Historically, African voices have been underrepresented and misrepresented in global media. Calls for the decolonization of journalism and the global media landscape more broadly have consistently gro...
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah is the author of The Sex Lives of African Women, which was listed by The Economist as the best book of the year 2021. A queer person, Nana is also the co-founder of Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women, a website, podcast and festival that publishes and creates content that tells stories of African women’s experiences around sex, sexualities, and pleasure. She is a communications strategist across media platforms, and is widely recognised as a leading African feminist working at the intersections of gender, sexualities and technologies. In 2022, she was cited by the BBC in its list of 100 inspirational and influential women from around the world. Nana lives in Accra, Ghana with her daughter Asantewaa, and her dog Romeo.
For way too long now, mainstream media in the Global South--particularly in Asia and Africa--has underreported and often misreported the identities, stories and issues of LGBTQIA+ persons. The coverag...
