It's been a difficult week for many across Accra following the heavy floods. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected, and we hope you're safe.
While the city continues to recover, we've put together a few things that caught our attention this July. From events around the city to platforms and creative opportunities worth knowing about.
This Month
July 27- 31, 2026
The Accra Indie Filmfest 2026 is a quiet exploration of independent cinema, gathering films, workshops, and music from 33 countries.
July 11, 2026
A book club reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck, Chapter 2: Imitation with Rachel.A.
July 3, 2026
An evening of music, food and soulful sounds right by the shore. Come through and share the night with incredible artists.
Under the Radar
Two platforms documenting our heritage in different ways: one through the stories of our built environment, the other through the sounds that shape our collective memory.
Accra Architecture Archive
For the architecture and urbanism hobbyist, the Accra Architecture Archive documents the built environment of our city, tracing the history of structures that we walk past every day.
An Ode to Highlife
This Instagram account is a visual and sonic preservation project dedicated to the golden age of Highlife.
Creative Opportunities
A small selection of opportunities for the month ahead. You might find something worth applying for.
Deadline - July 12, 2026
Velvet Tensions, a group exhibition, is calling for submissions of work that holds two opposing things at once. Open to artists of any nationality living and working in Ghana, in any medium, at any stage of their practice.
Deadline - September 19, 2026
The 2026 Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize offers a fully funded cross-cultural residency for Ghanaian and Senegalese women artists.
Deadline - August 1, 2026
Shorts, Shorts, and Shots is inviting filmmakers of African descent from across the continent and the diaspora to submit exceptional short animation films for their upcoming Shorts, Shorts, and Shots Animation in Nairobi, Kenya.
One More Thing
Another Saturday with the Achimota Book Club, our third meeting since we started.
This time, we all came having read the same book. It gave us plenty to discuss, a few things to disagree on, and many reasons to stay a little longer.
If you're nearby and would like to read with us, you can sign up through this link.
Thanks for reading our July issue. If you come across something you think we'd like (an event, a spot, a book), send an email to [email protected]. If we feature it, we'll credit you.
See you in August with more places, people and projects shaping creative life in Accra.
Until then, stay safe, take it one day at a time, and let's all do our part to care for the city we call home.
Accra Culture & Co