Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks

by Larry Ossei-Mensah

Recommended by: Ebenezer Nketsiah Mensah, was a 2026 In-House Resident.

Book Description: A collection of breathtaking portraits by notable Ghanaian painter and visual artist Amoako Boafo

Published to accompany Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo's premier museum solo exhibition, copresented by the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, editor Larry Ossei-Mensah's Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks is a timely exploration into the varying strategies that Boafo employs within his practice to capture the essence of the Black figure. Boafo creates paintings that center Black subjectivity, Black joy, and the Black gaze. Anchored by calculated brushwork combined with skillfully executed finger-painted strokes, his mark-making generates a rich visual dichotomy that yields both inward and outward-looking explorations of Boafo's subjects and the act of painting Black figures themselves.