A group of discontented Ghanaian youth have taken their frustration to the streets, targeting the statue of former President Edward Akufo-Addo, father of current President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The incident, captured on video, shows the young men slapping a sculpture of Edward Akufo-Addo, who served as Ghana’s president from 1970 to …
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The 24th of January 2017 was a cold, foggy day in London. At midday John Axford, of the auctioneers Woolley and Wallis, was in his office in upmarket Mayfair, waiting to meet a visitor from Belgium who wanted to show him a sculpture. “He produced this particularly beautiful piece,” said …
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