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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · 2d

Have you got your ticket?

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Ghanaian films at London's Film Africa 2025

And a symposium moderated with artist-filmmaker Sir John Akomfrah

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Sep 28

We celebrated a year of reading books by Ghanaian authors at the E-ananse Library on Friday. As some of you know, we've been meeting every month since September 2024. This month we read 'Our Sister Killjoy' by the amazing Professor Ama Ata Aidoo.

AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Sep 18

"Just as Tema connects continents through trade, it now connects cultures through cinema," says film director and founder of Anibok Studios Kobina de Graft-Johnson. "KING OF TEMA is proof that our stories born in the heart of Ghana, can resonate globally."

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Sep 6

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Sep 3

We went to see the heart-warming film ‘The Fisherman’, written and directed by Zoey Martinson and featuring an all-star Ghanaian cast including Adwoa Akoto.
This 120-minute film is refreshing, humorous and explores the role of tradition in modern Ghanaian society. www.instagram.com/p/DOE4xQ3DHX...

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Sep 1

September events in Accra 2025 in the month that Dr Kwame Nkrumah was born! We bring you a snapshot of events happening in Accra over September. Check them out and tell us what events we have missed in your area.
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September events in Accra 2025

We bring you a snapshot of events happening in Accra over September. Check them out and tell us what events we have missed in your area.

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 29

What's happening this September in London? Check out some forthcoming events.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 28

81-year-old Hannah Dankwa has lived in the UK for 60 years and has been receiving treatment for cancer.
4months ago, she took a short visit to Ghana but has been denied entry back into the UK due to what had been described as an ‘irregularity’ over her date of birth.
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81-year-old British citizen with cancer stuck in Ghana

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hear from Julie Baidoe-Ansah, founder of Efata by Juba, Charlotte Akwaah-Adjei, founder of Lotte Empire, and Edna Darkwaa , founder of fashion brand Ometsey, who showcased their designs at Africa Fashion Week London.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 22

What have iconic broadcaster Moira Stuart, award-winning author Margaret Busby and lawyer and politician George James Christian got in common with each other and Ghana?
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Moira Stuart | Season 1 Episode 6 | Full Episode | Who Do You Think You Are

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 21

Detroit Swindle meet legendary Ghanaian singer Pat Thomas, aka ‘the Golden Voice of Africa’ combining their love of electronic music, disco and world grooves of a soulful Afro-disco groove based around bubbling synth bass, choppy percussion and lush chords.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 20

We share our impromptu interview on the eve of the event with three Ghanaian designers who had travelled from their homes in Accra, Ghana to Space House in London to exhibit at Africa Fashion Week London 2025.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are back with another thrilling AKADi Mag Book Club session.

📅 Date: Saturday 30 August
🌍 What: AKADi Mag Book Review of 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi
🎟️ Fee: free
📍 Where: lnkd.in/eX74d8EV
🗓 4pm Ghana

AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 11

Who are we?
I wrote a piece for 44Words.Art, founded by Annabel Boachie, which explores what it means to be Ghanaian. I explored this view of identity through literature written by British-Ghanaian authors.
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The Lens British-Ghanaian Writers — Forty-Four Words

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 9

Africa Fashion Week London kicks off at noon today (9 August), we caught up with three Ghanaian fashion designers ahead of the official launch.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 7

Check out which Ghanaian designers will be at this year's Africa Fashion Week London showcase.

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Aug 4

A brave local community resist a powerful alliance of government and international investors to save one of Ghana's environmental gems. Watch the docufilm ATEWA on 6 August at Accra Indie Filmfest.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 30

Did you know that contemporary Ghanaian womenswear brand Ometsey is one of 10 Pan-African designers exhibiting at Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) next weekend (9 & 10 August 2025)? See Ometsey on 9August at Space House, 1 Kemble Street, London, WC2B 4AN.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 28

Next weekend - 9 and 10 August is Africa Fashion Week London. Will you be there. Check out what will be on this year.

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Agyemang’s surname translates to 'saviour of a nation' in the Ghanaian Akan language," writes journalist @morgankofori.bsky.social
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Michelle Agyemang burnishes her credentials as the ‘savio...

The 19-year-old Arsenal forward’s crucial equalisers have marked her out as a bright hope for the future

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 23

What: Who is Lucy!?! African Wo|Mxn Native|Other
Created by: by Dr Epifania Amoo-Adare and Ann-Marie Ellmann van Rhyn
When: July 23-29
Time: 10am to 6pm
Where: Exhibition space on the ground floor of the FZA building at the Bayreuth University Germany
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 22

Stuck on what to do in August? Check out our snapshot and tell us what events happening in your area that we may have missed.

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August Events in London and Luton

We bring you a snapshot of events happening in the UK over August. Check them out and tell us what events we have missed in your area.

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 19

Last month, @niiayikwei.bsky.social kindly took up our invitation to join our book club to discuss his first novel 'Tail of the Blue Bird'. We share our two-part discussion that includes a review of Nii Ayikwei Parkes' book by book club member Delali.
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My thoughts on Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes

by Delali

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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 15

Who remembers reading the #Noughts&Crosses book series or the TV adaptation where the racial status of Black and white people are reversed? Well a theatre play of this Malorie Blackman book is showing at #RegentsParkOpenAir until 26 July & we watched it.
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AKADi Magazine @akadimag.bsky.social · Jul 12

Women play a pivotal role in 'Tail of The Blue Bird'- Nii Ayikwei Parkes' gripping crime novel.
We had the honour of having him join our June book club to find out more. Listen to our discussion with him on our latest AKADi Magazine's Connecting Communities Podcast.
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S7Ep7| BOOK CLUB: Part 1 - 'Tail of the Blue Bird' - a conversation with Nii Ayikwei Parkes

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