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Send us Fan Mail One (wo)man's trash is another (wo)man's treasure. I love the ethos behind this company - Gutta Soles, particularly as the soles of the shoes are made from car tyres, ntuma (cloth), organic cotton and rubber. I spoke to founder Kromanteng about his brand.  Image by @estella_ivanova_ The music featured in this podcast is called 'Di Asempa' and comes from Atakora...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to AKADi Magazine book review series with Abena Serwaa . This series takes books by Ghanaian authors or books about Ghana and deconstructs them according to their content and information value, while hopefully encouraging you to read them too. In this episode, I share my thoughts on the book: ‘ Daughters of the Trade – Atlantic Slavers and Interracial Marriage on the Gold...

Send us Fan Mail Maxwell Ayamba MBE is a PhD research student in Black Studies at the Department of American & Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham, whose research explores the trajectory of ‘race’ ecology and environmental justice in the UK. Maxwell is passionate about the countryside and increasing access for Black, Asian and other global majority groups and refugee communities,...

Send us Fan Mail The UK premier of 'School Girls, Or The African Mean Girls Play' by Jocelyn Bioh, started on 8 June and runs until 15 July at The Lyric Hammersmith in London. It's set in Aburi Girls' Senior High School in Ghana's Eastern Region. And if like cast member Jadesola Odunjo and playwright Jocelyn, you went to a boarding school, this play may bring back some mem...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that the West African game, known as ampe in Ghana, is more than 200 years old and is recognised as a sport in Ghana? We spoke to two filmmakers - Claudia Owusu and Ife Oluwamuyide - whose film 'Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl' explores themes around girlhood, womanhood and the power of play. Find out more in the interview. See ampe in action: https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail Trauma and motherhood were strong themes in this book but in my reading of the novel, I never saw the women as victims. Rather, these women were heroic, misunderstood and extremely strong. Ada’s Realm is linguistically rich – at least four languages (Ga, Twi, German and English) appear in this book – not to mention an old English dialect too. The book was replete with Ghanaian phr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re reviewing ‘Ada’s Realm’ by Sharon Dodua Otoo which has been translated from German to English by Jon Cho-Polizzi. The music in this episode is made exclusively for AKADi Magazine by Kyekyeku and the Super Opong Stars and is called 'Life No Dey Easy'. AKADi Magazine is a digital publication connecting Ghanaians in Ghana and the Diaspora, visit us at...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Connecting Communities - an AKADi Magazine series that profiles Ghanaians making transformative change in their communities. In this episode, Abena Sɛwaa speaks to the director  Sarah Amankwah and cast members of DRUM - Benjamin Sarpong-Broni (who plays Mike Eghan) and Joshua Roberts-Mensah (who plays  James Barnor). The 80-minute-long play was created by Jacob Roberts-...

Send us Fan Mail Read It. Read It! is an AKADi Magazine segment aimed at book lovers. Our goal is to get you reading more books by Ghanaian authors, poets, illustrators or books about Ghana. We want you to share your thoughts on these books and hopefully, instead of us urging you to Read It.  You’ll be telling us you’ve Read It! In this episode, we’re reviewing ‘Ada’s Realm’ by Sharon Dodua Otoo w...

Send us Fan Mail Read It. Read It! is an AKADi Magazine segment aimed at book lovers. Our goal is to get you reading more books by Ghanaian authors, poets, illustrators or books about Ghana. We want you to share your thoughts on these books and hopefully, instead of us urging you to Read It. You’ll be telling us you’ve Read It! In this episode, we’re reviewing ‘My Other Husband’ by Dorothy Koomson...

Send us Fan Mail ADINKRA London is a luxury accessories brand inspired by Africa with a focus on Ghanaian design and storytelling. In part two, we spoke to co-founder Patric Okumi to find out more. Visit their page for more: https://www.adinkralondon.com/ Part one of this interview is available on S3 Ep11. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mlp0fjwRPIJbrG4HqpFuf To listen to more content like this,...

Send us Fan Mail ADINKRA London  is a luxury accessories brand inspired by Africa with a focus on Ghanaian design and storytelling. We spoke to co-founder Patric Okumi to find out more. Visit their page for more: https://www.adinkralondon.com/ Part two of this interview drops soon. To listen to more content like this, visit our monthly AKADi Magazine Connecting Communities Podcast on Apple, Spotif...

Send us Fan Mail Dr Marlene Ellis and Juliet Amoa share her stories of surviving breast cancer, why it inspired Marlene to create Black Breast Cancer - blackbreastcancer.com - and how Juliet's experience helped Marlene deal with the disease. A list of the references is available in the following link HERE . https://drive.google.com/file/d/17OIFHQ3vW920sxdJJyb2bcF2dH-XZjI9/view Listen to part...

Send us Fan Mail Dr Marlene Ellis shares her story of surviving breast cancer, why it inspired her to create Black Breast Cancer and outlines how we can advocate for our own health. A list of the references is available in the following link HERE. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17OIFHQ3vW920sxdJJyb2bcF2dH-XZjI9/view   Listen to part two of her story coming soon. To listen to more content like thi...

Send us Fan Mail Adinkra is the umbrella term for ideographic symbols that relate to historical events, philosophy and spiritual beliefs of the Akan people. These symbols make use of flora, fauna and shapes to depict age-old maxims and sayings. Abena explains more. Read the full article here . https://msbwrites.co.uk/2015/07/15/adinkra-more-than-just-a-pretty-face-2/ MisBeee Writes delivers audio...

Send us Fan Mail Keteke means train in Akan and charts the escapades of heavily pregnant Atswei (played by Lydia Forson) and her husband Boi (Adjetey Anang) who are hell bent on getting to Atswei’s village to give birth. But they miss the weekly train which forces them on an adventure filled with comic and nail-biting moments. Poet Ziarly recounts their story and draws us in with his soothing tone...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Connecting Communities - an AKADi Magazine series that profiles Ghanaians making transformative change in their communities. In this episode, Abena Sɛwaa features Reverend Father Frank Ayakwah as part of our Ghanaians Abroad  project to find at least one Ghanaian in each of the 195 UN-designated countries in the world. Father Ayakwah  is one of only two Ghanaian Catholi...

Send us Fan Mail In this second episode with activist and journalist Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, one of the architects behind the creation of Black History Month in the UK back in 1987, he tells us more about its development and how we can take it forward. Listen to part one here: The music in this episode is made exclusively for @akadimag by @lekyekyeku and @superopongstarz is called ‘Life No Dey Easy’....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we speak to activist and journalist Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, one of the architects behind the creation of Black History Month in the UK back in 1987.  In this first segment, he talks about how the 1966 coup d’etat in Ghana, that ousted Dr Kwame Nkrumah from power, changed his life. He explains what it felt like as a young activist in Washington DC to be part of the bigg...

Send us Fan Mail George Jojo Boateng is a university PhD candidate and doctoral researcher in Zurich, Switzerland and the co-founder of a start-up that uses smartphone technology and artificial intelligence to teach students coding.  He explains how  his PhD research could improve the quality of life of people managing chronic diseases.  Join our Podcast Club to access the full episode, exclusive...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Owusu is better known for supporting musical heavyweights such as Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas and the Kwashibu Area Band with his energised live drumming performances. But this seasoned percussionist is making a return to his childhood passion as a singer. And he’s now fronting his own band Jembaa Groove with co-founder, composer and producer Yannick Nolting. Eric talks to us a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Connecting Communities - an AKADi Magazine series that profiles Ghanaians making transformative change in their communities. In this clip, Abena Sɛwaa features Reverend Father Frank Ayakwah as part of our Ghanaians Abroad  project to find at least one Ghanaian in each of the 195 UN-designated countries in the world. Father Ayakwah  is one of only two Ghanaian Catholic p...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Connecting Communities - an AKADi Magazine series that profiles Ghanaians making transformative change in their communities.  In this episode, Abena Sɛwaa speaks to prolific photographer Frederick Seton James Barnor whose career, as a studio portraitist and photojournalist, spans over sixty years. Join our Podcast Club to listen to the second epiosde:https://ko-fi.com/a...

Send us Fan Mail When you’re in Ghana, where do you go to have a good time and learn more about the country? FindGhana Series is an AKADi Magazine platform that invites people who live or are visiting Ghana to share events and their experiences of places they’ve been to. In this episode, Nii Anang, who went to Busua, in the Western Region and visited three tourist sites there: the Bisa Abrewa Muse...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Connecting Communities - an AKADi Magazine series that profiles Ghanaians making transformative change in their communities. In this episode, Abena Sɛwaa speaks to broadcaster, journalist and public speaker Henry Bonsu about being one of only a few Black people at the University of Oxford,  his career in journalism and the truth behind him being axed from BBC radio and...