Africa’s biggest photography library opens in Ghana

Africa’s biggest photography library opens in Ghana

Ghanaian photographer’s crowdfunded project won support of Humans of New York author and boasts more than 30,000 books

Paul Ninson at Dikan Center in Accra, Ghana on December 16, 2022.
Paul Ninson at Dikan Center in Accra, Ghana. Photograph: Ernest Ankomah/The Guardian

The largest photography library in Africa has opened in Ghana’s capital, Accra, showcasing the work of the continent and diaspora’s forgotten, established and emerging talent.

Founded by Ghanaian photographer and film-maker Paul Ninson, the Dikan Center houses more than 30,000 books he has collected. The first of its kind in Ghana, a photo studio and classrooms provide space for workshops while a fellowship programme is aimed at African documentarians and visual artists. An exhibition space will host regular shows, the first of which is Ahennie, a series by the late Ghanaian documentary photographer Emmanuel Bobbie (also known as Bob Pixel), who died in 2021.

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