“They’re not just film posters – they’re 2m-high, one-off, original oil paintings,” says Karun Thakar, the collector and curator behind African Gaze, an exhibition showcasing film posters from Ghana.

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African Gaze features more than 100 posters – from the late 1970s to the early 2000s – that served as hand-painted billboard posters and were displayed in public spaces, such as roadsides and markets. They advertised mobile video club screenings of Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood and Ghanaian films.