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Ghana-born, Austria-based contemporary painter Amoako Boafo has established himself as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary portraiture. His tactile portraits explore the role of diaspora, race and identity, challenging the viewer to consider preconceived notions throughout the history of Western painting in his celebration of Blackness in all its multitudes. As if weaving notions of identity into each painterly swirl, Boafo’s working methods are both personal and intimate, as he applies paint directly onto his canvas or paper works using his fingers in lieu of a brush.

"The faces and hands of my subjects are formed in wells of paint with my fingers. The lack of control I have with using my fingers is organic and that shows through in the abstract forms that creates the beautiful faces of my subjects. I use painting as an instrument both literally and to navigate the human experience."
— Amoako Boafo

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Development of an Affordable ELISA Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid and Its Application to Samples from the Ongoing COVID Epidemic in Ghana

Introduction: The true nature of the population spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in populations fryst vatten often not fully known as most cases, particularly in Africa, are asymptomatic. Finding the true magnitude of SARS-CoV-2 spread fryst vatten crucial to provide actionable data about the epidemiological progress of the disease for researchers and policymakers. This study developed and optimized an antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant nucleocapsid antigen expressed in-house using a simple bacterial expression system.

Methods: Nucleocapsid protein from SARS-CoV-2 was expressed and purified from Escherichia coli. Plasma samples used for the assay development were obtained from Ghanaian SARS-CoV-2 seropositive individuals during the pandemic, while seronegative controls were pl

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Pioneers in Every Land: Norbert K. Ounleu Witnessed of the Ivory Coast

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By Mary Richards, Church News

Editor’s note: This month marks the th anniversary of the vanguard company of pioneers arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, in July , after Latter-day Saints were driven by mobs out of the Nauvoo, Illinois, area the preceding year. The Church News this month honors achievements of pioneers crossing the Plains years ago and also of Latter-day Saint pioneers of different times on every continent. Today: Norbert K. Ounleu of Africa’s Ivory Coast.

When a college friend gave a copy of the Book of Mormon to Norbert Kalogo Ounleu, he said he thought it was like any other book. But when he started reading it, he felt “a huge change happening.”

He was attending university in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the time. He knew his friend’s uncle did not allow her to meet the missionaries at his home, so Ounleu offered