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In her paintings, Hawa Ali Awanle Ayiboro explores the lives of two marginalised groups of young women in Accra: the Kayayei girls – porters who have migrated from northern Ghana – and the Girly Girls, sex workers on Oxford Street. In her stories, Ayiboro scrutinises issues such as power, gender, survival and agency from a female perspective. She challenges Ghana’s entrenched social norms and raises critical questions about class, morality and representation.
At the centre of Ayiboro’s work is an intense tension: the roles of these women are bound by social taboos that restrict them, yet they create spaces for survival and self-realisation. Her opulent, Baroque-inspired settings also draw provocative parallels to the history of the Baroque, whose opulence and decadence were inextricably linked to the colonial exploitation of Africa, including the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWANLE AYIBORO HAWA ALI \u2013 Fine feathers don’t make fine birds<\/strong>
11.09.2025 \u2013 01.02.2026
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