Asase Ba
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAsase Ba podcast honours oral tradition and shines a light on Ghanaian stories that are often untold or silenced. Hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle. Join the conversation by using the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.
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S5E5 Traditional Akan Spirituality in Ghana
October 02, 2023 11:31 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MBIn 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/ SUPPOR...
S5E4 The Ghana x Jamaica Connection ft. Moco
September 18, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBMoco 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 asasebapod@gmail....
S5E3 Queer Visibility and Heteronormativity in Ghana ft. David
August 28, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 35.2 MBDavid 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 MED...
S5E2 Life as an Intersex Person in Ghana ft. Papa Kojo
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 31.5 MBPapa 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 supp...
S5E1 Traditional Education & Indigenous Knowledge in Ghana
July 31, 2023 11:51 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBIn 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 offici...
Season 5 of Asase Ba is Coming Soon!
July 24, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.77 MBWe'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 ...
S4E3 What Was Pre-Colonial Ghana Actually Like? ft. Hermann
November 14, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 26.4 MBOn 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 transcr...
S4E2 Building a Queer Community ft. Omorowa
October 31, 2022 13:49 - 39 minutes - 24.6 MBWe'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 sup...
S4E1 The Impact of Missionaries in Ghana
October 17, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 33.8 MBOn 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...
Season 4 of Asase Ba is Coming Soon!
October 10, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.71 MBWe'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 ...
S3E5 Visions of the Future…From the Imaginations of Ghanaians
October 04, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 32.3 MBOn the season 3 finale of Asase Ba, Michelle discusses the importance of creativity and imagination, Afrofuturism, her visions of the future as it pertains to oral tradition, cultural work, and queerness. We also hear recordings from Makafui and Amma Gyamfowa on their visions of the future, and more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-3/episode-5-future-visions-of-ghanaians SUPPORT E-transfer or via PayPal to asa...
S3E4 History of Ghanaian Fashion and Hair ft. Asaaba
September 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBHistory lover Asaaba joins Michelle to discuss Ghana and Gold Coast fashion, hair, and style from the 1800s to the present, photographs taken by colonialists vs. Ghanaians, Ghanaian photographers James Barnor and Felicia Abban, diversity of the Ga identity, the colonial origins of the kaba and slit, depicting our fashions through her 3D art, the importance of hobbies and more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://www.asaseba.com/podcast/season-3...
S3E3 Non-Binary Concepts in Ghanaian Traditional Religions
September 06, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 24.2 MBMichelle is back with a solo episode all about non-binary concepts in traditional Ghanaian religions! She discusses how they manifest within the Ga, Dagomba, Ewe, Akan and Dagaara traditional belief systems. Michelle chats about the various Creators within the different ethnic groups, in particular Ataa Naa Nyongmo, Naawuni, Mawu, Onyankopong/Nyame/Asaase Yaa and Dagaara Gatekeepers. She also talks about LGBTQIA+ rights in Ghana, the proposed bill that's been drafted to criminalize queer ...
S3E2 The Storytellers are the Farmers (Ancestral Ghanaian Foods) ft. Abena
August 23, 2021 12:20 - 59 minutes - 34.5 MBResearcher, writer and food consultant Abena joins Michelle to discuss ancestral Ghanaian foods. Abena talks about collecting the narratives of our ancestral foods, documenting the knowledge of farmers in Bolgatanga Upper East Region, valuing African traditions as equal, prioritizing the voices of residents, women farmers, how to NOT replicate colonial behaviours, how we can support small scale farmers and much more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT ...
S3E1 The Person Behind the Voice (Michelle's Ghanaian Story)
August 09, 2021 12:29 - 37 minutes - 31.4 MBAsase Ba is BACK with season 3! In this episode, get to know the host and voice behind this podcast: Michelle! Michelle talks about the importance of anchoring ourselves within our work, visibility in the social media era, her childhood in Kumasi, creative expression, intergenerational insights, Sankofa, ancestral wisdom, intentional communities, having Whitney Houston’s voice, reality TV, and much more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://www...
Season 3 of Asase Ba is Coming Soon!
August 02, 2021 10:00 - 4 minutes - 3.98 MBSeason 3 of Asase Ba is dropping very soon! This season features a mixed bag of amazing conversations as well as some solo episodes! Subscribe to hear when the official first episode drops! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-3/trailer SUPPORT E-transfer or via PayPal to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support. WEBSITE https://asaseba.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitte...
S2E5 Respect Personal Support Workers (Aunty Christabel's Ghanaian Story)
August 31, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBIn the Season 2 finale of Asase Ba, Michelle talks to Aunty Christabel about growing up in Accra, living in a compound house, the 80s in Ghana - Rawlings, curfew time, famine in Ghana, boarding school experiences. We also discuss the contradictions within the “land of opportunity” statement, her experiences working as a Personal Support Worker (PSW) including the difficulties, challenges, and disrespect she’s faced in her profession, what it looks like to be a PSW during the COVID-19 pandemi...
S2E4 Let's Listen to Our Children (Uncle Emmanuel's Ghanaian Story)
August 17, 2020 04:01 - 56 minutes - 40.9 MBIn S2E4 of Asase Ba, Michelle talks to Uncle Emmanuel about growing up in the Ashanti region in Ghana, vivid childhood memories, cultural customs and traditions, the political climate when he was growing up in Ghana, moving to Germany then Canada, the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario, life lessons, wisdom for the youth, and his peers, and more! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-2/episode-4-uncle-emmanuel...
S2E3 We Live as a Community (Aunty Theresa’s Ghanaian Story)
August 03, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBIn S2E3 of Asase Ba, Michelle talks to Aunty Theresa about moving between regions while growing up in Ghana and the challenges that came with that, Northern Ghana Talensi culture, the Gologo festival, speaking multiple languages, going to teacher’s college in Tamale, her involvement within the Northern Ghana Culture Association in Canada, self care during covid-19, life lessons, community vs individualism, and more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT ...
S2E2 Who Are You to Stop It? (Aunty Janet's Ghanaian Story)
July 20, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIn S2E2 of Asase Ba, Michelle talks to Aunty Janet about growing up in Accra (La), Ga culture, migration of Ga people, going to school in the Eastern region of Ghana, her passion for art, making jollof, Homowo, her love of church, and much more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-2/episode-2-aunty-janet-ghanaian-story SUPPORT PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/bymichb WEBSITE https://asaseba.com/ SOC...
S2E1 Be Careful How You Talk at Home (Aunty Felicia's Ghanaian Story)
July 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBIn the season 2 premier of Asase Ba, Michelle talks to Mrs. Felicia Botchway about growing up in Ghana during Independence, her family’s journey from Togo, to the Volta Region to Kumasi, The Young Pioneers, herbalism, immigrating to Canada in the 1970, intelligentials, connecting with her Ewe community, her work as a hairstylist and salon owner, how she practices self care, racism in the church, helping seniors during covid-19, wisdom for the youth and parents, and much more! Join in on th...
Season 2 of Asase Ba is Coming Soon!
June 29, 2020 11:00 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MBAsase Ba is back with season 2! Season 2 is all about the elders - their stories, experiences, and wisdom for the youth. Subscribe to hear when the official first episode drops! Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-2/trailer WEBSITE https://asaseba.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ EMAIL [email protected] HOS...
S1E5 Aunty Madam’s Ghanaian Story
September 23, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIn the Season 1 finale of Asase Ba, Aunty Madam joins Michelle to discuss her childhood growing up in Kumasi, her dreams of being a newscaster, becoming a teacher in Ghana, boarding school experiences, immigrating to Canada in 1975, discrimination she faced as an immigrant, her love of fashion, words of wisdom for the youth, and much more. Asase Ba will return soon, follow the podcast on Twitter and subscribe to keep updated on when the show returns. Join in on the conversation! Use the ...
S1E4 Ghanaians and Mental Health
September 09, 2019 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBAmma Gyamfowa joins Michelle to discuss mental health as it relates to Ghanaian Canadian people. They also discuss the state of mental health conversations in the Ghanaian Toronto community, stigma surrounding therapy, alternative ways Ghanaians can approach mental health counselling, addressing familial elders who are experiencing mental health challenges, the role of spirituality and religion in mental health, and much more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. ...
S1E3 A Queer Ghanaian Woman's Story
August 26, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes - 36.9 MBOlivia joins host Michelle to discuss her experiences as a queer Ghanaian woman, bisexuality, biphobia, the nuances of having a romantic and or sexual attraction towards women, her relationship to church, redefining her relationship with God, publishing authentic work while not out, dating when living with family, writing as a de-stressing outlet, sexual health and safety, and much more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/se...
S1E2 Divination & Juju Stigma in the Ghanaian Community
August 12, 2019 09:00 - 58 minutes - 58.9 MBAyo joins Michelle to discuss divination, manifestation, and connecting with ancestors. They also chat about Yoruba divination, stigmas associated with traditional African spirituality, colonial propaganda, religious syncretism as it relates to Islam and Yoruba divination, and much more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-1/episode-2-juju-stigma-ghana SUPPORT E-transfer or via PayPal to [email protected]. T...
S1E1 A Queer Ghanaian Man's Story
July 29, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBTheatre artist Tawiah joins Michelle to discuss his experiences as a queer Ghanaian man, growing up in Ghana as a queer boy, immigrating to Canada at the age of 14, his work as a theatre artist, finding work in the theatre world as a Ghanaian immigrant, creating work in order to be seen , truths he wants to tell the world, his personal relationship with God, finding language in Twi to describe queerness and much more. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRI...
Welcome to Asase Ba
July 20, 2019 18:20 - 5 minutes - 5.81 MBWelcome to Asase Ba! In this minisode, host and producer Michelle introduces herself, talks about the meaning of "Asase Ba", her inspiration behind the podcast, oral tradition, and amplifying the voices of folks whose stories are often untold. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-1/episode-0-bonus-episode SUPPORT E-transfer or via PayPal to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support. WEBSIT...
S1E0 Welcome to Asase Ba
July 20, 2019 18:20 - 5 minutes - 5.81 MBWelcome to Asase Ba! In this minisode, host and producer Michelle introduces herself, talks about the meaning of "Asase Ba", her inspiration behind the podcast, oral tradition, and amplifying the voices of folks whose stories are often untold. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. TRANSCRIPT https://asaseba.com/podcast/season-1/episode-0-bonus-episode SUPPORT E-transfer or via PayPal to [email protected]. Thank you so much for your support. WEBSIT...
S1E0 Welcome to Asase Ba
July 20, 2019 18:20 - 5 minutes - 5.81 MBWelcome to Asase Ba! In this minisode, host and producer Michelle introduces herself, talks about the meaning of "Asase Ba", her inspiration behind the podcast, oral tradition, and amplifying the voices of folks whose stories are often untold. Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod EMAIL [email protected] HOST This podcast is produced and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is al...