On occasion of the 375th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia, the internationally renowned artist Ibrahim Mahama (b. Tamale, Ghana, 1987; lives and works in Accra, Kumasi, and Tamale, Ghana) delves into the history of the city of Osnabrück as a center of the production of and trade in textiles, especially linen. Linen was not only sold as a raw material, but also used to manufacture apparel for forced laborers on plantations in the West Indies. And it served as a medium of exchange for prisoners from the coastal regions of the African continent. Mahamaâs research and exhibition project...