The 14th edition of the Chale Wote Street Art Festival opened in Accra on Monday, August 19, 2024.
The event opened with a silent procession through the Osu township, with participants clad in all-white attires.
There were a declaration by team in the Christiansborg castle and the opening of Shika Shika Art Fair in the Garden.
Other activities during the first day of the Chale Wote Street Art Festival were royal music performance by Osu Klottey School of African Music, Dagara Music Centre performance, Nyonmo Y3 Jen Cultural Group dance performance, film screening and conversations.
The 2024 edition of the festival is slated for August 19-25 at the Blackstar Square.
Themed 'And Now An End To The Empire Of Horrors,' it draws inspiration from some of Africa’s deepest history that lies in the Gulf of Guinea. Chale Wote seeks to artistically focus on the tales of the fantastic and mortal gods from the Gulf of Guinea, which can be understood as allegories that illustrate the social conditions created by genocidal squatter colonialism.
Chale Wote 2024 explores the history of the place through its origins and an examination of it in relation to its death and the current rebirth of its sacred sciences, long forgotten and buried with the giants. The event will curate a multiplicity of counterhegemonic narratives about this rebirth in their most spectacular form through art and entertainment.
As strong advocates of art education, the organisers are also interested in works that can be tailored to include salons and knowledge-sharing labs with children and/or youth during the festival period.
The one-week-long festival will be held from Monday, August 19, to Sunday, August 25, 2024. Therefore, selected artists will be expected to release the works from August 10 to 18, 2024, and have them ready for display from the beginning to the climax of the festival.
The 14th edition of the Chalewote Street Art Festival promises to be an amplified version of last year's.
It is organised by Accra [dot] ALT, in collaboration with Redd Kat Pictures and Chale Wote Street Art Projekt.