Nkyinkyim Museum

It started off as an idea and blew up some 10 years ago. The Nkyinkyim Museum is one of the biggest outdoor museums in Ghana. It is situated on several acres of land in Ada and its name is derived from the Akan Adinkra symbol, The Nkyinkyim symbol, which means Twisted. Owner and Executive Director of Nkyinkyim, Kwame Akoto Bamfo, explains that the name was inspired by the African heritage story. According to him, the history of Africans in the past is one of many twists and turns and his museum does an amazing job of capturing this story. With beautifully sculpted pieces, portraying the story of the African slave trade, the Nkyinkyim museum has come to help promote Africanism and African heritage. In this museum, Kwame Akoto Bamfo has an array of beautifully sculpted life-size heads about 1,500 of them made with concrete and some about others made with terracotta (clay).