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.
Get to know DikanExhibitions
Encounter African histories and ideas through exhibitions at Dikan.
Congo, Close to Home
Exhibition announcement artwork. Photograph by Arlette Bashizi.
Preserving Ghana: The Living Archives of a Nation
Installation view at Ahenfie. Dikan’s official exhibition announcement.
Events at Dikan
Come together to learn, exchange ideas and experience something new.
Dikan presents · Film screening
Eyes of Ghana
An evening of film, memory and Ghana’s history.
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra
Registration required
Film image: The Eyes of Ghana — official film website.
Preserve. Advance. Equip.
Explore Dikan
Follow your curiosity into our knowledge, spaces and learning.
Dikan Library & Archives
Resources for study, research and the development of new understanding.
Explore the library
Awo Institute
Conserving and digitising historical materials, with care for their sources and context.
Discover Awo
Education
Learning opportunities that help people develop skills and work of their own.
Explore learning
Ahenfie
Exhibitions bringing African histories and ideas into public conversation.
Discover AhenfieStories
Articles, videos, interviews and press from and about Dikan.
Dikan article · 5 July 2025
20 Women Journalists, One Room, Real Community
Shared learning, stronger skills and a community of women in journalism.
Read the storyPress · OkayAfrica
How Paul Ninson’s Dikan Center Is Preserving Africa’s Lost History
Press · Ghana News Global
Congo: Capturing Life Beyond War
Video · Official film trailer
The Eyes of Ghana
Be part of Dikan
You have a place in this work.
Bring your curiosity, share your experience or support an area of Dikan’s work that matters to you.
For support and volunteering enquiries, get in touch with the Dikan team.