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Readers at the long table between the shelves of Dikan Library & Archives.
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Dikan is a nonprofit African knowledge and learning institution based in Ghana. We preserve and advance African knowledge and equip people to shape Africa’s future.

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Exhibitions

Encounter African histories and ideas through exhibitions at Dikan.

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Aerial view of Goma, rooftops reaching to Lake Kivu, volcanoes on the horizon.

On view until 10 November · Dikan Gallery

Congo, Close to Home

Goma from above. Photograph by Arlette Bashizi, from Congo, Close to Home.

Dikan events

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A figure raises an arm among a crowd in a blue-lit scene from The Eyes of Ghana.

Dikan × dEX · Final film screening

The Eyes of Ghana

Join Dikan and dEX for our final screening of The Eyes of Ghana on Friday 13 November at the National Theatre, Accra. Admission is free; registration is required.

· National Theatre, Accra
Doors open 5:00 pm · Please be seated by 5:30 pm · Film starts promptly at 6:00 pm
Register yourself and your plus one. No ticket needed; check in by name at the gate.

Film image: The Eyes of Ghana — official film website.

Preserve. Advance. Equip.

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Stories

Articles, videos, interviews and press from and about Dikan.

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A scene from The Eyes of Ghana.

Video · Official film trailer

The Eyes of Ghana

Higher Ground Productions & Breakwater Studios

Press links open the original publications. Dikan photographs illustrate the articles.

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