Osu Castle – Between Power and Sea | Ghana Heritage Scroll Collection

Osu Castle – Between Power and Sea | Ghana Heritage Scroll Collection

Year: 2026
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Board
Dimensions: 61 × 51 cm
Original artwork: One-of-one original

Osu Castle – Between Power and Sea presents one of Accra’s most historically significant coastal landmarks through MINA’s distinctive heritage scroll format.

Also known as Christiansborg Castle, Osu Castle has a complex history shaped by European trading activity, colonial administration and Ghana’s political development. Over time, the site became associated with the transatlantic slave trade and later served as the seat of British colonial administration. Following Ghana’s independence in 1957, it became the seat of the Ghanaian government. Today, it remains an important historic landmark within Ghana’s national story. (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)

Set against the Atlantic coastline, the castle occupies a powerful position between land and sea. Its architectural presence reflects its long association with authority, governance and Ghana’s evolving national history, while the surrounding water and landscape soften the monumentality of the structure and reconnect it to place.

Rendered within an aged parchment-inspired scroll, the work explores MINA’s recurring themes of heritage, memory, architecture, landscape and cultural identity. Warm ochres and archival tones contrast with the movement of the sea, creating a dialogue between permanence and change.

Through this painting, MINA considers how architecture can hold layers of political, cultural and human memory, preserving the landmark within a contemporary visual narrative.

This painting forms part of the Ghana Heritage Scroll Collection, within MINA’s wider Ghana at 70 Heritage Collection, developed in anticipation of Ghana’s 70th Independence anniversary in 2027.

Part of the Ghana Heritage Scroll Collection | Heritage • Memory • Place • Identity

Exhibition Delivery Notice
This original artwork forms part of the Ghana at 70 Heritage Collection and will remain with MINA | Mina’s Art Space for exhibition purposes until the conclusion of the planned 2027 exhibition. Shipping to the buyer will take place after the exhibition.

Copyright & Reproduction Rights
The sale includes the physical original painting only. Copyright, image rights, and reproduction rights remain with the artist, MINA | Wilhelmina Odoley Quaynor.

This version will now match the Elmina page structurally and keep the historical wording safer and more accurate.