Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo has opened Backyard Community Club, a tennis training facility in Osu, Accra, featuring the country's first regulation clay court. Designed by Accra-based architecture firm DeRoche Projects, the court is enclosed by precast rammed-earth panels—also a first in Ghana—and includes shaded seating, changing rooms, and edible plants. The project offers free tennis lessons to local children, drawing on Boafo's own background as a ball boy and tennis player before his rise as a global art star.
This project matters because it extends Boafo's commitment to community-building beyond his artist residency, dot.ateliers, using sport as a vehicle for youth mentorship, confidence, and self-expression. By integrating architecture, nutrition, and free access, Backyard Community Club addresses the scarcity of public recreational spaces in Accra and models how artists can leverage their success to create tangible social infrastructure in their hometowns.