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Following his 2019 solo exhibition in Ghana Battle Royale I: Last Man Standing, the show features a new body of work from his recent residency with the gallery in Accra.

Battle Royale marks the culmination of over 20 years of research by Donkor into colonialism, slavery, intercontinental trade relationships and the socio-historical relations between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.

Using the history of boxing and its origin within Ghana as the cornerstones of his extensive research, Donkor explores its social-historical relevance and its relationship with the slave trade across the UK, USA …