Synopsis
A figure of a black Tito appears in the big and empty underground structure of a former silo in Tamale, Ghana. He visits the people of the country by plane and rickshaw to spread his message and joins the Parliament of Ghosts in session. An artistic interaction between NAM – Non Aligned Movement by Christian Guerematchi and the Parliament of Ghosts by Ibrahim Mahama. Both works speak about forgotten histories and the contemporary echoes of the cultural connections from the time of the Non-Aligned Movement between Ghana and Yugoslavia – Nkrumah and Tito.
A figure of a black Tito appears in the big and empty underground structure of a former silo in Tamale, Ghana. He visits the people of the country by plane and rickshaw to spread his message and joins the Parliament of Ghosts in session. An artistic interaction between NAM – Non Aligned Movement by Christian Guerematchi and the Parliament of Ghosts by Ibrahim Mahama. Both works speak about forgotten histories and the contemporary echoes of the cultural connections from the time of the Non-Aligned Movement between Ghana and Yugoslavia – Nkrumah and Tito.
Full credits
- Section
- Breaking the Chains
- Director
- Christian Guerematchi
- Choreographer
- Christian Guerematchi
- Production countries
- Ghana and Netherlands
- Production year
- 2022
- Duration
- 11 minutes
- Producer
- ICK Amsterdam, FPK - Performing arts Fund NL, SCCA, Tamale Red Clay Studio, Nkrumah voli-ni
- Distribution
- christianguerematchi.com
- Website
- https://christianguerematchi.com/
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