Watch this short digital production made by Act For Change which takes the viewer on a journey through the streets of Jamestown, the oldest district of Accra in Ghana. Various performers of the company deliver six extracts from Othello against the backdrop of the city.

To find out more about the ideas behind this production, see Nii Kwartelai Quartey’s research presentation here.

Credits (in order of appearance)

Act I Scene III. Othello: Nii Kwartelai Quartey

Act V Scene II. Othello: Samuel Lamptey

Act IV Scene III. Desdemona: Susana Dartey

Act IV Scene II. Desdemona: Ruth Leticia Annom

Act IV Scene IV. Emilia: Josephine Quaynor

Act II Scene III. Iago: Collins Seymah Smith

Videographer: Richard Nii Kwartei Owoo