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‘The Eyes of Ghana’ is a powerful docufilm about preserving Ghana’s film heritage.

Told primarily through 93-year-old cinematographer Reverend Chris Hesse, this story is one of hope, cultural preservation and is a call to action to us all.

Reverend Hesse was Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s personal videographer, during his presidency and captured hundreds of hours of little-seen footage.

We went to see the film in October 2025, and got to speak to two of the docufilm producers Nana Adwoa Frimpong and Anita Afonu.

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Claudia George, an artist who creates under the name Claudia Zinski and works with batik, silks and canvas.

In this episode, Claudia explains how her exhibition in Accra, entitled: The Meridian Love Affair Exhibition (13-18 November), will act as the foundation for greater research into exploring the origins of mas or masquerade in Ghana, and Trinidad, and its connection to UK carnival.

Find more details here:

https://www.instagram.com/claudia.george_official/

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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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Claudia George is an artist who creates under the name Claudia Zinski and works with batik, silks and canvas.

In this episode, she talks about how art helped her to deal with the loss of her sibling and how she plans to showcase new work in Accra this month entitled: The Meridian Love Affair Exhibition (13-18 November).

Find more details here:

https://www.instagram.com/claudia.george_official/

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10167030762978682&set=a.10152393942763682

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Writer Uwati Okojie speaks about ‘Le Salon - Art of Conversation’ - a living exhibition by Le Tings (Harris Elliott) x Johnnie Sapong at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2025.

She shares insights into a Ghanaian art activation at the 13th edition of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House in London in 2025.

This installation was called: 'Le Salon - Art of Conversation' by Le Tings (Harris Elliott) x Johnnie Sapong and was one of a series of ‘Special Projects’ that showcased at this year’s art fair between 16th and 19th October 2025.

In this podcast episode, Uwati walks me through the inspiration behind the installation which explores the intersection between art, music, culture and history within a barber shop/hair salon setting.

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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To mark Black History Month UK, we caught up with pioneering architect Elsie Owusu who famously led renovations at Green Park Tube station the Supreme Court and has worked with award-winning artist Yinka Shonibare.

This conversation looks at Elsie's early beginning, the fascinating story of her father and her architectural achievements.

Read more about Tropical Modernism here.

https://www.akadimagazine.com/post/tropical-modernism-ghana-s-architecture-and-independence

Listen to our interview with the architect of Black History Month UK Akyaaba Addai-Sebo. 

Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Vcder3qDAlMfMZnEfZXjJ

Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GyKsUjmaLBrH6qr4rePk1

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Hello and welcome to AKADi Magazine's Connecting Communities Podcast where we spotlight Ghanaians making transformative change in their communities.

Listen to Omar F. Okai, dancer, choreographer, director and founder of the six-year Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs) - a platform that recognises the talents of Black British creatives involved in theatre - from the actors right through to those behind the scenes.

And in this two-part series,  Omar explains how some of his family members played a pivotal role in shaping Black theatre and performance history. And he explains how his past career as a chef helped him to excel in dance school.

This year's BBTAs is on SUNDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2025 at Piccadilly Theatre 16 Denman Street, London, W1D 7DY

https://blackbritishtheatreawards.com/

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Anniwaa Buachie is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, audiobook narrator, who explains how she turned the story ‘Moon Over Aburi’ by award-winning poet and author Kwame Dawes into a film.

That’s where I first met Anniwaa at the screening of ‘Moon Over Aburi’ at the London International Pan-African Film Festival in South London in 2024 - you’ll hear me refer to it as PAFF in the interview.

Please stick around and listen to this inspiring artist as she talks about her journey into filmmaking, audiobook narration, and why it’s been important for her to centre Black women in her craft and work with Ghanaian creatives in Ghana.

Learn more about her here: https://www.anniwaabuachie.com/

About us

AKADi Magazine’s Connecting Communities Podcast where we explore stories through a Ghanaian lens and dive into conversations with Ghanaians on topics including culture, the arts and history, which hopefully leaves you with some food for thought.

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) 2025 kicks off on 9 and 10 August bringing together seasoned and next generation designers from the Continent under one roof.

Now in its 15th season, this annual catwalk and exhibition event is one of the world’s largest and longest-running showcases of African and African-inspired fashion & design.

In this episode we speak to three Ghanaian designers who have travelled from their homes in Accra, Ghana to Space House in London to exhibit at Africa Fashion Week London 2025.

You’ll hear from Charlotte Akwaah-Adjei, founder of Lotte Empire, Darkwaa Edna, founder of fashion brand Ometsey & Julie Baidoe-Ansah, founder of Efata by Juba.

Read more about Africa Fashion Week London.

https://akadimagazine.substack.com/p/ghanaian-designers-and-more-at-african

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Poet and author Nii Ayikwei Parkes joined our Book Club in June 2025 for our review of Tail of the Blue Bird - his 16-year-old crime novel which has an exciting twist. 

This book is set in a fictitious village not far from Accra that becomes a crime scene with a difference that brings police and a pathologist to crack the case. 

But this is no ordinary crime and we soon find out that with the help of pathologist Kayo, who is forced to solve the case, that the events in the village of Sonokrom expose police corruption, highlight the relationship between so-called development and modernity over traditional practices and the power of language and storytelling. 

We got to grill Nii over his book to find out why after 16 years, this book remains a compelling read that has been translated into languages across the globe. So sit tight and enjoy the ride.

Visit Nii Ayikwei Parkes' website: https://www.niiparkes.com/

More on Kwame Gyekeye: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Gyekye

Gendering visions of the postcolonial modernist state through names: a literary onomastic analysis of Nii Ayikwei Parkes’s Tail of the Blue Bird (2009)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681392.2024.2404209

Check out Part 1 in the next episode.

If you’d like to join our book club and connect with other bookworms, email us at [email protected] for more details and if you've read Tail of the Blue Bird, tell us in the comments if you agreed/disagreed with our thoughts.

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

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Poet and author Nii Ayikwei Parkes joined our Book Club in June 2025 for our review of Tail of the Blue Bird - his 16-year-old crime novel which has an exciting twist. 

This book is set in a fictitious village not far from Accra that becomes a crime scene with a difference that brings police and a pathologist to crack the case. 

But this is no ordinary crime and we soon find out that with the help of pathologist Kayo, who is forced to solve the case, that the events in the village of Sonokrom expose police corruption, highlight the relationship between so-called development and modernity over traditional practices and the power of language and storytelling. 

We got to grill Nii over his book to find out why after 16 years, this book remains a compelling read that has been translated into languages across the globe. So sit tight and enjoy the ride.

Check out Part 2 in the next episode.

Visit Nii Ayikwei Parkes' website: https://www.niiparkes.com/

More on Kwame Gyekeye: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Gyekye

Gendering visions of the postcolonial modernist state through names: a literary onomastic analysis of Nii Ayikwei Parkes’s Tail of the Blue Bird (2009)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681392.2024.2404209

If you’d like to join our book club and connect with other bookworms, email us at [email protected] for more details and if you've read Tail of a Blue Bird tell us in the comments if you agreed/disagreed with our thoughts.

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 www.akadimagazine.com , www.akadimagazine.co.uk and www.msbwrites.co.uk for all your community news.

Join our socials here: https://linktr.ee/AKADiMag