Being a dark-skinned lady, Maame Fosua's journey has been different. For the most part, she felt like there was something wrong with her and that she did not belong in a world that was made for the "light-skinned".

She talks to us about her experiences with Colourism even to her lowest point dealing with this cancer that has plagued our societies.

"In a world where you can be anything, Be Kind".

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Nana Akua Tufuoh is our guest on this episode. We have an intelligent conversation on the all-important topic of Colourism and how it plays out especially in Africa.

She delves into her personal experiences as a brown-skinned lady and the nuances involved in even describing someone as light-skinned or brown-skinned or dark-skinned. She also teases out the similarities between Colourism and Racism while enlightening us about the landmark US case of Plessy v Ferguson.

Here is Part 1 of A conversation on Colourism.

Tom Hanks, Sheryl Sandberg, Howard Schultz, Serena Williams , Maya Angelou and Albert Einstein are a few of the famous people who have battled with Imposter Syndrome. So, if you, like me, find yourself or have found yourself battling with this silent giant known as Imposter Syndrome, you are in good company. 

It possibly is why I enjoyed this episode with Ewuradjoa Kumi-Kyereme, a psychologist who was recommended to us by Hopeful Nkomo - an organisation that is passionate about mental health and works with professional psychologists and psychiatrists to cater to the mental health needs of the society.

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This is not a conversation on whether Divorce is right or wrong. This is a man telling his story of why and how his first marriage ended and how he is thriving in his second marriage.

Enjoy!

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It is not strange parlance to come across such sayings in the Ghanaian or African context. Somehow, success, according to an older generation, has been limited to reading certain courses in school or pursuing certain careers.

In this episode, we have a conversation with a young man who left his engineering job to become a leading figure in Ghana and Africa’s art world. He is the Art Manager and Art Dealer for an art collective known as Artemartis which has been featured on Artnet, More Branches, Penta, Fad magazine, New York Times and CNN. In February 2022, artemartis partnered with Phillips, a leading global platform for buying and selling contemporary art and design across the world. They showcased 18 works by the Artemartis collective in London which sold out!

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In this episode, we bring to you a paradox. You will be hearing three voices in this episode; Mine, Selasi’s (who is a key member of our team) and Rev Victor Brew. Rev Victor Brew is a lawyer by profession as well as a Reverend Minister in a Baptist church. Interestingly, he is married to one of the top paediatricians in Ghana who also loves to teach children. The Paradox? They were unable to have children for 7 years!

How is it possible that a reverend minister, who has prayed for people to be healed and to have children of their own, who has served God all his life and a top paediatrician struggle with child birth for 7 years? How?

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In a conversation I had with two sex workers in the Jamestown area of Accra, they share their life stories, talk about sexual abuse and even kidnapping.

Listen out for this season's project as well!

This is the English translation  (by Belinda Ofori and Serwah Sika Afram) of the original episode which was recorded in the Asante Twi language. Listen to the original episode in the voices of the actual guests in the previous episode.

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In a conversation I had with two sex workers in the Jamestown area of Accra, they share their life stories, talk about sexual abuse and even kidnapping.

Listen out for this season's project as well!

This episode was recorded in the Asante Twi Language. Listen to its English translation in the next episode.

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We are back!

In this intro episode, we talk about the podcast, a strange experience and the vision!! for the podcast.

We are just taking off!

In honour of sickle cell awareness month, we have a conversation with Mrs. Angelina Mensah who is a mother of three sons - the first of whom is living sickle cell disease. So why did she have two more sons and risk having more children with the sickle cell disease? She speaks on this.

Very often, we hear from victors of the sickle cell disease but this episode also lets us into the hearts and minds of families who have members living with sickle cell disease.

Music : Just do it by Six Strings and Darley Musik