K A R A R A

A cultural home rooted in African creativity

A cultural home rooted in African creativity — where ancestral craft and contemporary vision converge.

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Our Foundation
30+

Years of African artistic traditions preserved through craft and culture.

Karara is a cultural home for African craft, heritage, and creative traditions. We believe culture lives through people, stories, and shared practices, shaping how we create, connect, and see the world.

Through exhibitions, education, artist residencies, and public programmes, we bring together traditional and contemporary African creative practices in ways that feel relevant, open, and alive.

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Our Programmes

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Art Exhibitions

Curated exhibitions that connect African artists and their work with wider audiences through installations, retrospectives, and public programmes.

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Education & Workshops

Hands-on learning for all ages through weaving, pottery, dyeing, carving, and storytelling, led by master craftspeople from across the continent.

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Artist Collaborations

Residencies and commissions that bring traditional artisans and contemporary practitioners together to create new work and exchange ideas.

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Public Programmes

Lectures, film screenings, community gatherings, and public programmes that encourage conversation around African cultural heritage and contemporary creative practice.

Current Exhibitions

I.

The Language and Image of Us

Sponsored by UNESCO
Upcoming Feb — Apr 2026
II.

When Hunger Was Laughed At

Past Apr — May 2025
III.

The Empire Within — A Mansa Musa Exhibition

Past Apr — Jun 2025
IV.

Finding Home — The Art of Black Women in the Diaspora

Past Mar — Apr 2025

Artists in Residence

Coming soon.

Our residency programme is currently being developed. Watch this space.

"To preserve is to carry forward, to trust the living with the wisdom of the past, and to let tradition become the seed of tomorrow."

— Zahra Faye

Visit Karara

Address

Imperial Grove, Karkramadu
Cantonments, Accra, Ghana

Contact

Zahra@karara.africa
+233 (0) 53 250 8143