SEKONDI ‘LOCO’ UNDER SIEGE: GHANAIAN ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA AND THE ILLEGAL PILLAGING OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND OTHER VALUED HISTORIC OBJECTS FROM THE GHANA RAILWAYS WORKSHOP, LOCATION (LOCO) IN SEKONDI
RIKKI WEMEGA-KWAWU PRELUDE As a preamble to my article, I must stress with emphasis that “Ibrahim Mahama” alluded to in this paper IS NOT the Ghanaian business mogul, carrying the same name, Ibrahim Mahama. The Ibrahim Mahama referred to in this article is the internationally renowned Ghanaian artist, and Founder and CEO of the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA) and the Red Clay Studios, Tamale, Ghana. “'LOCATION ' – A Giant in Decay” is an essay I wrote in 2015, an Artist Statement, to accompany my application to participate in the 10th Bamako Encounters, the International Photo Festival in Bamako, Mali, curated by the late Nigerian International Curator, Bisi Silva (May she have Eternal rest). My application strangely got lost and never saw the light of day. I had previously shared in confidence the content of this essay and the photos accompanying it with an American girlfriend of artist Ibrahim Mahama (name withheld), who was pursuing curatorial studies in Gha