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Dikan is a nonprofit African knowledge and learning institution based in Ghana.
We invite you to explore Dikan, encounter our exhibitions, and follow your curiosity. We look forward to your visit.
Exhibitions
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Congo, Close to Home
Exhibition announcement artwork. Photograph by Arlette Bashizi.
Preserving Ghana: The Living Archives of a Nation
Installation view at Ahenfie. Image from Dikan’s official exhibition announcement.
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Library & Archives
Follow a question into resources for study, research and new understanding.
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Awo Institute
The care of historical materials and the context they carry.
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Education
Learning through inquiry, practical skills and shared experience.
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Ahenfie
African histories and ideas in public conversation.
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See all press coverageOkayAfrica · 5 September 2025
How Paul Ninson’s Dikan Center Is Preserving Africa’s Lost History
Inside Awo Institute’s work to restore, digitise and preserve historical materials.
Ghana News Global · 4 October 2026
Congo: Capturing Life Beyond War
Citi Newsroom · 25 August 2025
Dikan Center hosts inaugural HerPress Summit to champion women in journalism
Lampoon · 29 April 2025
The Dikan Center: Africa’s biggest photography library in Accra, Ghana
MyJoyOnline · 17 November 2023
Dikan Center collaborates with US Embassy to build capacities of 22 journalists
Dikan in the press · Reporting and features from external publications.
Illustrated with images from Dikan’s archive. Congo exhibition photograph by Arlette Bashizi.