Joseph Kossivi Ahiator

Joseph Kossivi Ahiator (born c. 1956 in Aflao) is a Ghanaian artist, described as the most "sought-after India spirit temple painter in Bénin, Togo and Ghana".[1] His work is in the possession of the Fowler Museum.[2] He is noted for his print “The King of Mami Wata” (2005) and his Tchamba temple mural in Lomé.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Adogame, Afeosemime Unuose; Echtler, Magnus; Vierke, Ulf (2008). Unpacking the New: Critical Perspectives on Cultural Syncretization in Africa and Beyond. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 212. ISBN 978-3-8258-0719-1.
  2. ↑ "X2005.5.1 Indian King of Mami Wata". Fowler Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Miller, Joseph C. (18 January 2015). The Princeton Companion to Atlantic History. Princeton University Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-4008-5221-5.
  4. ↑ Bellagamba, Alice; Greene, Sandra E.; Klein, Martin A. (13 May 2013). African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade: Volume 1, The Sources. Cambridge University Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-521-19470-9.


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