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Finding My Distant Relatives in Kenya – Romain Mari

Finding My Distant Relatives in Kenya – Romain Mari

Romain Mari is a social entrepreneur and a good friend that I have known since middle school in France.   Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology and Ecology and a Master’s in Environmental Management, he set out to build a business with a purpose in...

Ayesha Harruna Attah on Being a Published African Writer

Ayesha Harruna Attah on Being a Published African Writer

With the release of her latest book The Deep Blue Between, Ayesha Harruna Attah has now authored four books. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Ayesha about her journey to publishing her books, her writing routine, and what inspired her latest book. As a...

Becoming a Ghanaian Content Creator – Joseph Nti

Becoming a Ghanaian Content Creator – Joseph Nti

Joseph and I met at Ashesi University in Ghana in 2014. I had been invited on campus to be a judge on an elevator pitch contest that he ended up winning. I was impressed by his energy, enthusiasm, and creative ideas. Fast forward to 2020, and Joseph has launched both...

Making Olympic History Rowing For Benin — Privel Hinkati

Making Olympic History Rowing For Benin — Privel Hinkati

I first heard about Privel a couple months ago. I was busy scrolling through my LinkedIn feed and saw an article posted by our common friend, Esther Lofgren. Esther is a rower and an Olympic gold medalist. She won the gold medal in the women’s eight at the 2012 Summer...

How to Make Space for Your Passions - Nathan Quao

How to Make Space for Your Passions - Nathan Quao

Nathan is an award-winning Ghanaian journalist and a good friend. We met shortly after I moved to Ghana and was invited by Sammy Bartels, a mutual friend, to talk about rowing on tv. Nathan is one of the most productive people I know and when he is not busy hosting tv...

10 rules from Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

10 rules from Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

This book seemed like a good read after I recently finished Viktor Frankl’s classic “A Man’s Search for Meaning”. It has 208 pages, so I figured that I could finish it within a week, before diving into another complex book. Co-authors Hector Garcia and Francesc...

Quotes from Man’s search for meaning by viktor Frankl

Quotes from Man’s search for meaning by viktor Frankl

I picked up this book a couple years ago after seeing that it came highly recommended by many authors, bloggers and podcasters that I follow. I realized straight away that it is one of those books that I did not want to read through quickly, so I took my time getting...