TITLE:
Proverbial Akan Nexus of Micah’s Three-Female Terracotta Sculptures
AUTHORS:
Evans Kwadwo Donkor, Owusu-Ansah Ankrah, Fredrick Boakye-Yiadom
KEYWORDS:
Akan (Twi) Proverbs, Feminist Consciousness, Three-Female Terracotta Sculptures, Proverbial Akan Culture, Victor Kweku Bondzie Micah
JOURNAL NAME:
Art and Design Review,
Vol.10 No.2,
May
27,
2022
ABSTRACT: Proverbial Akan culture has been unavoidable in the creative life and works of Contemporary Ghanaian artist Victor Kweku Bondzie Micah. Micah has redefined his expertise in Akan (Twi) proverbs and their symbolism in his three-female terracotta sculptures that send his artistic statement across. The article sought to explore the biographical data of Victor Kweku Bondzie Micah and decontextualize his three-female terracotta sculptures with the portrayal of women in some selected Akan (Twi) proverbs. The biographical research method offered the changing experiences and outlooks of Micah in his daily life as an artist and provided interpretations on his three-female terracotta sculptures with Akan proverbs. The biographical research method coupled with narrative and interpretive analysis tools established the research constructs for the study. The article revealed that Micah’s three-female terracotta sculptures reflected the feminist consciousness of women by elevating their self-awareness and their importance in their daily lives as Ghanaians with Akan (Twi) proverbs through political, socio-cultural and religious contexts. The nexus of Proverbial Akan culture and Micah’s terracotta sculptures served as an artistic way of elevating the female character in society. It encapsulated the rich source of philosophical expediency for preserving the tradition of Ghana and its Proverbial Akan culture.