

Identity: What does it mean to you?
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Lend your support to new Highlife album
If you’re a fan of old Ghanaian sayings, you’re likely to love the one Kyekyeku and his Highlife band – the Super Opong Stars – will be using for their forthcoming album ‘Apɛsɛ yɛ kɛsiɛ’.
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Ghanaians in Politics
AKADi Magazine is a digital publication that features Ghanaians from across the globe. The latest issue looks at Ghanaians in politics in the UK. Click the image to subscribe to our newsletter to receive your digital copy. You can read our past issues here. Continue reading Ghanaians in Politics

Highlife: The dynamism of Ghana’s music legacy
Reinvention is the hallmark of Highlife music and probably the reason for its ongoing endurance even in the face of shifting musical tastes in Ghana.
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Is wax print African? – a conversation with filmmaker Aiwan Obinyan
“If we really owned wax print textiles we could and would keep the bulk of the proceeds in Africa and it would be part of the generational wealth of African children.” – Aiwan Obinyan, Wax Print.
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Gold Coast Lounge – the tussle between colonialism and Black consciousness
Award-winning Gold Coast Lounge is one of 46 titles from 14 African countries screened as part of the London-based FilmAfrica festival in 2020. Below is a preview of the film, which will have its European Premiere on Saturday 8th November.
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Pa Gya! 2020 goes virtual
@ 7:45-8:45pm (Ghana time) live.

Film Africa 2020 online
Film Africa, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society, returns for its 9th edition on Friday 30 October to Sunday 8 November 2020. Continue reading “Film Africa 2020 online”

Ghanaians in Literature – issue 5

Green Ghana – Issue 4
What does a company that recycle car tyres into footwear got in common with a group campaigning the Ghanaian government to stop mining bauxite at forest reserve near Accra?

In conversation with author Samuel Ugoh
Samuel Ugoh was born in Kaduna, Nigeria and has lived in Ghana since 2005. He is a member of the Ghana Association of Writers and writes fiction, specifically adventure and self-published his first book ‘Turbulent Seas’ in 2012.
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Lilies during lockdown
Introducing guest blogger and poet Joana Nyantakyiwaa aka Mama-dear with her poem on the positives that can be derived from lockdown. Continue reading “Lilies during lockdown”