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A Tale from Ghana For this year’s #worldfolktalesandfablesweek2022, we bring you a tale from Ghana. Although the Anansi tales originate from Ghana, variations of the tales can be found in other parts of West Africa, USA, and the Carribeans. The stories were carried across oceans and seas by enslaved Ghanians […]
Black History Month Randall Adjei – Ontario’s Inaugural Laureate Poet Randall Adjei, born in Ghana and raised in Scarborough, helps kicks off YSYF’s campaign this Black History Month: What does it mean to be #BlackInCanada? Adjei was most notably named Ontario’s first laureate poet in 2021, a position awarded by […]
International Day of Education The Writing’s on the Wall (In English): Social Challenges in Language Policy and Education in Africa “It is axiomatic that the best medium for teaching a child is his mother tongue.” This quote comes from the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO’s) 1953 report […]
What is Consent? As part of Yayra-Si Youth Foundation (YSYF)’s Shai Osu-doku Teenage Pregnancy Initiative (SOTPI), we have translated Emmeline May and Blue Seat Studios’ “Tea Consent Video” into Twi and Dangbe, both common dialects in Ghana. Although English is widely spoken across the country, translating the video to Twi […]
From a Clothing Rack to an Overseas Landfill Sorting through a pile of my clothes earlier this year, I found my favorite green dress. Its color was a bit faded, a few buttons were missing and the edges were slightly frayed. I considered pulling out the sewing machine or donating […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we highlight Angela Peace Worname. Angela Peace Worname was born in 1966 and is a Beautician by trade, but is a life-long student. She has nearly 20 certifications from Monitoring […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we highlight Farida Bedwei. Born in 1979, Farida Bedwei is a modern Ghanaian role model everyone can learn from. Bedwai is a software engineer by trade, having co-founded Logiciel, a company […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we highlight Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa, also known as Ghana’s Warrior Queen. Born on April 17,1840, Yaa Asantewaa was a skilled farmer before becoming a Queen Mother in the 1880’s. […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we commemorate Akua Akyaa Nkrumah. Akua Akyaa Nkrumah was a prominent environmental scientist, researcher and blogger of “Green Ghanian”, a blog outlining sanitation and green politics. In her lifetime, she […]
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH YSYF will be hosting our Women’s History Month Campaign to spotlight powerful/influential woman in Ghanaian history. Today we commemorate Madam Theodosia Salome Abena Okoh, the woman behind the design of the Ghanaian Flag, embodying independence and strength for the entire nation. After years of public riots and […]
