Announcing the Winners of the imagining Early Accra Competition.
The building Early Accra team, the Accra Archive Project, and judges of the competition are thrilled to announce the winners and honourable mentions of the imagining Early Accra competition. The judges were impressed by the creativity. skill, and imagination evident in the entries to the competition.
All the winners were presented with their prizes at a small ceremony on 3rd June, 2021, at the premises of S. Tetteh + Associates – a leading architecture, interior design, and project development firm based in Accra.
The imagining Early Accra competition recognises, encourages, and awards the creativity in the use and/or interpretation of archival material about, concerning and related to Accra, Ghana in the late 1940s to 1950s. The 2021 competition was open to people in Ghana of all ages, but competitors aged 15 and below were evaluated separately. Selected entries will be published on the Accra Archive website and exhibited in the forthcoming Accra Archive Exhibition.
Speaking on behalf of the building Early Accra Project Team, Ms Lois Quartey said that the team was very pleased and excited by the interest shown in the competition, and grateful to all the people who submitted their work. Architect Augustine Owusu-Ansah, one of the judges for the competition commended the winners for creating and entering their work.
All the winners are listed below.
Adult Category
1st Place: Akua Serwaa Amankwah, with 'Transcendence', a short story accompanied with an audio narration.
2nd Place: Fauziyatu Moro, with 'The Sugar Babies in the Accra Town Hall', a non-fiction essay based on original, historical research.
3rd Place: Akorfa Dawson, with 'A Time To Be Stubborn', a short fiction piece.
Honorable Mentions
Ama Benewaa Tawiah, with 'Big Boresa Saves the Day'
Bashir Mustapha, Jessica Bruce, and Michelle Boafo, with 'The Noble Expedition'
Mr Samuel Hemans, Art Tutor of the Corpus Christi Catholic Basic School
Under-16 Category
1st Place: Chief Asamoah, with 'The Lighthouse', acrylic painting.
1st Place: Ewurabena Barnes, with 'The Sacrifice' bas-relief sculpture
2nd Place: Baffour Akoto Oppong, with 'Independence', mixed media piece
3rd Place: Diane-Shanelle Sesinam Kwakuyi, with 'The Beauty of Accra And Its Hope', sculpture
4th Place: Jude Kwesi Owusu-Ansah, with 'Cathedral Clinic', coloured pencil drawing
4th Place: Joel Appiah, with 'Freedom and Justice', sculpture
4th Place: Papa Kwakyie, with 'The Lighthouse', sculpture
