Ghana 21

10/13/21 • 25 min

2021 has been a really rough year for Ghana’s LGBTQI people. Police raided and shut down a queer community center in Accra; 21 people attending a paralegal workshop in the city of Ho were arrested and locked up for 21 days before the case was dropped; and eight MPs have come up with draft legislation that, if adopted, makes it a crime just to be queer or a queer ally. But the LGBT community are fighting back - with a #KilltheBill campaign

Edem Robby, a Ghanaian filmmaker, reports on what’s been happening and why - and, in a rare interview, she sits down with some of the so-called Ho 21 to hear the horrifying story of their arrests.

This episode was reported by Edem Robby. Produced and written by Penny Dale. Our Story Editor is Kerry Donahue.

AfroQueer is executive Produced by Selly Thiam

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Edem Robby, a Ghanaian filmmaker, reports on what’s been happening and why - and, in a rare interview, she sits down with some of the so-called Ho 21 to hear the horrifying story of their arrests.

This episode was reported by Edem Robby. Produced and written by Penny Dale. Our Story Editor is Kerry Donahue.

AfroQueer is executive Produced by Selly Thiam

Rachel Wamoto is our social media manager, Tevin Sudi, and Mercy Barno are our audio editors.

Listen to Human being (Just like you) by Wanlov The Kubolor here.

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In 2008, after moving to the port city of Kisumu in western Kenya, Paula Abuor decided to open up her house to other LGBTQ people. Meeting in bars and parks was just too risky - and, as one of Kenya’s LGBTQ ‘elders’, she really wanted young Kenyans setting out on their queer journeys to have a safe space where they could be themselves, embraced by love when their families and friends wouldn’t accept them. That’s how Annette Atieno found herself there - when she was outed by a relative and her mum sent her away from the family home in Nairobi to Kisumu. Annette takes us on a poignant journey to meet Paula and other people from that era. In doing so, we delve into an important chapter in Kenya’s LGBTQ history - and Annette reflects on the role Paula and her Kisumu house played in her own queer journey.

We are proud to have partnered on this episode with Africa Writes 2021 festival. Africa Writes is the Royal African Society’s literature festival. Each festival showcases established and emerging talent from the African continent and its diaspora in what is now the UK’s biggest celebration of contemporary African writing taking place over an exciting weekend at the British Library. The festival features book launches, readings, author appearances, panel discussions, youth and children’s workshops, and other activities. Learn more on www.africawrites.org

AfroQueer Podcast is produced by AQ Studios and Edited on Hindenburg Systems.

This episode was reported by Annette Atieno and Tevin Sudi. Produced by Penny Dale with assistance from Annette Atieno. Written by Penny Dale. Our Story Editor is Kerry Donahue.

AfroQueer is executive Produced by Selly Thiam

Rachel Wamoto is our social media manager and Tevin Sudi is our audio editor.

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Over the past few years, African films - documentaries, features, and animations - have started to attract international attention and are being celebrated by audiences abroad. But at home they are causing a stir in a different way - and they are running into trouble with film classification and censorship boards. Many LGBTQ films have been banned. This episode goes behind the scenes of groundbreaking films made in two of Africa’s biggest film-making countries - Nigeria and Kenya.

This episode was written and produced by Penny Dale, with input from Maeve Frances and Aida Holly-Nambi.

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AfroQueer - Ghana 21

Transcript

00:00:01.159

Hello and welcome to Afro Queer. I'm your host Sally Chum.

00:00:07.969

So before we get into today's episode, a powerful and moving story from Ghana, I want to take a moment to thank our listeners who have been with us since the beginning and our new listeners who have just discovered our show.

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Our first episode of season four was our most listened to episode to date. So thank you to everyone who has shared and poste