Are you a Ghanaian abroad?
Join our record-breaking adventure to find at least one Ghanaian 🇬🇭 living in all the UN-designated 195 countries across in the world. If you’re game, DM us and share your story! Music in this clip is made exclusively for AKADi Magazine and is called Nfitiase by percussionist Eric Owusu aka King Owusu @ericowusuofficial and producer […]
Podcast: Migration through the lens of a child
What was it like moving from your birth country to another? AKADi Magazine explored the topic with author of ‘Looking Up’ Abena Eyeson and guests on Clubhouse. Listen here.
Ghanaians in Politics – Cllr Maria Lovell MBE
The Mayor of Luton, Councillor Maria Lovell MBE gives us a glimpse into what inspired her journey into politics. She became the first Ghanaian to be elected to Luton Borough Council in 2019 and received her MBE for services to the African community in Bedfordshire during the Covid-19 pandemic. Join us here to read more […]
The roots of kaba and slit
Did You Know..the so-called kaba and slit design does not originate from Ghana? It is an import from Nigeria where kaba is defined as a one-piece dress that resembles the buba in shape, but is long enough to hit at the ankles. Other kaba styles incorporate pleats and tucks, but in Ghana it has come […]
Exploring Brazil’s Ghanaian roots
British-Ghanaian journalist Kai Lutterodt can trace her family back five generations to her great great great grandmother who is thought to have come to Ghana from Brazil between 1829 and 1836. She talks to guest blogger Kirsty Osei-Bempong about her discovery and how the information has helped to shape her identity. Click here for Part1 […]
Brixton exhibition preserves Ghana’s past
An East London family had no idea that two bags of letters, papers and documents brought back from Ghana would become the subject of a ground-breaking exhibition. But when the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton got involved and enlisted the help of experts, these old documents – some dating back to 1894 – were deemed to be […]
Ghanaian sitcom star leaves lasting legacy in Kwahu
The late Gyearbuor Asante, who famously played long-term mature student Matthew in hit British sitcom Desmond’s, was also a royal. He came from Tafo, Kwahu, in Ghana’s Eastern Region but rather than follow tradition and become a chief, the young thespian got himself circumcised instead…preventing him from ever becoming a chief, his close friend tells guest […]
In conversation with film-maker legend Ernest Abbeyquaye
Ernest Abbeyquaye is a stalwart of the Ghanaian theatre/film and TV industry and has notched up an impressive number of accolades – the latest being the enviable title of TV and film pioneer at the 2018 GUBA Awards in London (13-14 July 2018). Guest blogger Kirsty Osei-Bempong speaks to the icon in more depth here.
Luton International Carnival 2019
Join us at the exciting Luton International Carnival theme is ” Together as One”
Probing language endangerment in Ghana
A British-Ghanaian documentary-maker is taking her investigations into language endangerment within the Ghanaian community back home. Pamela Sakyi – the woman behind the ‘British Ghanaians: Lost in Translation’ documentary – plans to start filming a sequel in Ghana. The first production features Gadget Show TV presenter Ortis Deley. Guest blogger Kirsty Osei-Bempong finds out more here.