The Toyin Falola Interviews: A Conversation with Honourable Kojo Yankah (Podcast, Part 1)
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In this podcast, Honourable Kojo Yankah spoke to various issues around Pan-Africanism, University Education, and Development, all critical to Africa's transformation. He remains committed to the ideas of Pan-Africanism. He explains his commitment to establishing a technical communication University to present a new face for Africa.
The center of all his significant ideas revolves around Pan-Africanism: "It is incredible how many Africans are on this earth, and it is equally surprising how much we know about each other, and how much we know how much power we have." He discusses the movement from the African Unity to the African Union. He reflects on how journalism and communications can aid Pan-Africanism. Very boldly, he encourages the youths to protest against 'adult leadership' in Africa: "Nowhere on this earth has any freedom been given to anybody without protest."
Honorable Kojo Yankah is at the moment building a major museum in Ghana.
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Kojo Yankah is a multi-career Writer, Scholar, Journalist, Author, and the Founder of the African University College of Communication (originally known as the African Institute of Journalism and Communications). He was a member of parliament and minister of state in Ghana. He served in the national media commission and the Board of the New Times Corporation, and the Law Reform Commission.
Yankah practiced journalism for some time until he became Editor of the Daily Graphic. He was involved as a broadcaster in designing a program on Ghana television for the outside world. After being Director of Ghana Institute of Journalism for almost ten years before he went into parliament, he decided he would establish a school with a strong foundation in African Studies and History of Africa after coming out of government. In 1988, he was summoned to be part of the 30-member team of senior journalists from Africa to work with the United Nations to educate Namibians for an educational program before their independence.
Being a communication consultant and public relations expert, Kojo Yankah has served as the chairman of the Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival of Arts & Culture (PANAFEST). He holds a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in English from the University of Ghana.
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