Philosopher, anthropologist, artist, and curator Dénètem Touam Bona is an Afro-European author with a border identity, who re-examines sacred and ritual knowledge in light of our contemporary condition. In La sagesse des lianes (2021), he presents a "cosmo-poetic refuge" that challenges dominant social norms in favour of natural entities and minor forms of life, such as certain plants, that offer new possibilities for liberation and transcendence.

Kwame Akoto, who became a professional sign painter as a youth, found his path to success in 1972. It was then that he opened his own studio under the name of “Almighty God Workshop” in the Kumasi mechanics’ district in Ghana. This title, which he would later adopt as his artist’s name, actually bears witness to his personal revelation and the call of God. His practice easily incorporates the dual role of sign painter by day—applying his images and symbols to shopfronts across the city—and artist whose work is shown in international museums. In Ghana, his images can be seen everywhere, from road safety signs to beauty salons. His paintings combine image and text, using hybrid codes that are both advertising and mystical, in the sense that they cultivate a strong link with sacred or popular rituals. From 1990 onwards, Kwame Akoto joined the Pentecostal sect of House of Faith Ministries, where he continues to practice today as a renowned pastor and healer; the slogans and praises in his paintings thus take on a biblical connotation. Kwame Akoto often paints from photographs gleaned from newspapers, exploring Christian themes, demonic visions, scenes of celebration and mourning. As we see with this ritual of allegiance to the Ashanti king Osei TuTu II, he does not hesitate to delve into the ancestral history of Ghana and the Ashanti Empire, which existed between the mid-17th and early 20th centuries, like an invocation of spirits resurfacing from a distant pre-colonial past.