The Asafo of Ghana: A Life History of an Asafo Flag Dancer

May 07, 2012 – September 19, 2012
Times:
Weekdays 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location:
Red Wall Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Lake Ontario Hall, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 4041
Phone:
616-331-2563

This ethnographic photography exhibition by Amy Masko, Assistant Professor of English at Grand Valley State University, is the result of her research project investigating the life of Nana Otu, a young Fraanketanyi, and a flag dancer in Asafo No. 1 Company in Cape Coast Ghana. The photographs illustrate the life of the Asafo. This exhibit is located at the Red Wall Gallery in Lake Ontario Hall on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus. Free and open to the public.