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The Architecture of Sound: How Accra's Music Scene Is Rewriting the Rules

From Afrobeats to experimental jazz, a new generation of Ghanaian artists is building a sonic language that belongs entirely to itself.

The Ghanaian novelist on finding home in a city that belongs to everyone and no one.

From Afrobeats to amapiano to experimental electronics, African music is having a global moment — but the real story is what's happening at home.

Half-built structures are not a sign of failure in Accra. They are a philosophy.

Fifty years after her death, Ghana's greatest playwright is more relevant than ever.

A new generation of African publishers is building an industry that doesn't depend on London or New York.

A growing wave of African Americans and Afro-Europeans are moving to Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya. What are they finding?

The two-hour drive from Accra to Cape Coast passes through history, beauty, and a grief that has no name.

A new generation of African galleries is rejecting the white cube and building spaces that belong to their communities.