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Before we announce our 2026 winners, we want to say a huge congratulations to @the.nativeson who will be our 2027 Adinkra resident at @watermillcenter.

We can’t wait to see what he creates.

Let’s celebrate with him! by @the.nativeson

Happy New Month!

We’re cooking up an exciting interview and we absolutely cant wait for you to read it. @tryphenayeboah and @the.nativeson will have you laughing and awwing over poetry. You’ll need some coffee or milk for this read.

Interview is live on our website on Wednesday!

Have you submitted to the 2026 Adinkra Poetry Prize? by @the.nativeson

📣 ANNOUNCING THE LOATAD BLACK ATLANTIC RESIDENTS 2026

Christopher Armoh 🇬🇭 (@the.nativeson) is a Ghanaian poet and cultural storyteller whose work explores identity, memory, and the everyday moments that carry history within them. He earned his B.A. in English from KNUST in 2022 and won the 2025 Adinkra Poetry Prize. His poems and stories have appeared in Brittle Paper and other places. His poem “Focus on Africa,” first published in Of Voices and Movements, an anthology from the Department of English at KNUST, is now taught in the university’s undergraduate programme. He is a recipient of the inaugural Duapa Mentorship Programme, The NadèLi and New Voices Mentorship Programme and the 2025 Ubwali Masterclass, and he was shortlisted for the New Voices Poetry Contest. Outside the page, he hosts the Take Um So Podcast, where young people speak honestly about struggle, resilience, and their hopes for society. He also founded BOYS & BOOKS, a literacy initiative that encourages and nurtures boys and young men to read African literature closely and with heart.

#loatad #loatadblackatlantic2026 #loatadblackatlantic #loatadresidencies #christopherarmoh #panafricanlibrary #accra #ghana by @the.nativeson

hello friends,

@_adomaa and i, @the.nativeson, will be hosting a research and archival lab at this year’s Pa Gya! 🔥 literary festival.

we’re inviting archivists, researchers, cultural practitioners, writers, photographers, filmmakers, visual artists, poets, artists, students, and anyone interested in archives to join us for a conversation on memory, the ethics of documenting, creating access to archives, institutional access, and the future of african archives.

the workshop is free to attend, but capacity is limited to 20 participants. so please fill out the registration form (attached/in our bio) to reserve your spot.

link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScL930-qUA0LZ9F8_1796hXh7lQGkJEn0S5B-1OKQJIBbqzCQ/viewform

we look forward to having you join us!

at the heart of this gathering is “documenting otherwise: memories, ethics, and the future of african archives,” an initiative that begins an ongoing conversation on how we document, preserve, and make our histories accessible.

it is guided by a question that continues to shape our work “how do we document our histories while preserving context, complexity, language, ownership, and relationship to the people whose lives shaped it?”

this inaugural edition marks the first of many conversations on archives, collaboration, and the possibilities of building sustainable archives for ourselves, our communities, and future generations.

we are interested in exploring how artists, researchers, cultural practitioners, and communities can work together to create archival practices that are thoughtful, accessible, ethical, and rooted in the realities of the people and histories they hold.

as we begin this journey, we are also open to partnerships, collaborations, and conversations with individuals and institutions who share an interest in the future of african archives and the work of preserving our collective memories.

if this resonates with you, we would love to connect and have you be part of the conversation. by @the.nativeson

Ghana: Where the Bead Speaks
an essay by Efua Sutherland-Addy, with poetry by Ama Ata Aidoo, designed & edited by Kati Torda Dagadu

monday, 06 october, 2026. i had the honor of meeting Kati Torda Dagadu, the editor and designer of Ghana: Where the Bead Speaks, an essay by Efua Sutherland-Addy, with poetry by Ama Ata Aidoo.

i had the most wonderful time talking with Kati, sharing my research, and, more importantly, listening to her experiences and her lived knowledge of beads. Kati has been a bead historian since moving to Ghana on 23 August 1979, and it was incredible to hear about her journey with beads, her research and documentation, and the amazing work that she continues to do with Sun Trade Beads, @suntrade_beads

Ghana: Where the Bead Speaks
Ghana: Where Textiles Speak

everyone say hi to Kati 🤩

i met Kati at the finissage of Margaret Luttmann’s “Hairstyle Politics” at Annobil Contemporary Gallery, adjiringanor, accra. she shared her contacts with me, and we worked out a suitable time to have a conversation, and i am so grateful that we did.

and as if the conversation, the knowledge, and the generosity of the encounter were not enough, Kati sent me home with goodies: a colouring book she has titled Beads from the Market, and a copy of Ghana: Where the Bead Speaks!

i am truly grateful, Kati. so, so grateful!

i’m going to have so much fun coloring beads! 🤭

Annobil Contemporary Gallery presents Margaret Luttmann “Hairstyle Politics”
Adjiringanor, accra 🇬🇭

Margaret Luttman

Kati Torda adornment

Annobil Contemporary Gallery presents Margaret Luttmann “Hairstyle Politics”
Adjiringanor, accra 🇬🇭

Kati Torda adornment

Kati Torda adornment, with leather works by Jill Quarcoopome

i am grateful to my friend Delali Ayivor, @delali.ayivor , who pointed me in Kati’s direction. i was catching up with Delali the previous week at African Futures Institute, @african_futures_institute , right before the wonderful lecture “Earth and Other Works,” delivered by Professor Lesley Lokko. as soon as i mentioned my project, she told me, “there’s someone you need to talk to!” and guess who that was Kati! and fortunately enough, Kati had a finissage coming up tha by @the.nativeson

Ghana: Where Textiles Speak
– Christopher Armoh

Ghana: Where Textiles Speak [issue i]
this issue is a community-based documentation of the names, semantics, symbolism, and cultural knowledge of Ghanaian wax print textiles.

GHANA: Where Textiles Speak © 2026 by Christopher Armoh
is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.
To view a copy of this license, visit
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

which of these textiles can you name? what is it called in your language?

madina market, accra, 🇬🇭
Nana Yaw Sarpong, contributor.
photographed by christopher armoh, @the.nativeson
tuesday, 26 may, 2026, 10 : 27 am.

makola market, accra 🇬🇭
monday, 6 july, 2026, 2 : 46 pm

issue i - project context

this edition of Ghana: Where Textiles Speak was produced
during the inaugural Custodians of Culture Fellowship 1: The
Community Archivist, hosted by the Si Hene Foundation, @si.hene in accra, 🇬🇭.

cutouts of four Ghanaian women and a man wearing wax print textiles:
can you name any of the textiles? by @the.nativeson

Documenting Otherwise : memories, ethics & the future of African Archives.
Saturday, 17th October 2026.

In this workshop, both facilitators, Adomaa @_adomaa and Christopher @the.nativeson bring together researchers, documentary filmmakers, writers, journalists, activists, community archivists, oral historians, artists, librarians, students, and emerging practitioners to examine how stories are gathered, interpreted, described, stored, accessed and transmitted.

About the Facilitators
Adomaa is a Ghanaian Afro-feminist writer, cultural producer and community archivist working with memory, oral history and the archive.

Christopher Christopher Armoh is a Ghanaian multi-hyphenate creative: poet, writer, editor, cultural researcher, community archivist, podcaster, and an emerging fashion designer whose work is a sustained inquiry into memory, language, archive, cultural knowledge, textiles, grief, and social consciousness.

Read more about this workshop and the facilitators at the link in our bio. The workshop is free and open for all. by @the.nativeson

i wake with river water in my lungs, but no one believes i am drowning. –excerpts from “afe” by ɛdinam yawo denoo, @the_denoo_edinam
image by : daniel okon, @danielkons
saturday, 01 november, 2025.
meet me there eco lodge, dzita, volta region, 🇬🇭 by @the.nativeson

title: a little life after the rain. by @the.nativeson

title: so much depends upon a red canoe. by @the.nativeson

Meet the Custodians: Christopher Armoh

Meet @the.nativeson , a fellow from the inaugural edition of Si Hene’s Custodians of Culture Fellowship: The Community Archivist.

Christopher introduces Ghana: Where Textiles Speak, a community archive exploring the many Ghanaian wax-print fabrics found in the market and the cultural knowledge held within them.

Through photography, oral histories, field notes and conversations, Christopher documents selected fabrics alongside their names, meanings, symbolism and occasions of use. His project reveals how cloth can communicate proverbs, memories, identity, celebration, mourning and belonging.

These meanings are not always fixed. The same fabric may be given different names or interpretations across families, languages, communities and generations. This is what makes the archive a living and continually evolving record.

The next time a fabric catches your attention at the market, do not only ask for the price. Ask for its name. Ask what it means. You may discover that the cloth has been telling a story all along.

The Custodians of Culture Fellowship was supported by Gwaertler Stiftung.

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🎥: @visioninview
@chrisbaiden__
@sammint.studio

#SiHene #CustodiansOfCulture #CommunityArchivist #MeetTheCustodians #ChristopherArmoh by @the.nativeson

Every person carries something—the artist, the writer, the curator, the custodian, the archivist.

Some carry tools. Some carry stories. Some carry what no one else thought to keep.

As Si Hene marks the close of the first pilot edition of the Custodians of Culture Fellowship: The Community Archivist, we asked each fellow one final question: What’s in your bag?

In the coming days, our fellows will unpack their tote bags and share what they have been making, gathering, and carrying throughout the fellowship.

Stay tuned!

Supported by the Gwaertler Stiftung Grant.

@_adomaa @the.nativeson @youexperience_ @denyse.gm @el.tayo_ofosuah @phady_ophore

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🎥: @visioninview @chrisbaiden__ @sammint.studio

#SiHene #CustodiansOfCulture #WhatsInYourToteBag #TheCommunityArchivist #CommunityArchive by @the.nativeson