Grace Kwami
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Born1923
Worawora, Oti Region, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Died2006 (aged 82–83)
AlmamaterKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Occupations
- Teacher
- Sculptor
Grace Salome Kwami | |
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| Born | 1923 Worawora, Oti Region, Gold Coast (now Ghana) |
| Died | 2006 (aged 82–83) |
| Alma mater | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
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| Children | Atta Kwami |
Grace Salome Kwami (1923 – 2006) was a Ghanaian sculptor and educator.[1]
Kwami was born in 1923 at Worawora, a town in the Volta Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast).[2] She enrolled at the Basel Mission's Women Teachers' Training College in Agogo. She continued at the Kumasi College of Arts (now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) in 1951, where she studied arts.[1]
Career
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After her studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, she was employed by the National Museum where she worked as a sculptor from 1954 to 1957. She later worked as teacher at Mawuli School and the Tamale Teachers' Training College from 1957 to 1978.[1]
