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Direct linkFrank Mensah Bonsu; Nicole Wragg; Sivanes Phillipson; Christopher Waller – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2025
In this paper, we explore the evolution of graphic design and its education in Ghana. Graphic design emerged in Ghana through colonisation, which influenced the perceptions of traditional art forms. We review the tensions between Western and indigenous trends in Ghanaian art and design and explore existing pedagogical philosophies in Ghana's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graphic Arts, Design, Indigenous Populations
