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Glocal CitizensGlocal CitizensEpisode 251: Weaving Ourselves into Stories with Ivana Akotowaa OforiGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week is the finale of our writing as activism series at the 2024 Pa Gya! Literary Festival. It has been such a pleasure bringing the works and words of these writers to a wider audience. It has been a wonderful multi-generational compilation of wisdom across genres. Joining us this week is Ivana Akotowaa Ofori, a Ghanaian storyteller known also by the alias, “The Spider Kid.” She is a weaver of words in many forms, including fiction, non-fiction and spoken-word poetry. Akotowaa has been nominated for various awards for her prose writing. Her work is incl...2024-12-101h 04Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalListen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Year of Return by Ivana Akotowaa OforiPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630326to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Year of Return Author: Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Narrator: Anniwaa Buachie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A Ghanaian journalist based in the US returns to Ghana with a few friends for the holidays in December 2019. That month is meant to be the climax of the Ghanaian government’s year-long 'Year of Return' initiative, commemorating 400 years since the first slaves from West Africa arrived in Virginia. 'The Year of Return' takes on a whole new meaning when large numbers of ghosts—formerly ensl...2024-05-212h 48Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenFind Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenThe Year of Return by Ivana Akotowaa OforiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Year of Return Author: Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Narrator: Anniwaa Buachie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A Ghanaian journalist based in the US returns to Ghana with a few friends for the holidays in December 2019. That month is meant to be the climax of the Ghanaian government’s year-long 'Year of Return' initiative, commemorating 400 years since the first slaves from West Africa arrived in Virginia.'The Year of Return' takes on a whole new meaning when large numbers of gh...2024-05-2105 mincanonPodcastcanonPodcastEpisode Two: Ivana Akotowaa OforiOur featured poet for this episode is the writer and poet Ivana Akotowaa Ofori (The Spider Kid). In this second episode, she reads her poem "Heat" and speaks about its composition process, and what Ama Ata Aidoo means to her—a young Ghanaian woman writer. In her poem, Akotowaa demonstrates an exquisite language bending technique that makes poetry out of the space around the words on the page. We have posted her poem "Heat" (in text) on our twitter page @Canon_Podcast simultaneously with this episode.2022-10-1605 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep8: Why the Owl is NocturnalRaiders keep coming into the animal kingdom to pillage and destroy, every night. At first, the king, Ɔhene Gyata, commissions the spider Kwaku Ananse to protect the animals. When this fails, the owl, Patuo, takes over the responsibility. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Reynolds Addow as Kwaku Ananse Prince Benjamin as Ɔhene Gyata Joshua Adjeman as Patuo Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed by Joshua Adjeman Cover Art and Design by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori2018-12-1200 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep7: Why Rabbits Have Long EarsThe rabbit mother, Adanku, should have known better than to leave her many children in the care of a trickster spider. Kwaku Ananse, tired of how annoying these rabbit kids are, strikes a wicked deal with the snake, Ɔwɔ. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Reynolds Addow as Kwaku Ananse Ari Woode as Ntikuma Efua Boham as Ɔwɔ Akotowaa as Rabbit Child Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed by Joshua Adjeman Cover Art and Design by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori2018-12-0500 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep6: How the Hedgehog Got His SpinesKwaku Ananse and Okonore Yaa are extremely excited to have discovered a maize farm that “nobody” seems to own. However, the farm owner, Apɛsɛ the hedgehog, soon returns, and now the couple must find a way to keep him distracted. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Reynolds Addow as Kwaku Ananse Joy Adomaa Adjeman as Okonore Yaa Ari Woode as Ntikuma Robin-Huws Barnes as Apɛsɛ Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed by Joshua Adjeman Cover Art and Design by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori2018-11-2800 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep5: Kwaku Ananse and the Water GodAfter a long dispute between the sky god and water deities, there is drought in the land. Kwaku Ananse and his family desperately need to fetch water from the river. But when the water god, Antoa Nyama, discovers that Ananse is the son of sky god Onyankopɔn, things go south very quickly. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Reynolds Addow as Kwaku Ananse Joy Adomaa Adjeman as Okonore Yaa Ari Woode as Ntikuma Henry Desouza Nelson as Tikelenkele Evans Kafui Offori as Antoa Nyama Joshua Adjeman as Nankonhweaa Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed b...2018-11-2100 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep4: How the Lion Lost His ClothesKwaku Ananse gets upset at how proud his hunter friend, Gyata the Lion is about his beauty and the fact that he will soon be king. Ananse the weaver thus decides that it’s time to strip the lion of his pride. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Reynolds Addow as Kwaku Ananse Prince Benjamin as Ɔhene Gyata Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed by Joshua Adjeman Cover Art and Design by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori2018-11-1400 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep3: Why the Horse's Mane is ThinOkonore Yaa’s beauty begins to wane as her hair loses its appeal. Kwaku Ananse, not wanting to lose the privilege his wife’s beauty brings, betrays his friend, Pɔnkɔ the horse. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Reynolds Addow as Kwaku Ananse Ari Woode as Ntikuma Henry Desouza Nelson as Tikelenkele David Adjeman as Pɔnkɔ Joshua Adjeman as Random Village Person Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed by Joshua Adjeman Cover Art and Design by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori2018-11-0700 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep2: How the Bull Got Curved HornsThe bull, Nantwie, is on a long journey and needs a place to spend the night. Okonore Yaa generously opens her home to him, but Kwaku Ananse isn’t happy about that at all. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Joy Adomaa Adjeman as Okonore Yaa Henry Desouza Nelson as Tikelenkele Fui Can-Tamakloe as Nantwie Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed by Joshua Adjeman Cover Art and Design by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori2018-10-3100 minGreen Green GrassesGreen Green GrassesGGG Ep1: Why The Spider Uses its Web to Catch FoodWhen a famine in the animal kingdom shows no sign of ending, Okonore Yaa sends Ananse and Ntikuma out to look for food. In the forest, they meet Anomaa, a clever bird who looks suspiciously well-fed. Cast: Naana Ocran as OTC's Ntiwaa Reynolds Addow as Kwaku Ananse Joy Adomaa Adjeman as Okonore Yaa Ari Woode as Ntikuma Love Adjeman as Anomaa Created and Scripted by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Produced, Directed & Mixed by Joshua Adjeman Cover Art and Design by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori2018-10-2400 min