Ghana Independence Day edition of Yɛllɛ: a 2-part convo w lawyer Abena Hutchful & professor Akua Gyamerah on the renewed push for a hate law undoing Ghana’s hard-won freedoms.
Part 1: The Emergency – https://t.co/fM6VFcEML9
Part 2: The Solutions – https://t.co/Qk3Fxpd1ym
Breakdown of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 (New Anti-LGBTQ Bill)
Learn more about how the bill may affect your life and livelihood
https://t.co/EkeQsg5Owq
On MLK Day two years ago today, BRIEF TENDER LIGHT premiered across America on @PBS/@POVdocs. As we work to bring the film to more people, I’m excited to share new ways to watch in this thread, from home viewing to worldwide educational licensing: https://t.co/JaTIO1dU4h
New Yɛllɛ episode: @clevabanking founders Tolu Alabi & Philip Abel Adama.
700K+ customers in 2.5 years.
Real stories behind how they built it.
Full convo: https://t.co/cH601DFaAA
#AfricanTech#StartupLife
“Wo Fie” was originally written in 2002 – but it found its moment 20 years later as a Pride hit.
@angelmaxinetv on why she revisited the song, how @wanlov delivered his verse overnight, why @deborahvanessa7 essential, and how refusing to censor the truth helped the song travel.
Oscar shortlists dropped.
Tomorrow on Yɛllɛ:
Should African filmmakers care about the Oscars? – with @tambayobenson (film journalist/critic and @akorokoafrica founder)
📅 Thurs, Dec 18 @ 1pm NY / 10am LA
📺 IG Live: https://t.co/z2LYtt0cIi
“The first stories I knew came from my mother.”
Joewackle J. Kusi (@JoewackleGh) on oral tradition and growing up with Ghanaian storytelling.
Excerpt from Yɛllɛ: Storytelling from Ghana
🎥 Full conversation: https://t.co/MVD4N5W7pk
I’m starting something new. Yɛllɛ – “conversation” in Dagaare – launches Dec 10.
Episode 1: Storytelling from Ghana with filmmaker Joewackle J. Kusi @JoewackleGh
📍 Wed Dec 10: 12pm NY / 5pm Accra
📺 Live on IG: https://t.co/C4Ix0wqs81
Join us!
Reel Stories: A Film Series - "Brief Tender Light" | Nov. 19 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | AT 183
Discover an inspiring POV film about African students at MIT turning global experiences into change back home. Join us for this 93-minute screening, as part of International Education Week.
USA🇺🇸 – New York:
🗓️Nov 21 @ 18:00
Columbia University
Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Satow Room
🎤In-Person Discussion with Director Arthur Musah
Details: https://t.co/50wC7ps3bp
Happy #InternationalEducationWeek! 🌍 To students crossing oceans to learn & to educators building bridges across cultures — you make the world better. Grateful that #BriefTenderLight can join #IEW celebrations. Here’s to global learning, belonging & possibility. ✨
Next up: #ColumbiaUniversity screening of #BriefTenderLight film, with post-screening Q&A!
🗓️Friday, Nov 21 @ 6PM
📍Columbia University, Lerner Hall – Satow Room (2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027)
Details: https://t.co/50wC7ps3bp
#InternationaEducationWeek#IEW
Today 🗓️Nov 7 @ 16:00 at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, ICTP's Leonardo Building, Budinich Lecture Hall, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste. Free screening of BRIEF TENDER LIGHT+ conversation after: https://t.co/SeloijaIpB