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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