A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist


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Ace-Liam Ankrah, who will turn two in July, paints at his mother's art gallery in Accra, Ghana. Photo: AP

Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, a Ghana toddler who has set the record as the world's youngest male artist.

His mother, Chantelle Kukua Eghan, says it all started by accident when her son, who at the time was six months old, discovered her acrylic paints.

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