
The first time my love for music and popular culture was validated was at UNTOLD: a London-based black magazine I worked at in the early 2000s. I would go on to become a radio journalist here in Accra, breaking a news story that lead to the resignation of an acting Minister of State. Thereafter, I became one of Ghana’s first digital media professionals, pioneering the social media blueprint that most Ghanaian radio stations follow today, and becoming the first person employed by the Ghanaian government to work full-time on social media (at the Constitution Review Commission).
Below are a few times I have been interviewed or written about for my work in culture, creativity, digital media, and education.
Interviews & Features
BBC: Leaving the UK and Going Home to Ghana
The Independent: After the ‘Year of Return’, Ghana’s government hopes to reunite the Diaspora
CNN: She wants women to have good sex. So she started a website where they can talk about it (safely)
True Africa: Fuckboys & Feminists: An African Woman’s Burden
The Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast: (De)Centering the D
The AccraWeDey Podcast
Next City: Festival Aims to Prove Art Can Directly Benefit a City’s Poorest Citizens
Writing
James Murua: 2020 Morland Writing Scholarships Announced
Molara Wood on the John La Rose Short Story Competition
Digital Media
Ashesi University: Retooling technology to make learning fun: the case of the Ashesi class that has lessons on Whatsapp
Global Voices: Ghana: Want a new constitution? Text 1992
Lecturing + Education
Ghana Studies Conference 2019: commentary on Sonic Lecture on the History of Highlife
Webster University: Webster Ghana Examines the ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Documentary Series
Ashesi University: On Pop Academia: lecturer Kobina Ankomah-Graham looks beyond academic systems
Videos
CitiTV Breakfast Daily: ‘Should you compromise your happiness for the success of your relationship?’ CitiTV
CitiTV Breakfast Daily: ‘Should it be a problem if a woman is independent?’
This is Africa: Interview
DJing
Culture Trip: Meet the DJs transforming Accra’s Nightlife
Harmattan Rain: House Rules Interview
Beatphreaks: Turning Tables with Kobby Graham
No Requests: DJ snippet