Seth Alifo: Painting African Identity, Ancestral Memory and the Living Frequency of Culture by Miabo Enyadike
Seth Alifo: Painting African Identity, Ancestral Memory and the Living Frequency of Culture Discover Ghanaian artist Seth Alifo, whose vibrant contemporary paintings explore African identity, ancestral memory, spirituality, heritage and cultural legacy. African heritage is not something that exists only in museums, archives or history books. It survives through people, through memory, spirituality, clothing, music, ritual, community and the stories carried from one generation to another. This idea sits at the centre of the artistic practice of Seth Alifo , professionally known as Alifo , a Ghanaian visual artist whose paintings explore African identity through vibrant colour, expressive movement and layered figurative imagery. For Alifo, the human figure becomes more than a portrait. It becomes a carrier of history. African Identity as a Living Frequency One of the most compelling ideas within Seth Alifo's practice is his description of African identity as a “living frequency....