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How do you create a life that you have no blueprint for? I’m not sure but on A-kra podcast, we are figuring it out together. In Akan cosmology Kra, meaning soul, is one of the three major parts of our being- a deep well of knowledge and drive that guides us throughout our life. In this season, we w…

Yaa Addae


    • Nov 29, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 5 EPISODES
    • 1 SEASONS


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    F E A R L E S S N E S S

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 41:44


    Share | Follow | SubscribeAfter a brief mid-season break we are back with the penultimate episode of this season, interviewing the artist Nyahan Tachie-Menson on F E A R L E S S N E S S. It is Sagittarius season and also happens to be Nyahan’s birthday today! Celebrate @thankgodherself by listening to her and Yaa talk through their fears, the importance of a strong support system and the process of moving back to Ghana. Intro Song: Like It - Amaarae (Cover Art Designed by Nyahan)Show Song: Theflowerpapi - Film Roll Memories More A-Kra More Yaa

    I Don’t Bite

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 31:09


    Boo! Happy Halloween! And it’s Scorpio season aka transformation aka nine lives aka let’s get into how you realllly feel about that. On this episode of A-Kra, Yaa is joined by artist Serwah Efia Barning and they talk about how strength is a performance, taboos, and sitting with our shadow selves.Oh, and horror movies. No spoilers though.Share | Follow | Subscribe Show Song: Theflowerpapi - Film Roll Memories More A-Kra More Yaa

    Lost In The Source

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 33:20


    Episode 2: Lost In the SourceOn this episode of A-Kra, Yaa is joined by musician and writer, Debbie Frempong, also known as Narah. Starting off making popular highlife covers, she has been balancing her art with academia since she started graduate school and is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at Brown University. Narah just released her first EP, ‘Tide’ this summer, it is an absolute bop! Big sitting on the beach with your girls, all wearing pastel colours and eating fruit kind of vibes- basically joy.We talk about integrating academia/work and creativity, letting go of your inner critic and the existential crisis of navigating Accra when you leave and move back. Oh, and listen to Narah’s music.Song: Mmhmm- Narah, produced by Pheeno (Soundcloud, Apple Music, Spotify)Share | Follow | Subscribe Show Song: Theflowerpapi - Film Roll Memories More A-Kra More Yaa

    On Schooling (And 99 other ways to Dim a Black Girl’s Light)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 23:56


    On this episode, Yaa invites lawyer, enterpreuner, and artist Kanchelli Iddrisu to talk about how they’ve resisted early attempts to dim their light. Discussing strong mothers, colonial schooling, and body shaming, Yaa and Kanch work through some of the ways society tries to contain women’s power.Kanchelli Iddrisu is the founder of: Dream Fourteen (social justice apparel), Buy Black London (marketplaces and global black business directory), and Concernata (Women’s education NGO).She will be starting Cambridge University in October to gain her second master’s, in Education. Follow her at @imanearthside to keep up with her journey after the podcast. Show Song: Theflowerpapi - Film Roll Memories More A-Kra More Yaa

    Welcome To The A-Kra Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 2:35


    Welcome to A-Kra, a platform in service of creating safe spaces in real life and online-this is episode zero, introducing our podcast. How do you create a life that you have no blueprint for?I’m not sure but on A-kra podcast, we are figuring it out together. In Akan cosmology Kra, meaning soul, is one of the three major parts of our being- a deep well of knowledge and drive that guides us throughout our life. In this season, we will be hearing from five Ghanaian women creatives on how they’ve made their own paths. What do we talk about? Everything from balancing music alongside a PHD to how to travel the world on a budget. Listen out for pieces of tarot wisdom and poetry woven throughout our conversations.Hosted by writer and curator, Yaa Addae.Show Song : Theflowerpapi - Film Roll Memories

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