As a little girl, one of the first thing I became conscious of, was my hair. It was thick, it was hard, it was black, it was knotty and it was all kinds of things I loved and hated at the same time. I took it for granted because I had it. My hair had … More Achimota school started an important conversation around hair… and this is why
Interesting that on Valentine’s Day, I wake up thinking of a crab… but crabs are interesting creatures. Even when they appear in human forms, the crab people are most interesting! I am surrounded by a few and they are a study in emotional dexterity. The story goes that one day the female crab wanted to … More The African crab
In a most difficult year, Ghana 🇬🇭 and many African countries managed COVID better than ALL THE WEST AND EAST PUT TOGETHER In a year with so many uncertainties and opportunities quenched, contrary to the top world countries, Ghana organized a seamless election and had the results out in less than 72 hours In a … More Ghana is a world leader and this is why?!
Today, I will follow the link below and send in the name in my heart I wish the Ghanaian industry in called by and this is why… Your name is a call to your spirit… this is why in our culture we name a child so soon after they are born as a deliberate act. … More The Ghana 🇬🇭 Film Industry should have a name chosen by its people and this is why
Standing on my own behalf as the Founding President and on the behalf of the Black Star International Film Festival, I want to say a big congratulations to Heroes of Africa for winning the grand Yaa Asantewaa Odehye award price of $1500.00 Now more than ever, the importance of telling our own stories can not … More Where are the Heroes of Africa!
A couple of days ago, I was watching television with my niece. A young girl just turned 10 years old and very impressionable. Her body is still developing and so is her sense of who she is. Beautiful, black, short hair, white teeth and at this stage, not very graceful yet. Many times I catch … More What we see on Television can help turn the fortunes of Africa and this is why…
GOODWILL MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF FILM MAKERS OF GHANA BY KWAW ANSAH AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE CONTENT COMMITTEE OF THE GHANA FILM AUTHORITY, ON JULY 8, 2020 Honourable Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi, Chairman of the Ghana Film Authority, Mr David Ato Dontoh, the Executive Secretary of Ghana … More The role of African soldiers in defeating Adolf Hitler, edited out of World World II documentaries!
Ghana… a people blessed From the ends of the world we gathered to the center… A people filled with passion and carrying the seed of the almighty creator to conquer and to protect that which we have been blessed from the center… And so we gathered… filled with the seed implanted to play our part … More For a soul so blessed can never stay a mind so poor…
“It is amazing how I never thought through the fact that my self image has been so framed by the images I see on TV of who I am, who and what I am supposed to be… all framed by the expectation of the world I live in. In the eyes of the world, I … More WHAT I SEE IN THE MIRROR OF MY FRAME
Will black people take this God sent opportunity to dig deep and address the issues with our own low self esteem or will we put it all on the white person and expect them to do the work for us? … at the end of the day, the deeper problem lays with why we allow … More What is the color of God we serve…
Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante 