BY OSEI OR KOJO BONSU

Osei Bonsu and his father, Kwahu Bempah, produced carvings for the British Empire exhibition at Wembley, London, in 1924; Osei also carved the gift for Franklin Roosevelt from Lord Swinton in 1939. Osei's son, Kojo Bonsu, continued to carve in a similar manner to his father, and they all worked for the court in Kumasi. For a discussion of their work see Ross, D.H., "The Art of Osei Bonsu", African Arts, February, 1984, Vol.XVII, no.2, and Ross, D.H. "The Verbal Art of Akan Linguist Staffs", African Arts, November, 1982, Vol.XVI, no.1, pp.56-66.