WAPi – (Words and Pictures), a British Council Creative Lives initiative, set its focus on giving creative youngsters in Ghana a forum to express themselves by means of their arts while also aiming to develop entrepreneurial skills. Their aim was to open the door to underground creative young people in the fields of fashion, photography, music, the spoken word, graffiti, contemporary art, film, dance and arts and crafts.

According to organiser, Rose Williams, “It’s been a wonderful experience and the amazing thing is, we realised that even though music was a dominant part of the creative sector, we were able to focus attention on the other art forms. It is gratifying to see so much talent being exhibited and I hope that these young people have been encouraged through this platform to work and strive to be the best they can. People couldn’t get enough of the fashion room and film theatre. We have started something great and hope this can be sustained and improved in future WAPis or groups that come out of this initiative.”

Emphasis has been put on acquiring professional development skills, which would help the creative individual to efficiently derive social and cultural benefit from their art form.

Every space in the British Council building (including some of its walls) underwent some form of transformation during the latest WAPi creative festival. The car park became a main stage for musical talent, freestyle/spoken word poetry and battle dancing.

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