The amazing Lady Dentaa Amoateng is our guest this Christmas day on the Arts Africa show. Lady Dentaa is the founder of the GUBA Awards, a non-profit organization that focuses on enriching the African community in the diaspora and on the continent by celebrating the achievements of individuals and organisations. As if that were not enough, she is also an entrepreneur, philanthropist, activist, actress, TV host, singer and producer, and the recipient of many, many prestigious awards including an MBE (Member of the order of the British Empire) in the 2016 queen’s birthday honours. Join host, Alb ..read more

One million YouTube subscribers! Africa's biggest travel YouTube content creator, Wode Maya, hit a million subscribers in December 2021. On this episode of Arts Africa, Wode engages with host, Alba K Sumprim in a riveting conversation. From a small village in Kofikrom, Ghana, Wode travelled to China to study to become an aeronautical engineer. Traumatic experiences of racism altered his career path into now becoming the most popular travel Youtube content creator in Africa. He travels the length and breadth of the continent, as he tells the African story with a wide collection of engaging vide ..read more

On Arts Africa this week, the charismatic Wode Maya, Youtuber and vlogger with nearly one million subscribers, joins us in the studio. From his small village in Kofikrom he travelled to China to study to become an aeronautical engineer. Traumatic experiences of racism altered his career path and he is now the most popular travel Youtuber in Africa, recognized the length and breadth of the continent, as he tells the African story with a wide collection of engaging videos that are changing the narrative about Africa ..read more

On Arts Africa this week, the charismatic Wode Maya, Youtuber and vlogger with nearly one million subscribers, joins us in the studio. From his small village in Kofikrom he travelled to China to study to become an aeronautical engineer. Traumatic experiences of racism altered his career path and he is now the most popular travel Youtuber in Africa, recognized the length and breadth of the continent, as he tells the African story with a wide collection of engaging videos that are changing the narrative about Africa ..read more

Khethukubonga Zasemgazini Ntshangase, known simply as Khethi, joins us in the Arts Africa show this Saturday. She is an afrosouljazz singer/ songwriter and poet whose voice infuses the blues and jazz of the likes of Nina Simone and Jill Scott. Blending urban sounds with African soul on jazzy blue notes, she is a social activist who uses music as a tool of communication for upliftment and awareness. With 15 years of creative industry, she has created a multi-textured body of work, producing two solo albums – Exemplify and Woza Moya. Her company The Elevators Creative Concept [TECC] produces liv ..read more

This week on Arts Africa, my guest is Ivy Prosper, a power woman juggling many important roles. She is a TV Host, Producer, Writer and Public Speaker, and the author of ‘Your Essential Guide to Moving to Ghana’. She is the Social Media Manager for the ‘Year of Return’ and ‘Beyond the Return’ initiatives, under the Ghana Tourism Authority, and has been influential in helping to shape the narrative of Africa and connecting the diaspora with Ghana through her social media platforms. Let me tell you right now, this is going to be an incredible conversation so don’t miss out ..read more

On this episode of Arts Africa, Ghanaian Afro-soul singer and songwriter, Maame Esi Essilfie, popularly referred to as Essilfie joins us in the studio! Essilfie has always loved music and melodies. Her first interaction with music was through her vibrant parents who loved all types of genres from country music to funk to reggae to highlife contributing to her diverse taste in music. For as long as she remembers, singing, writing music and poetry came naturally to her but she was a closeted creative. At that point she was not quite ready to share that with the world but slowly she built up her ..read more

Ghanaian writer, filmmaker and podcaster, Joewackle J. Kusi joins us on this week's episode of Arts Africa. Joewackle's focus is on telling stories that have soul and is often centered on uncomfortable yet relevant social conversations, spanning religion, family systems, gender, sexuality, lifestyle and culture. His debut feature, LUCKY was described by critics as an instant cult classic. It mirrors the social and cultural lifestyle of the Ghanaian millennials. Joe followed that up with BOYS NO DEY CRY, a short film that explores the complexities of toxic masculinity, mental health, religion ..read more

On this episode of Arts Africa we speak to Maya Asiyah Roze. Flying the Botswana flag high, Maya wears different hats; she is an arts activist, a commentator and practitioner specializing in spoken word and live music performance. Maya aspires to share the love, wisdom, pain, challenges and victory through her chosen creative path ..read more

The very talented, multi-award-winning fine artist, Anne Blankson-Hemans shares with us her story on being a fine artist. Anne speaks with Alba on how her desire for art at an early age, led to her drawing her first art piece on the only available paper, her then baby brother's birth certificate. That hilarious act of mischief blossomed into a whole array of en plein air sketches and paintings beautifully lined in her studio in the UK. Get to know more about Anne as Alba hosts this inspiring laughter-filled interview. Enjoy ..read more