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7 days ago
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July Newsletter

We hope you are all well and keeping safe, especially now that lockdown is easing up. Here are a few updates from us! It’s raffle time!! ...

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Jul 6
3 min

June Newsletter

For many of us June was a heavy month. As well as dealing with the pandemic, many of us have been reminded of the harsh realities of raci...

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Jun 3
4 min

Black Lives Matter

A timeline of racial injustice in America in recent years 1955 - Emmett Till’s murder Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy w...

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May 31
3 min

May Newsletter

What a month May has been! Wondering what's happening with Change For Ghana? JayNii Update Recently we were sadly informed that the JayNi...

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May 23
2 min

JayNii Streetwise Update

At the beginning of the year we informed you all about the JayNii Streetwise Wall Project that we supported over the Christmas break. As ...

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May 13
4 min

Classic Ghanaian TV shows and films

As I was growing up, I loved watching Ghanaian TV shows and films. They were just so entertaining and funny. Some of the TV shows and fil...

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May 1
4 min

April Newsletter

Like everyone else, we spent April adapting and adjusting to the lockdown measures. This included the first of many online workshops held...

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May 1
2 min

Our Q&A with Annette Abena

We hosted a Q&A with Annette Abena, founder of the Diaspora talks podcast, where we discussed COVID-19 and its impact on Ghana and Africa...

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Apr 7
3 min

Things to do whilst at home

At this point in time, many of us are adjusting to being at home 24/7. With recent news that this lockdown could last until June, and soc...

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Mar 30
2 min

March Newsletter

March has felt like such a hectic month! Many of us went from attending Ghana’s 63rd Independence celebrations at the beginning of the mo...

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Mar 11
4 min

Celebrating influential Ghanaian women

Earlier this week the world celebrated International Women's Day, of which women were celebrated for their achievements. In light of this...

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Mar 6
3 min

15 facts about Ghana

Happy Ghanaian Independence Day! On this day 63 years ago, Ghana became the first Sub-Saharan African nation to gain its independence. Su...

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Mar 2
2 min

February newsletter

Happy new month! Can you believe it’s the end of February and the beginning of March already? February was an interesting month as we spe...

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Feb 16
3 min

A celebration of Ghanaian painters

Ghana has a remarkable pool of talent when it comes to the creative scene, especially the growing art scene. Everyone has their own uniqu...

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Jan 27
2 min

The JayNii Streetwise Wall Project

Happy New Year everyone! Over the Christmas break we undertook a project with JayNii Streetwise orphanage, and we’re excited to finally t...

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Nov 5, 2019
3 min

Hiplife Today

When we think of the genres Hiplife and Highlife, it’s easy to associate them as being things of the past that we enjoy every now and the...

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Sep 25, 2019
4 min

Colonial Ghana and the struggle for independence

This week we’ll continue taking a closer look at Ghana’s history by looking into the transformation from being a British colony to an ind...

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Sep 19, 2019
2 min

The slave trade and Ghana

As we continue to delve into Ghanaian history, this week we’ll be taking a closer look at the slave trade and the legacy it left behind. ...

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Sep 11, 2019
3 min

Precolonial Ghana – The Ashanti Empire

Last week we briefly went through Ghana’s past, present and future. Today, we’ll be looking at some of that history in more detail, namel...

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Sep 4, 2019
4 min

Ghana: The past, present and future

Did you know that the name Ghana means “warrior king” in the Soninke language and it was the name given to the kings of the medieval Ghan...

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