Introducing the team behind #Justice4Her – and next steps for the campaign!
These are historical times. The week after the hashtag #metoo took over the world, Ghana saw the perhaps most successful social media campaign ever, #Justice4her, in response to a very brutal sexual assault case. I…
#PaGya Literary Festival in Accra: 3 Observations
test #PaGya Literary Festival in Accra This weekend the new literary festival PaGya (I believe the meaning is “To light a fire” in Akan) organized by Writers Project Ghana happened. Here are my impressions. 1….
My Summary Schedule for the AS-AA conference in Accra 12-14 Oct, 2017
On Thursday, the Second Biennial African Studies Association of Africa (AS-AA) conference is taking off here in my academic home, the Institute of African Studies at University of Ghana Legon. It is a three-day conference…
My Week: Teach, Do Research and Work-Family Balance?
This week, I have a demanding and varied set of tasks ahead. Monday, I will be welcoming guests to Ashesi University from Kenyon College, Ohio, US (Their 2020 plan is interesting and impressive). I am the…
Sunday Reads Sep 17, #KajsaHASundayReads
This week I read: Female entrepreneurship rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are the highest in the world, according to a new report that says women’s entrepreneurial activity is increasing globally. Africa doesn’t need white tech entrepreneurs…
My Week Following The @Sweden Curatorship Experience, #SMWiAccra
So last week, I had the honor of being the curator of the twitter account @Sweden. With a click, I increased my following by 10 and was the seven-day temporary face of my native Sweden. In…
The Week When I Increased My Twitter Following by x10
This week I have the honor of representing my native Sweden as the curator of the Twitter account @Sweden. It is every week run by a new Swede or person living in Sweden (this week…
Sunday Reads Sep 3, #KajsaHASundayReads
This week I read: 1. Why a Swedish top academic chose to leave his professorial chair at Oxford Uni. https://t.co/dRzuSFCunl #KajsaHASundayReads #highered — Kajsa Hallberg Adu (@kajsaha) September 3, 2017 2. Why election observers were…
Three Weeks without Social Media: Was I Happier in the End?
To be able to have a completely restful vacation, I took three weeks off social media this summer. What I intended was to not read or post anything on my three favorite social media platforms:…
Chale Wote 2017 is Finally Here: #WataMata
Yaaaaay! Chale Wote Street Art Festival is here again! This year an array of Artist Labs are followed by a weekend of public street madness in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana. The full program (PDF) that this…
I’m taking a social media pause
Don’t go looking for my latest snappy Tweet, funny Instagram photo, or Facebook banter in the next two weeks. I’ll be offline. I might read a book. Bake a bread. Swim. Sleep early. Eat ugly…
