Workshops
Accord Young Adult Fiction Workshop
Facilitator: Sarah Odedinah
Dates: Thursday, 13th October, Friday, 14th October, and Saturday 15th October 2022.
Venue: Goethe-Institut Ghana.Open to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop:The workshop focuses on creative writing aimed at young adults between the ages of 8 and 18 years. The workshop will run for three days from the 13th of October to 15th of October 2022 and is open to writers in Ghana who write for the specified age group
Poetry Workshop with Professor, Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Facilitator: Professor, Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 12.30 PM to 4.30 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut Ghana.Open to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: The workshop is geared towards equipping poets with the skills they need to write effectively, to know what they need in order to have a strong voice, the importance of imagery, the power of how tone defines a poet’s sensibility, and finally, how to explore the motifs that make us African poets no matter where we live.
Editing Workshop
Facilitator: Anwuli Ojogwu, Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 2.30 PM to 4.30 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut GhanaOpen to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: This workshop is intended for early and emerging writers, editors and content creators. It will train participants in the fundamental techniques of editing and improving stories. The course will help participants gain understanding of the core building blocks of fiction, and work on identifying strengths and weaknesses of manuscript texts.
Writing For Healing
Facilitator: Araba Ofori Acquah
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 12.30 PM to 2.45 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut GhanaOpen to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: Writing is an incredible tool for creating wellbeing and personal growth. Whether you consider yourself a writer or not, this workshop will show you how you can tap into the healing power of writing and make it part of your self-care routine.
Writing in Ghanaian Pidgin
Facilitator: Fui Can Tamakloe
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 12.30 PM to 2.30 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut GhanaOpen to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: Storytellers for write stories wey demma readers fit relate. De language wey we de writers go use be one way we fit pass top make readers feel wona stories. For Ghana inside, more people dey speak den barb Ghana Pidgin than English language.
De workshop go show participants how dem fit write stories for Ghana Pidgin. Participants wey come de workshop for pass writing exercise wey dey engage demma senses top take understand why we for write for Ghana Pidgin inside. Dem go learn tips den tricks wey fit help dem write for Ghana Pidgin.
Crafting Complex Characters
Facilitator: Maame Blue
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 12.30 AM to 4.30 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut GhanaOpen to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: Inspired by Maame Blue’s debut novel Bad Love which won a Betty Trask Award in 2021, this workshop will cover character self-perception and will focus on contemporary texts as examples, with writing exercises included.
The Blogging Business
Facilitator: Dagny Zenovia
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 12.30 PM to 3.00 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut GhanaOpen to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: Blogging takes writing to the next level when it comes to branding and business.This workshop will teach you how to leverage blogging to make an impact on your chosen topic, industry, or goal. Each attendee will receive a mini-digital marketing strategy guide by me, based on the information submitted at registration. This is a hands-on workshop that will involve interaction and participation instead of lecturing. This workshop is suitable for beginner and intermediate bloggers.
Living & Eating Your Art: Branding, Brand Positioning & Pricing
Facilitator: Poetry Association of Ghana (PAG)
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 12.30 PM to 4.30 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut GhanaOpen to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: Brought to you by the Poetry Association of Ghana, the goal of this 4-hour workshop is to have participants walk away with practical tools to work with in pursuit of a professional artist life. This workshop is open to poets and spoken word artists but not limited to these genres of writing. The workshop also focuses on alternative ways of using your craft, apart from writing and performing.
Fiction Workshop
Facilitator: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Date: Friday, 14th October 2022. Time: 11.00 AM.
Venue: New York University (NYU) Gardens, Labone.Open to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: In collaboration with New York University (NYU) Accra, Jennifer Makumbi, award-winning Ugandan author of Kintu will lead a special workshop on writing fiction. This is a highly competitive workshop. Selected participants are required to attend the special reading event at NYU- Accra in Labone.
The Story of Self
Facilitator: Epifania Amoo-Adare
Date: Saturday, 15th October 2022. Time: 4.20 PM to 5.20 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut Ghana.About the Workshop: What is our individual and/or collective Story of Self? Who are we, as human beings, as a society, as a culture? And how does our sense of Self affect the way we write about ourselves and the world that we live in?
Untold Black: African History Bios with the Accra Writing Experiment
Facilitator: Gbontwi Anyetei
Date: Sunday, 16th October 2022. Time: 5.30 PM to 6.30 PM.
Venue: Goethe-Institut Ghana.About the Workshop: Put together by the Accra Writing Experiment, "Untold Black" is our latest exciting programme which invites participants to reconstruct historical stories through movie scripts, teleplays, podcasts, animation or even a certain kind of documentaries etc. A great story is a great story.
Poetry and Music Workshop
Facilitator: Hondred Percent
Date: Saturday, 15th October 2022. Time: 1.30 PM to 3.30 PM.
Venue: Foundation for Contemporary Art - Ghana.
Open to signed-up participants only.
About the Workshop: Hondred Percent takes participants through Garageband on the iPhone, and demonstrates the unique manner in which he fuses Music with his Poetry. Through this workshop, the Poet Rapper will attempt to create music in real time, to work with a chosen poem. This will be done on an iPhone and will be projected for the audience to view and gain a better understanding of what is possible, through this medium.