Episode 5: Power of the media

I’m joined by Nii Kotei Nikoi, a photographer, graphic designer, teacher and a media enthusiast to discuss the power of global media. He is broadly interested in popular culture, its power to shape how we see the world and to cause social change. 

He’s also a podcaster, you can listen to his show Our Culture on Soundcloud and Apple Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/user-17380883 

He has two academic articles out:

• Reflections of an international graduate student in a North American Communication Department https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0163443719831183 
• Hiplife Music in Ghana: Postcolonial Performances of the Good Life https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10392 

Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by @kevinbmore. Kevin is a graphic artist with over 10 years’ industry experience  across all design disciplines. He offers brand, digital and print design services using tools such as Adobe CS, Indesign, Photoshop, Audition and Illustrator. He is also the creator of the graphics for Ohemaa Talks. You can contact him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram under @kevinbmore. 

Follow me on Twitter: @Ohemaa_Talks and Instagram: @ohemaatalks.

Stay healthy

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro and Sponsorship
• 1:12 Nii's background
• 8:15 Global media, current state & healthy scepticism
• 14:00 Hollywood: defining norms and morals
• 23:02 Correcting the narrative and ignorance
• 31:09 Perpetual Stories
• 40:49 Moral responsibility and social media
• 45:04 Nii's philosophies and projects
• 50:49 Concluding and Outro