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Send us a text ‘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 N...

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Send us a text ‘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 N...

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S8Ep3| THE EYES OF GHANA - unlocking memories from Ghana's cinematic past

Send us a text ‘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 N...

3 weeks ago

50 minutes

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S8Ep2| EXPLORING THE ROOTS OF MASQUERADE: Part 2 - a conversation with Claudia George

Send us a text Claudia George, an artist who creates under the name Claudia Zinksi 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/ https://www.f...

1 month ago

27 minutes

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S8Ep1| HEALING THROUGH ART: Part 1 - a conversation with Claudia George

Send us a text Claudia George is an artist who creates under the name Claudia Zinksi 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.1015239394276368...

1 month ago

35 minutes

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S7Ep13| THE SALON EXPERIENCE AT 1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR

Send us a text 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’ tha...

2 months ago

10 minutes

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S7Ep12| BUILDING LEGACIES - a conversation with pioneering architect Elsie Owusu

Send us a text 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 List...

2 months ago

55 minutes

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S7Ep11| CELEBRATING BLACK BRITISH THEATRE - a conversation with Omar F. Okai

Send us a text 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...

3 months ago

26 minutes

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S7Ep10| CENTRING BLACK WOMEN IN FILM: a conversation with Anniwaa Buachie

Send us a text 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...

3 months ago

50 minutes

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S7Ep9| AFRICA FASHION WEEK LONDON 2025: a conversation with three Ghanaian designers

Send us a text 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 exhibi...

4 months ago

19 minutes

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S7Ep8| BOOK CLUB: Part 2 - 'Tail of the Blue Bird' - a conversation with Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Send us a text 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 even...

5 months ago

33 minutes

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S7Ep7| BOOK CLUB: Part 1 - 'Tail of the Blue Bird' - a conversation with Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Send us a text 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 even...

5 months ago

25 minutes

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S7Ep6| RETROGHANA - on a mission to amplify Ghanaian music

Send us a text Eugene Abeka-Donkor, the founder of RetroGhana - a social media platform on a mission to document, share and amplify Ghanaian music and the legends behind these iconic sounds. In this episode, Eugene tells us what inspired him to create RetroGhana, he explains what led to his collaboration with Ghanaian unisex clothing brand Ajabeng and we ask him which musical collaborations (with living or departed singers) he thinks would make a stellar music match. This episode is produced ...

6 months ago

35 minutes

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S7Ep5| BOOK CLUB: 'Rootless' - a conversation with Krystle Zara Appiah

Send us a text Listen to Krystle Zara Appiah, author of the award-winning novel ‘Rootless’ and the first published author to join our book club session as a special guest. We’ve been meeting every month since September 2024 where we read and review books by Ghanaian authors or books about Ghana. If you haven’t read ‘Rootless’, get comfortable because you’re about to hear from some of our book club members as we discuss the themes behind the novel, and put some of our...

9 months ago

55 minutes

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S7Ep4| DICK ESSILFIE-BONDZIE - Ghana's visionary music producer part 2

Send us a text You’ve heard of Highlife greats such as CK Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas but what do you know about the producer behind some of their hit songs? We spoke to the family of the late Dick Essilfie-Bondzie - visionary music producer and the first to bring a vinyl record pressing factory on to West African soil - to find out more. If you follow our podcast or our newsletter, be the first to hear their accounts of their father and grandfather on the AKADi...

9 months ago

40 minutes

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S7Ep3| DICK ESSILFIE-BONDZIE - Ghana's visionary music producer part 1

Send us a text You’ve heard of Highlife greats such as CK Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas but what do you know about the producer behind some of their hit songs? We spoke to the family of the late Dick Essilfie-Bondzie - visionary music producer about his musical legacy, plans to archive all the songs under the Essiebons label and a project to create a new documentary about his life and works. If you follow our podcast or our newsletter, be the first to hear thei...

10 months ago

28 minutes

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S7Ep2| LONDON TO ACCRA - perspectives from three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs - part 2

Send us a text The British High Commission in Ghana kicked off 2025 with its annual UK-Ghana Diaspora Networking Mixer. This year's mixer was a chance to capitalise on these economic ties and deepen connections between the two countries by linking the diaspora with relevant business and government partners, as well as celebrating the achievements of British Ghanaians. We spoke to the three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs behind: Workspace Global, Talking Drums Travel & Marketplac...

10 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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S7Ep1| LONDON TO ACCRA - perspectives from three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs - part 1

Send us a text The British High Commission in Ghana kicked off 2025 with its annual UK-Ghana Diaspora Networking Mixer. This year's mixer was a chance to capitalise on these economic ties and deepen connections between the two countries by linking the diaspora with relevant business and government partners, as well as celebrating the achievements of British Ghanaians. We spoke to the three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs behind: Workspace Global, Talking Drums Travel & Marketplac...

11 months ago

59 minutes

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S6Ep12| CULTURAL GAMES - an antidote to tackling antisocial behaviour? - part 2

Send us a text Hello and welcome to another episode of AKADi Magazine's Connecting Communities podcast, produced by Kamo. My name is Abena Sewaa, the editor of AKADi Magazine, and you were just listening to Stephen Barnabis, founder and operational manager of Project Zero, an organisation based in Waltham Forest, London, that engages young people in positive activities to promote social inclusion, reduce antisocial behaviour, and strengthen community cohesion. The inter...

1 year ago

30 minutes

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S6Ep11| CULTURAL GAMES - an antidote to tackling antisocial behaviour? - part 1

Send us a text London-based organisation Cultural Games Association (CGA) UK believes that education the next generation about the social, cultural and health benefits of traditional games played in African and Caribbean could help to tackle the rise in anti-social behaviour among the youth. We went along to their launch in February 2024 to find out more and later spoke to representatives from the Association - Vincent John, chair of CGA-UK and Mariama Grant, CGA-UK secretary. We...

1 year ago

33 minutes

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S6Ep10| REDISCOVERING OUR PAST AND PRESENT THROUGH ART part 2 - with Ibrahim Mahama

Send us a text Some of the labour used to build Ghana’s railways came from the north of the country but there’s never been a railway in the region. But award-winning visual artist Ibrahim Mahama, in one of his latest installations, is interrogating this phenomenon. He has brought a piece of a railway track, train carriages and even planes to his Red Clay Studio in Tamale. His work at Red Clay Studio has been the subject of a new film documentary by Dutch filmmaker Ammodo Docs ...

1 year ago

29 minutes

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S6Ep9| REDISCOVERING OUR PAST AND PRESENT THROUGH ART part 1 - with Ibrahim Mahama

Send us a text Award-winning visual artist Ibrahim Mahama is the founder of three art spaces in Tamale, Northern Ghana: Red Clay Studio, Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA) and Nkrumah Voli-ni. These arts spaces act as a repository for ancient and contemporary artefacts that have been recovered or donated and provide a platform for discussing Ghana's past, present and future. In this episode of the Connecting Communities podcast, Ibrahim talks about the genesis of Red Clay...

1 year ago

36 minutes