Projects
Donkro Nkwanta community in Ghana resisting mining companies
Project
Ghana has many types of minerals on its soil, of which gold generates the largest profit. Donkro-Nkwanta in the Bono East Region is one of the villages identified by gold and oil companies as potential mining site. Yet this community has resisted mining in their area.
This comic illustrates the struggle of the community and the assistance they received from Wacam, a community-based NGO originating from the Wassa District. Wacam is now active in nine areas in Ghana supporting mining- affected communities, including in the town of Kenyasi in the Ahafo Region which is already affected by large scale gold mining.
Client
Maaike has an interdisciplinary background in social sciences with a focus on anthropology, human rights and rights-based development.
Her research focuses on social and political activism at various levels: community, regional and (trans)national. She particularly looks at issues of voice, representation and legitimacy within rights-based advocacy.
Maaike Matelski
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit
Artist
Till was born on Valentines Day 1991 in Berlin, Germany. Since then he spent a lot of time drawing comics and studied first at the University of Arts in Berlin, then at the University of the West of England in Bristol. He is the author of 4 books which have been translated into a number of different languages. My first two books Tuff Ladies: 24 Remarkable Women of History and Dur*e*s à cuire present the lives of 110 interesting historical figures whilst his second book “Something in the Water” is a scientific adventure story that he wrote and drew for ERC Comics. The story deals with crystallography and the origins of life. His fourth book is a coming of age story capturing the everyday life of a German teenager. He won the first prize at the Ligatura Pitching and the second prize at the Fumetto Comics competition.
