This portion of the panel "Accra's Middle Class" is the fifth instalment of a one-day conference in Accra co-organized by Girish Daswani (University of Toronto Scarborough) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University).
The panelists for this conversation are photojournalist Francis Kokoroko and writer, singer, and academic Akua Antwiwaa Frempong.
Read MoreThe fifth instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University).
The panelist for this conversation are political cartoonists Bright Ackwerh and DAAVI.
Read MoreThe fourth instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University).
The panelists for this conversation are radio host and gender activist Akosua Hanson and spoken word artist Ama Asantewa Diaka.
Read MoreThe third instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University).
The panelists for this conversation are gender activist and community organizer Golda Naa Adaku Addo and spoken word poet and photographer Mutombo Da Poet.
Read MoreThe second instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University).
The panelists for this conversation on art and activism in Ghana are musician and film director Wanlov the Kubolor and spoken word artist Kwame Write.
Read MoreThe first instalment of a one-day conference in Accra, Ghana, co-organized by Girish Daswani (UofT) and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (Ashesi University). Conference panelists for this conversation on popular art and research in Ghana include Kobina Graham, Elizabeth Johnson (Chair), Joseph Oduro-Frimpong, Kwabena Opoku-Agyeman.
Read MoreWhen does booing the President become about caring (about the country)? Spoken word artist and activist Mutombo Da Poet speaks about politics and activism in Ghana, the Global Citizen Festival, and why he spontaneously decided to boo the President. We are joined by satirical cartoonist and activist Bright Ackwerh who premiers his caricature of the booing event and adds his thoughts on activism, Ghanaian politics, and the government’s lack of commitment to climate change.
Read MoreAn opinion piece by Golda Naa Adaku Addo on the LGBTQI+ controversy in Ghana.
Read MoreOn May 20, 2021, 21 activists and paralegals were arrested while holding a training seminar for human rights advocacy in Ho, southeastern Ghana. This series of events involving journalists, police, judges and government officials, speaks of the ongoing oppression of the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana. What has any of this got to do with colonialism and evangelical Christianity? Well, a lot actually.
Image Source: @LGBTRightsGhana
Read MoreOn March 19, 2021, Ras Aswad Nkrabea, a father of a young Rastafarian boy admitted to the Achimota Senior High School, posted to Facebook that his son, Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, and another teenage boy, Tyron Iras Marhguy, had been denied enrollment because of their locks. The issue caught national attention, and heated debates ensued about the school’s right to enforce its rules and the student’s unfettered rights to access education as well as practice their religion and manifest its expression. Nii Kotei Nikoi explores how the broader import of this recent episode of discrimination reveals the systemic problem of inclusive education in Ghana.
Read MoreOur special panel on queer feminist organizing in Ghana and beyond took place on April 6th 2021. This event was put together by Dr Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed and Dr Girish Daswani and featured Nana Yaa Agyepong, Fatima B. Derby, El-Farouk Khaki, and Zeeyyah Mudasir. It was made possible through the co-sponsorship of Silent Majority Ghana, Everyday Orientalism and Africa Proactive.
Read MoreIt’s been almost a year since Ghana recorded its first COVID19 cases and the situation seems to have gotten worse. This post by Nii Kotei Nikoi examines the misleading narrative of progress that has become an effective public relations strategy employed by Ghana’s government in its handling of the COVID19 pandemic.
Read MoreThis panel took place on March 12th, (10-11:30am EST / 3-4.30pm GMT). It featured David Amponsah, Tracy Mensah, Shobana Shankar, and Meera Venkatachalam, who spoke about the historical and contemporary, inter-racial and inter-cultural, relationships between Africans and Indians. This event was co-organised with Everyday Orientalism and chaired by Girish Daswani. Image by Bright Ackwerh @brightakwerh
Read MoreThis post responds to the Naija-Netflix film "Namaste-Wahala" (February, 2021). It provides a review but also a deeper history of the South Asian (Sindhi) presence in the Gold Coast and Ghana. It is both historical and personal as the author shares his family's (hist)story in Ghana.
Read MoreThe operationalization of the Whole Ghana Approach has exposed weaknesses that if not addressed will limit Ghana’s ability to prevent and mitigate the corrosive impact of COVID-19 in the lives of its citizen, especially the poor and vulnerable.
Read MoreThe murder of George Floyd has sparked a global protest movement as well as declarations of solidarity from black peoples and their allies all over the world, including in Africa. This post explores the Black lives Matter (BLM) movement in Ghana and argues that it needs to be understood through a history of Pan-Africanism and Ghanaian nationalism.
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While the commitment of large amount from the national treasury to the fight against COVID-19 is a welcome relief, I argue that the need for government to implement the A Whole Ghana Approach in an accountable and transparent manner cannot be overemphasized.
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