Art & Culture

Inventor and mechanical engineer Desmond Davis was the featured guest on The PM Jam on Melody FM with host Haruna Babangida yesterday, where he shared the inspiring story behind his groundbreaking invention: the Kingsway refrigerating barrel. Based in New Takoradi, Davis has become a symbol of ingenuity and resilience, using his skills to create practical

Taboo (also tabu) could be seen as a social or religious custom placing prohibition or restriction on a particular thing or person. It could also be defined as those acts, behaviour or tendency that are prohibited or restricted by social custom. A tabu can also be seen as something that is designated as sacred and prohibited. In a

West African cultures have been weaving textiles for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence for the oldest form of handloom weaving in Southern Ghana has been discovered at Begho and Bono Manso. Spindle whorls and dye holes discovered in these sites have been dated to the 14th–18th centuries. At Wenchi, spindle whorls have been dated to the 16th–17th centuries. Asante oral tradition give the origins