History, colonialism, diaspora and politics are the main themes of the first Ghanaian pavilion at the Venice Biennale; designed by the archistar David Adjaye, the space that hosts “Ghana Freedom” is the place where artists of different ages, statuses and mediums meet to talk about the society of one of the most active African states.

And so the narrative of video installation and paintings of the well-known John Akomfrah, El Anatsui, Ibrahim Mahama and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye converse with the historical memory reverberated by the shots of Felicia Abban, the first professional photographer in the history of Ghana, along with the work of the debutant Selasi Awusi Sosu, very well known face in the new Ghanaian contemporaneity.

The pavilion, curated by the director Nana Oforiatta Ayim, represents one of the last works of the late Okwui Enwezor, external consultant of a project that strongly intends to include Ghana on the map of modern art.