{"id":2889,"date":"2013-03-22T19:01:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2015-08-18T14:46:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:46:51","slug":"meet-nana-nyarko-boateng-a-poet-and-writer-who-performed-at-women-of-the-world-talking-about-a-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/meet-nana-nyarko-boateng-a-poet-and-writer-who-performed-at-women-of-the-world-talking-about-a-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Nana Nyarko Boateng, a poet and writer who performed at &#8216;Women of the World: Talking about a Revolution&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2890\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2890 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nana-Nyarko-Boateng-Photo-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Nyarko Boateng \" width=\"538\" height=\"717\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana Nyarko Boateng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span lang=\"en\">Nana Nyarko Boateng is a Writer, Poet, and a Social Entrepreneur. She writes and works to celebrate the human spirit and to promote our bottomless capacity for change. She has worked in Media as a Broadcast Journalist and a Newspaper Editor. She has also served in the Creative Arts and the Publishing industry as a Consultant, a Programs Executive, a Publishing Assistant and a Freelance Writer. She studied English and Political Science at the University of Ghana. Nana currently manages the Gird Center, a Resource and Publication Center based in Accra. \u00a0She believes in breeding and spending beauty. Some of her writing and poetry has appeared in:<b> <\/b><b>Reflections: An Anthology; <\/b>Lynne<b> <\/b>Rienner Publishers<b>, <\/b>United States,<b> <\/b>January 2013. <b>Summoning The Rain, Anthology<\/b>; Femrite, Uganda, May 2012. <b>Look where you have come to sit, Anthology<\/b>; Wolei Publishers, Ghana, March 2011. <b>Defiled sacredness Anthology<\/b>; Mensa Press, UK, September 2010. <b>We are one from one place Anthology<\/b>; Mensa Press, UK, September 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">See footage below of Nana Nyarko&#8217;s recital, reading and narration at the book slam held on International Women&#8217;s Day.<\/span>\n<p><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5cvgsdvw6vg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[243,171,244,214,212,220],"class_list":["post-2889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-gird-centre","tag-iwd","tag-nana-nyarko-boateng","tag-poet","tag-women-of-the-world-talking-about-a-revolution","tag-writer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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