‘Dignity in Labour: From Forest to Faculty’ is an exhibition that calls the founding principles of the present Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) into focus. The exhibition is divided into three parts, Reign of Gold, Tales of Gold, and Hands of Gold.

Reign of Gold consists of a selection of photographs that commemorate 20 years of ascension to the Golden Stool by the current Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The photos show the Asantehene in several cultural, ceremonial and official roles as King of Asante and Chancellor of KNUST. Tales of Gold displays Asante gold weights donated from Peggy Appiah’s collection to the University between 2003 and 2005. The Collection was originally exhibited in the former KNUST Museum, which was inaugurated on 7th January 2005 located at Bungalow No.2, Ayeduase Road, between the respective University and Bomso Roundabouts. The third section of the exhibition, Hands of Gold, displays a selection of work from oeuvre of Ghanaian ceramic artist of note, Kingsley Kofi Broni (K. K. Broni). The works are on load from K.K. Broni’s estate and serve as a source of huge wealth and pride for KNUST’s Opoku Ware II Museum. Broni is an alumnus of the ceramics section of the College of Art (Now Faculty of Art). He developed a studio practice that was totally dedicated to working with clay as his choice material. Broni believed in the notion of “dignity in labour” and remained committed to this throughout his academic and artistic career. Having been so dedicated to his art, Broni deemed it very important not to sell off his works, but to store them up for posterity.

‘Dignity in Labour’ is currently running at the Museum. The curatorial directors of the exhibition are Edwin Bodjawah, kąrî’kạchä seid’ou, George Ampratwum, Bernard Akoi-Jackson, blaxTARLINES KUMASI, and the Department of Painting and Sculpture.