Vincent Kofi

Vincent Akwete Kofi was born in Odumasi-Krobo, Ghana in 16 January, 1923 and died in 31 July, 1974.[1] [2]He trained at Achimota College, which had the first and foremost art department in West Africa, he also studies at the Royal College of Art, London (1952–1955), and attended Columbia University, New York (1959). While in New York, he learned metal casting and, with the assistance of the Harmon Foundation, produced a film on bronze casting.[1]

He married Felicia Korkor Djabatey before 1946, in Krobo, Kwaebibirem, Eastern, Ghana. They give birth to a daughter Janet ayerko Kofi.[2][3]

When he returned to Ghana he taught at the Winneba Teacher Training College (1961–1969) and was Head of Fine Art, College of Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi (1969–1974). He was a member of the Ghanaian delegation at the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, 1966, and in 1971 he visited India at the invitation of the Government.[1]