asaseba

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter

Instagram

TikTok

https://twitter.com/Makahorney

GUESTS

Makafui (pronouns: she/her)

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/makahorney/

Amma Gyamfowa (pronouns: she/her)

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/womanisthealing/

Website

https://linktr.ee/ammag

RELEVANT NOTES

Open Letter Regarding Ghana’s Anti-LGBTQ Bill

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctNqNIb1KUiEZoHgnF1gBBaAuYvwcERBHn6IBTVh99CQXAhA/viewform

Queers 4 Ghana

https://www.instagram.com/queers4ghana/

What’s Going on in Ghana

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/08/an-anti-lgbtq-bill-ghana-is-outcome-institutionalized-homophobia/

Queer Organizations

LGBT+ Rights Ghana https://www.lgbtrightsgh.org/

Drama Queens https://www.instagram.com/dramaqueensgh/

Silent Majority Ghana https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/

Rightify Ghana

https://www.instagram.com/rightifyghana/

https://twitter.com/RightifyGhana

Queer Activism in Ghana: An Ongoing Struggle (3 Part Series)

Season 1 Transcripts

https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-3/episode-4-ghanaian-hair-and-fashion-history

HOST

This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #oralhistory #canadian #queerghanaianlivesmatter #killthebill #afrofuturism

enOctober 04, 2021

S3E4 History of Ghanaian Fashion and Hair ft. Asaaba

History lover Asaaba joins Michelle to discuss Ghana and Gold Coast fashion, hair, and style from the 1800s to the present, photographs taken by colonialists vs. Ghanaians, Ghanaian photographers James Barnor and Felicia Abban, diversity of the Ga identity, the colonial origins of the kaba and slit, depicting our fashions through her 3D art, the importance of hobbies and more!

Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

SUPPORT

E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.

WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter

Instagram

TikTok

https://twitter.com/AsaabaGH

GUEST

Asaaba is a history lover, occasional 3D artist, and feminist. She enjoys learning new things about her Ga heritage, Ghanaian history and about the many cultures of Ghana. Asaaba spends her free time tweeting about everything and nothing, and dreaming up her next 3D piece.

Social Media

Website

https://www.instagram.com/qimaraws/

https://www.pinterest.ca/AsaabaGH/

RELEVANT NOTES

Season 1 Transcripts

https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-3/episode-3-non-binary-ghanaian-traditional-religions

HOST

This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #oralhistory #canadian #goldcoast #ghanahistory

enSeptember 20, 2021

S3E3 Non-Binary Concepts in Ghanaian Traditional Religions

Michelle is back with a solo episode all about non-binary concepts in traditional Ghanaian religions! She discusses how they manifest within the Ga, Dagomba, Ewe, Akan and Dagaara traditional belief systems. Michelle chats about the various Creators within the different ethnic groups, in particular Ataa Naa Nyongmo, Naawuni, Mawu, Onyankopong/Nyame/Asaase Yaa and Dagaara Gatekeepers.

She also talks about LGBTQIA+ rights in Ghana, the proposed bill that's been drafted to criminalize queer people and advocacy in Ghana, and #KilltheBill.

#QueerGhanaianLivesMatter

Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

SUPPORT

E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.

WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter

Instagram

TikTok

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/23/ghana-anti-gay-bill-proposing-10-year-prison-sentences-sparks-outrage

RELEVANT NOTES

What’s Going on in Ghana

Queer Organizations

LGBT+ Rights Ghana https://www.lgbtrightsgh.org/

Drama Queens https://www.instagram.com/dramaqueensgh/

Silent Majority Ghana https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/

Queer Activism in Ghana: An Ongoing Struggle (3 Part Series)

Topic References and Info

Ga - Ataa Naa Nyongmo

thegadangme.com/kpele

https://kpakpatseweroyalfamily.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/religion-of-the-ga-people-of-ghana/

Dagomba - Naawuni

Thank you Aunty Priscilla!

Ewe/Eʋe - Mawu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx3Pe5wHJdE&ab_channel=TheEweHeritage

https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/09/26/on-category-mistakes-and-androgynous-divinities/

https://voncujovi-s.medium.com/working-ones-destiny-se-in-ewe-vodu-practice-31cf09011c16

Akan - Onyankopong/Nyame/Asaase Yaa

Cloth as a Metaphor: (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth by Kojo Arthur

The Quest For Spiritual Transformation. Introduction to Traditional Akan Religion, Rituals, and Practices by Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa

Dagaara Gatekeepers

Book: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships by Sobonfu Some

Season 1 Transcripts

https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-3/episode-2-the-storytellers-are-the-farmers

HOST

This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #ghanaianpodcast #oraltradition #oralhistory

enSeptember 06, 2021

S3E2 The Storytellers are the Farmers (Ancestral Ghanaian Foods) ft. Abena

Researcher, writer and food consultant Abena joins Michelle to discuss ancestral Ghanaian foods. Abena talks about collecting the narratives of our ancestral foods, documenting the knowledge of farmers in Bolgatanga Upper East Region, valuing African traditions as equal, prioritizing the voices of residents, women farmers, how to NOT replicate colonial behaviours, how we can support small scale farmers and much more!

Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

WEBSITE

SUPPORT

E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter

Instagram

TikTok

https://www.instagram.com/livingtheancestralway/

GUEST

Abena Offeh-Gyimah is a writer, a researcher, a food consultant, and an advocate for an indigenous food sovereignty system. Abena’s passionate about preserving indigenous plants, seeds, and seeks to work in collaboration with small scale African farmers to grow and preserve ancestral foods.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/addablooms/

Website

https://abenaoffehgyimah.com/

https://addablooms.com/

RELEVANT NOTES

Season 1 Transcripts

https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-3/episode-1-the-person-behind-the-voice

HOST

This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #oralhistory #canadian #ancestralfoods #bolgatanga #ghanaianfarmers #food

enAugust 23, 2021

S3E1 The Person Behind the Voice (Michelle's Ghanaian Story)

Asase Ba is BACK with season 3! In this episode, get to know the host and voice behind this podcast: Michelle! Michelle talks about the importance of anchoring ourselves within our work, visibility in the social media era, her childhood in Kumasi, creative expression, intergenerational insights, Sankofa, ancestral wisdom, intentional communities, having Whitney Houston’s voice, reality TV, and much more.

Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

SUPPORT

E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.

WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter

Instagram

TikTok

RELEVANT NOTES

Season 1 Transcripts

https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-2/episode-3-aunty-theresa-ghanaian-story

HOST

This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #oralhistory #canadian

enAugust 09, 2021

S2E3 We Live as a Community (Aunty Theresa’s Ghanaian Story)

In S2E3 of Asase Ba, Michelle talks to Aunty Theresa about moving between regions while growing up in Ghana and the challenges that came with that, Northern Ghana Talensi culture, the Gologo festival, speaking multiple languages, going to teacher’s college in Tamale, her involvement within the Northern Ghana Culture Association in Canada, self care during covid-19, life lessons, community vs individualism, and more.

Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

SUPPORT

E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.

WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA

https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-2/trailer

GUEST

Aunty Theresa

Emails

theresaawuni@yahoo.com

theresaa@dixiebloor.ca

HOST

This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #elder #women

enAugust 03, 2020

Season 2 of Asase Ba is Coming Soon!

Asase Ba is back with season 2! Season 2 is all about the elders - their stories, experiences, and wisdom for the youth. Subscribe to hear when the official first episode drops!

Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA

https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-1/episode-1-queer-ghanaian-man

HOST

This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

SUPPORT

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/bymichb

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #elder #women

enJune 29, 2020

S1E1 A Queer Ghanaian Man's Story

Theatre artist Tawiah joins Michelle to discuss his experiences as a queer Ghanaian man, growing up in Ghana as a queer boy, immigrating to Canada at the age of 14, his work as a theatre artist, finding work in the theatre world as a Ghanaian immigrant, creating work in order to be seen , truths he wants to tell the world, his personal relationship with God, finding language in Twi to describe queerness and much more.

Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

SUPPORT

E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.

WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA

https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-1/episode-0-bonus-episode

GUEST

Tawiah (pronouns: he/him/his) is a Ghanaian-born, Toronto-based theatre artist. He’s also a director, performer, writer, and creator.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teemcarthy/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TawiahMcarthy

Website: https://tawiahmcarthy.com/

Play mentioned: Obaaberima

HOST

This podcast is produced and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.

#ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #queer #lgbt

enJuly 29, 2019

Welcome to Asase Ba

Welcome to Asase Ba! In this minisode, host and producer Michelle introduces herself, talks about the meaning of "Asase Ba", her inspiration behind the podcast, oral tradition, and amplifying the voices of folks whose stories are often untold. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.

TRANSCRIPT

SUPPORT

E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.

WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA