In the season 5 finale of Asase Ba, I talk about the traditional spirituality of Akan people. I discuss Nyankopon, Asaase Yaa/Afua, Abosom, Nananom Nsamanfo, Mmoatia, Akomfo, hyebre vs. nkrabea and more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-5/episode-5-akan-spirituality-in-ghana WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod EMAIL [email protected]  HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #atr #africantraditionalreligions #africanspirituality #akanspirituality #akan #akanculture REFERENCES Arthur, K. (2017). Cloth as metaphor: (Re)reading the adinkra cloth symbols of the Akan of Ghana. iUniverse.  Bempah, K. (2010). Akan Traditional Religion: The Truth and the myths. Booksurge.  Botchway, D.-V. N. Y. M., & Sarpong, A. A. (2015). Indigenous work ethics among Akan of Ghana. Religions: A Scholarly Journal, 2015(1). https://doi.org/10.5339/rels.2015.work.14  Coffie, C. K. (2003). Obosom Tigare of nsiakrom: A study of an indigenous religious movement among the Akan of Ghana (thesis). Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1807/118136. Ephirim-Donkor, A. (2008). Akom: The Ultimate Mediumship Experience among the Akan. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 76(1), 54–81. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40006025 Ephirim-Donkor, A. (2017). African religion defined: A systematic study of ancestor worship among the Akan. Hamilton Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield.  Harvey, M. (2015). Medial Deities and Relational Meanings: Tracing Elements of an Akan Grammar of Knowing. Journal of Africana Religions, 3(4), 397–441. https://doi.org/10.5325/jafrireli.3.4.0397 Kwamena-Poh, M. A. (1975). The Traditional Informal System of Education In Pre-colonial Ghana. Présence Africaine, 95, 269–283. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/24349566 Kyerewaa, O. N. A. (2005). The quest for spiritual transformation: Introduction to traditional Akan religion, rituals and practices. iUniverse, Inc.  Kwame Brenya - Abosom (gods). YouTube. (2020, August 29) https://youtu.be/8i_ZytYtoSM Kwame Brenya - Asaase yaa (earth goddess). YouTube. (2020, August 22). https://youtu.be/qBGHGu8km3w Kwame Brenya - ƆKƆMFOƆ (priest). YouTube. (2020, September 12). https://youtu.be/B3c8ZtskNAU Kwame Brenya - HYƐBRƐ (Destiny). YouTube. (2020, October 17). https://youtu.be/EEpVTPYrhoA?si=gdVk6VyK84UMLMoH  

Moco joins me to discuss Afro-Jamaicans and their connection to ethnic groups from Ghana, Koromantis/Coromantees, Jamaican Maroons, some of the experiences of trans and queer people in Jamaica and much more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod EMAIL [email protected]  GUEST Moco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootinnajumieka/ HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #lgbtqia #queerghanaianlivesmatter #jamaica #afrojamaican

David joins me to discuss some of the experiences of queer people in Ghana, the proposed anti-lgbt bill, being visibly queer, heteronormativity, and more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod EMAIL [email protected]  GUEST David Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveRhythm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nanaqwequ12/ HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #lgbtqia #queerghanaianlivesmatter

Papa Kojo joins me to discuss some of the experiences of intersex people in Ghana, documenting queer elders, highlighting marginalized LGBTQIA+ people, queer joy and more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod EMAIL [email protected]  GUEST Papa Kojo Support https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-documenting-queerness-series YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Documenting_Queerness Twitter https://twitter.com/PapaKojoAmpofo Rightify Ghana https://rightifyghana.org/   HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #lgbtqia #queerghanaianlivesmatter

In the season 5 premiere of Asase Ba, I talk about indigenous knowledge and traditional education in Ghana. I discuss the differences between Western education and African indigenous knowledge systems, pre-colonial education in Ghana, benefits of traditional education, what it looks like today and more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-5/episode-1-indigenous-knowledge-in-ghana WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod EMAIL [email protected]  HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #africanindigenousknowledge #traditionaleducation #africanwisdom #folktales #proverbs #atr #africantraditionalreligions #africanspirituality REFERENCES Boateng, F. (1983). African Traditional Education: A Method of Disseminating Cultural Values. Journal of Black Studies, 13(3), 321–336. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2784292 @ewehistory. (2020, December 4). A crab never walks straight but that does not mean he doesn’t know where he is going. 🦀 [Photograph]. Instagram. Retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/p/CIXk3ZYpTrZ/ Kwamena-Poh, M. A. (1975). The Traditional Informal System of Education In Pre-colonial Ghana. Présence Africaine, 95, 269–283. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/24349566 Oyewum, O. (2016). Visualizing the Body: Western Theories and African Subjects. In The invention of women: Making an African sense of western gender discourses (pp. 1–30).  University of Minnesota Press.  Pinto, R. (2019). The Effect of Western Formal Education on the Ghanaian Educational System and Cultural Identity. The Journal of Negro Education, 88(1), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.7709/jnegroeducation.88.1.0005 Somé, M. P. (1994). Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (pp. 226). Penguin Compass. Somé, S. (2002). Homosexuality: The Gatekeepers. In The spirit of intimacy: Ancient African teachings in the ways of relationships (pp. 132–138). Quill.  U.S. Department of Labor. (2021). Women's Median Weekly Earnings by Educational Attainment, Race, and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity. Retrieved from https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/earnings/Women-median-weekly-earnings-educational-attainment-race-Hispanic-ethnicity

We're back with a new season of Asase Ba! Season 5 is another mixed bag of episodes about Ghanaian stories that are often untold or silenced. Subscribe so you can listen when season 5 drops! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod EMAIL [email protected]  HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba

On this episode, we dive into a discussion about pre-colonial Ghana! Hermann (pronouns: he/his) joins us to discuss the romanticization of pre-colonial Ghana, what we can learn from back then, nuances in interpreting history, the limitations of written and oral history, and much more! Join in on the conversation by using the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-4/episode-3-pre-colonial-ghana WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod GUEST Hermann Hermann W. von Hesse on Facebook; h.w.vonhesse on Instagram EMAIL [email protected]  HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #ghanahistory  

We're doing an interview episode! Omorowa (pronouns: she/they) joins us to discuss how they built their queer community, forming communities outside the heteronormative gaze, relationship anarchy, meeting other queer Ghanaians, how queerness expanded her concept of friendship, and more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod GUEST Omorowa (pronouns: she/they) EMAIL [email protected]  HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #queerghanaian #lgbtqghana #queerafrican #lgbtq  

On the season 4 premiere of Asase Ba, we chat about the impact of Christian missionaries in Ghana. We focus on The Basel Mission, its creation, why they came to Gold Coast/Ghana, their major hubs in Akropong (Eastern Region) and Abokobi (Greater Accra Region), techniques they used to convert Ghanaians, how some Ghanaians converted for economic reasons, Ghanaian resistance, how the mission impacted our traditional religions, and more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-4/episode-1-missionaries-impact-in-ghana   WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod RELEVANT NOTES Full list of references/sources available here: https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-4/episode-1-missionaries-impact-in-ghana References Agbeti, J. K. (1986). West African Church history. Leiden : E.J. Brill. Heuser, A. (2016, July 1). Perceptions of basel mission history in Ghana. UGSpace Home. Retrieved September 20, 2022, from https://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32510  Konadu, K., & Campbell, C. (2016). One Hundred and Fifty Years of Christianity in a Ghanaian Town. In The ghana reader: History, culture, politics. essay, Duke University Press.  Koonar, C. (2014). “Christianity, Commerce and Civilization”: Child labor and the Basel Mission in Colonial Ghana, 1855–1914. International Labor and Working-Class History, 86, 72–88. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0147547914000106 Kwamena-Poh, M. A. (1975). The traditional informal system of education in pre-colonial Ghana. Présence Africaine, 95(3), 269. https://doi.org/10.3917/presa.095.0269 NKETIA, J. H. (1953). PROGRESS IN GOLD COAST EDUCATION. Transactions of the Gold Coast & Togoland Historical Society, 1(3), 1–9. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406560 Serena Owusua Dankwa. (2005). “Shameless Maidens”: Women’s Agency and the Mission Project in Akuapem. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, 63, 104–116. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4066639 Sill, U. (2010). Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- and Early Colonial Ghana. Studies in Christian Mission, 39. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004188884.i-422 White, P. (2015). Religion, mission and national development: A contextual interpretation of jeremiah 29:4-7 in the light of the activities of the Basel Mission Society in Ghana (1828-1918) and its missiological implications. Verbum Et Ecclesia, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v36i1.1419   Other Web Sources Basel Mission https://www.mission-21.org/en/what-we-do/project-countries/countries/ghana https://baselmission.org/82-2/ https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/b9edba8e-e874-33f5-bc95-01f88a776cb9   Presbyterian Church of Ghana https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/Origins-Heritage-Birth-of-Presbyterian-Church-of-Ghana-383219   Public Hearing in Regards to Proposed Ghana ANTI-LGBTQI+ Bill - PCG Commentary https://www.facebook.com/gbcghana/videos/live-public-hearing-in-respect-of-the-promotion-of-proper-human-sexual-rights-an/483674053362465/ From 1hr 32min mark Listen to S3E3 of Asase Ba to learn more about the proposed anti-LGBTQI+ bill in Ghana https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-3/episode-3-non-binary-ghanaian-traditional-religions EMAIL [email protected]  HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba #ghanahistory #ghanareligions

We're back with a new season of Asase Ba! Season 4 is another mixed bag of episodes about Ghanaian stories that are often untold or silenced. Subscribe so you can listen when season 4 drops! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. WEBSITE Check out our official website for podcast transcripts and resources by and for Ghanaians at https://www.asaseba.com/ SUPPORT To support the podcast, you can use e-transfer or PayPal and send to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support! SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod EMAIL [email protected]  HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #asasebapod #asaseba