Welcome to Season 2 of the Change Africa Podcast!We kick-off this brand new season on a creative note, featuring Ghanaian writer and storyteller Akotowaa Ofori. She has been described as a weaver of words in many forms including; fiction, non-fiction and spoken-word poetry. In this episode, she shared with Host Isaac Kojo Yedonu Aboah her background and unique experiences in the literary world, her love for writing and her perspective on the creative process.Akotowaa has been included in the long- and shortlists for various awards, among them the 2017 and 2018 Writivism Prizes, the 2020 Toyin Falola Prize, and the 2020 Nommo Awards. Under the mononym of Akotowaa, she has been practicing spoken word poetry for several years, predominantly in Accra. Some of her work appears in the Flash Fiction Ghana anthology Kenkey for Ewes and Other Very Short Stories; in the Writivism anthology And Morning Will Come; and online magazines such as AFREADA, Jalada Africa, and The Kalahari Review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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