A pen-and-ink portrait of Accra that gathers buildings from across the city’s history into one crowded skyline above the sea: forts and merchant houses, the Palladium cinema and the Black Star Gate, and the offices, libraries and ministries of the independence era, all framed by a patterned border.
The drawing was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2021.
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Iain Jackson (left) and Bob and Roberta Smith with the drawing at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 2021
