Not far from Accra, Apam Beach attracts tourists and day trippers who want to get away from the city and lounge in hammocks beneath tall palm trees. Fishing boats ply the waters beyond the sand bar while others are tied up on shore. Vendors offer items of all kinds, and families mend their nets for the next day at sea. Depicted in wonderful colors, ocean waves murmur a soothing song in this painting by Emmanuel Martey Cherkoh.