In Accra, Ambassador Ranalli Unveils a Mural Dedicated to Ghanaian Artist Kofi Antubam
(ANSA) – ROMA, 16 OTT – The Italian Ambassador to Ghana, Laura Ranalli, unveiled a mural dedicated to the Ghanaian artist Kofi Antubam at Achimota School in Accra. A Ghanaian sculptor, painter, art theorist, educator, and social activist, Antubam was one of the founders of the Ghanaian National School of Painting. In the 1950s, he created carved wooden reliefs that adorn the facades of the parliament building in the Ghanaian capital; during the same period, he painted part of the walls of the UN building in Geneva. The mural dedicated to him was created by Italian artist Francesco Ferreri (Chekos)…