Today I met Francis Boateng, a local 3-D sculptor (potter, bronze caster, and woodworker), who is taking me to some pottery centers around Ghana over the next couple weeks. We went into Accra to see the Crafts Village, Omanye House, the Arts Alliance, and Makola – the largest market in Accra. Again, the pictures don’t do justice to what it feels like to be at the market. Picture the intensity of Times Square and New York’s Chinatown, but make it about 10 times more crowded and dense. I spent some time admiring and buying textiles from some of the many shops.
