The Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui is one of Africa’s most important artists and was one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world last year. He describes his latest exhibition, Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta, which is part of the 20th edition of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

Tell us about the works on display in this exhibition
The works in this exhibition include wood reliefs and metal works, as well as some prints that I have made over the past 50 years or so. Through them I have explored Africa’s long histories of migration and state formation, its devastating encounters with European empires, the resilience of its peoples’ culture and memory, as well as global ecological change wrought by humankind. The works