Imagine buying fish at a beach through automated vending machine. That may sound odd but that’s a Ghanaian artist’s impression of fish trading at the new Jamestown in the coming decades. Jeremiah Quartey was one of the many artists at the just-ended ChaleWote Street Art Festival in Jamestown, a suburb of Accra. His paintings of tuna, salmon and red fish left patrons in awe about what the community would look like in ten years. Joy News’ Anny Osabutey was at the festival and reports these paintings made the ChaleWote Street Arts Festival one great display of indigenous artwork. On a sunny Saturday afternoon at Jamestown, hordes of people trooped to the third edition of the Street Arts Festival. The walls of the Sea View Hotel overlooking the yawning ocean are some colourful paintings of fish dispensers akin to automated teller machines or ATMs. Jeremiah Quartey is the brain behind this artwork. The meaning of the paintings, he explains, is how he perceives the fishing business in Jamestown to be like in the coming decades. Apart from wall paintings, there are also T-shirts with funny phrases about peace printed in them one of which reads “Make fufu not war”. Another session which piqued my interest was the Otoblohum Open Mic session - the venue was crammed up with patrons, majority of them children who are here to share their own folktales. On the stage a young girl gave her own rendition of the story of the canning Kweku Ananse and how his trickery landed him in trouble. The festival also provided opportunity for health professionals to educate people about responsible sexual behaviour. For MantseArquaey of Accra Dolt Alt, organisers of the event, the future of ChaleWote festival is still bright.