Preserve Verb: To conserve. To protect. To keep safe from harm or injury. To maintain something in its original or existing state. To keep something alive to prevent it from decaying, being damaged, or destroyed.
The Nubuke Foundation definition: To contribute to social cohesion. To include a pan-African state of mind in all our concepts, activities, and practices.
Nubuke Foundation’s motivation: The implementation of a multi-purpose platform is a necessity. It is fundamental to have a Ghanaian-owned institution that can surmount the breakdown of the structures through which cultural norms and forms would traditionally be transmitted.
Bernice Ameyaw: Gathering And Fabricating Disused Objects
Patrick Tagoe-Turkson: From Trash to Treasure
Artists Using Wood and Fiber
Odun Orimolade: The Art of "Knowing"
Winfred Amoah: Hohoe Women
Pognamine: Ghana’s Evolving Chieftaincy
Wa Naa’s Palace: A Royal Legacy
❷ Completed in 2019, Nubuke Foundation’s new gallery building marked an important milestone in the institution’s growth. Designed to expand exhibition possibilities and welcome wider audiences, the space reflects Nubuke’s continued commitment to contemporary art in Ghana.
❿ Twenty years of art, encounters, and shared memories come together in Nubuke’s Visual Archive. Explore photographs of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and the people who have shaped the Foundation’s story.
❸ Explore the Nubuke @ 20 programme—discover upcoming events, exhibitions, and key moments unfolding across the year, and find opportunities to experience, engage, and be part of the celebration.
❼ Woori means “to weave” in Waali. Since 2021, the festival has brought weavers, artists and communities together in Loho, near Wa, to share knowledge and celebrate a living tradition. Discover how weaving connects generations, creative practices and everyday life.