Inspiring Open #11:  The Price of Speaking Truth to Power with Nana Ama Agyemang Asante
Channel: Wiki In Africa
Date: 2022-08-17

The Price of Speaking Truth to Power - an interview with Nana Ama Agyemang Asante

Nana Ama Agyemang Asante was once the most abused female public figure in Ghana. As a journalist covering politics, gender and business, Nana Ama has been speaking truth to power and holding governments accountable for years. She has provided the much-needed feminist perspective on national issues and debates on radio. Even though she loves what she does, her high profile and feminist views have opened her up to incessant abuse and made her one of the most targeted female radio hosts in Ghana. That’s not stopped her from using her platforms to fight for the oppressed. Nana Ama is a fellow at the Reuters Institute of Journalism at the University of Oxford and the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington DC. Her most recent work was the Ghanaian Women Expert project, which tracked the number of women experts interviewed in Ghanaian media.

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02:21     Childhood
07:01     Education
10:21     Early Journalistic Career
15:33     Working at Jhr
20:28     Citi FM Breakfast Show
30:31     Being abused on the radio and online
38:19     The health toll of online abuse
42:08     The problems with journalism in Ghana
49:16     Religion and the problems of Church and State

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