{"id":3731,"date":"2014-08-21T11:03:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:00:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:00:35","slug":"podcast-yewande-omotoso-with-ama-ata-aidoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/podcast-yewande-omotoso-with-ama-ata-aidoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Yewande Omotoso with Ama Ata Aidoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<span lang=\"en\">On International Women&#8217;s Day this year, the writer Yewande Omotoso led a writer&#8217;s masterclass at AWDF House with internationally acclaimed writer Ama Ata Aidoo as our special guest. 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