Kyle Weeks’ Resplendent Portrait of Ghanaian Youth Culture
June 09, 2023
Lead ImagePhotography by Kyle Weeks
The title of photographer Kyle Weeks‘ latest project Good news goes back to his childhood in Namibia, when he would watch his father react to the news. The “constant stream of negative stories” he observed about his home country and Africa at large prompted a simple question in his mind: “Why is there never good news?”
The question would come back to Weeks years later in Ghana. “Plastic bags with catchphrases like ‘Good News’ are something you see quite often in Ghana,” he explains. “Similarly, taxis are regularly decorated with stuck catchphrases…Continue Reading