AVAILABLEAMARA MENSAH · 2022
Echo of Return
Bogolan textile on stretcher · 116 × 80 cm
Price Upon Request
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WEST AFRICA · FREETOWN
Sierra Leone
Krio identity and post-war reconstruction art.
An editorial gateway into the artists, works, and stories that define Sierra Leone's contribution to the contemporary African movement — assembled with curatorial care by NUA-ARTE.
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ARTISTS
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WORKS
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FOR SALE
FEATURED ARTIST
Naima Achebe
FREETOWN · SIERRA LEONE
Naima works between Freetown and the broader West African scene. Working across painting, sculpture and mixed media, Naima's practice is a cornerstone of NUA-ARTE's programme for Sierra Leone.
ALSO FROM SIERRA LEONE
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Kofi Touré
Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Fatou Nkomo
Freetown, Sierra Leone
- EMERGING →
Amara Mensah
Freetown, Sierra Leone
CURATED WORKS
Available from Sierra Leone
AVAILABLE
AVAILABLEAMARA MENSAH · 2020
Threaded Sahel
Archival pigment print · 145 × 77 cm
Price Upon Request
AVAILABLENAIMA ACHEBE · 2019
Rituals of Light
Mixed media on canvas · 182 × 86 cm
Price Upon Request
AVAILABLENAIMA ACHEBE · 2025
Echo of Crossing
Mixed media on canvas · 179 × 123 cm
Price Upon Request
AMARA MENSAH · 2023
Threaded Crossing
Bronze cast (edition of 5) · 167 × 136 cm
Exhibition only
AVAILABLEFATOU NKOMO · 2025
Crimson Memory
Digital composite, AP 1/3 · 196 × 81 cm
Price Upon Request
EDITORIAL
Stories from Sierra Leone
STORIES FROM SIERRA LEONE
A studio afternoon in Freetown
Inside the studios shaping Sierra Leone's new visual grammar — where inherited symbols meet a contemporary register.
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VOICES FROM SIERRA LEONE
Naima Achebe on process and place
Krio identity and post-war reconstruction art. A conversation on lineage, material, and the pull of the west African horizon.
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NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM SIERRA LEONE
Emerging voices around Freetown
Curatorial notes on the emerging generation reframing Sierra Leone's cultural output for a global audience.
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Exhibitions linked to Sierra Leone
Ongoing — March 2027
Threads of Sierra Leone
NUA-ARTE Pavilion · Freetown
Sept 2026 — Jan 2027
West Currents
Group show · touring West Africa
IMMERSIVE MODE
Step inside the Sierra Leone pavilion.
A curated, room-by-room virtual walk through the featured artist, emerging voices, and available works from Sierra Leone.