.Related: Rooms and RoyaltiesGen Z Highlife
The WorkWhere the Work LandsMakola's traders, Jamestown's streets and Chale Wote, galleries and a music scene working on its own terms: the Accra behind this edition.Related: JamestownStudio Sessions
Culture & CurrentThe Big PushGhana's government calls its road programme the largest in the sector's history. Here is what is being built, what it costs, and who is questioning the figures.Related: Ghana's Beauty, CountedThe Compact Ghana Refused
SoundKasa, BackwardsFrom the 2020 mixtape Straight Outta Kumerica to the Telecel Ghana Music Awards in 2026: six artists who carried Asakaa drill out of the underground, and where to start listening.Related: Rooms and RoyaltiesGen Z Highlife
Sunday, November 1
SoundThe Highlife BatonNamed in the 1920s, inscribed by UNESCO in 2025: who is carrying highlife forward now, and why Bisa Kdei says musicians are a bit scared to tag it.Related: Rooms and RoyaltiesGen Z Highlife
Saturday, October 31
The WorkJamestownMax Luger's pictures from one September day in Jamestown: smoked fish, a pot of paste, men at work, and a boat still being cut.Related: Where the Work LandsStudio Sessions
The WorkStudio SessionsMusicians and models from The Content Campus creativity exploration in Ghana, photographed by Max Luger in 2026: rooftop dusk, a white wall, palm fronds, brick and gold-dotted panels.Related: Where the Work LandsJamestown
SoundThree From AccraThree TCC songs made in Accra, read line by line from their listening reports: an ultimatum, a question, an apology with an alibi, and the Los Angeles room mixing them.Related: Rooms and RoyaltiesGen Z Highlife
The WorkStreet LevelFifteen frames from Max Luger's September 2026 documentary set in Ghana: loads carried high, the signs above them, and the people who keep the roadside working.Related: Where the Work LandsJamestown
Field NotesAccra by the SeaOne September day on a Leica Q: riders on the road, a drinks seller, a full beach, a white horse and a dusty football pitch.Related: Visit GhanaGhana's Beauty, Counted
The WorkThe RunwayA brown lace gown leads thirteen frames of runway work, daylight to night, set beside the shows and festivals filling Ghana's fashion calendar this season.Related: Where the Work LandsJamestown