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Yao Afra Yao

Accra
Covers:  Human rights, Law, Governance, Global Issues, Africanism, African Diaspora, Pan-Africanism, Globalisation, Information Technology, Art, Literature, Africa’s Economic and Socioeconomic Development

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The writer's autobiography is whatever the author pens. Black history has turned a fresh new page; our everyday lives is the re-writing of this history. Bent on writing a great one for our generations to come—this is why the writer attempts writing.

Yao Afra Yao attempts introspection as best as Yao can. And this introspection, Yao being Black, finds itself a whole lot of times, into Black. Yao being human, this introspection finds itself, too, into humanity. Let the reader be introspective en…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Not a job, per se. I do freelance writing. I write for newspapers, magazines--online and offline, local and international, as columnist.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No--this says a lot about my age, does it not?

How is social media changing news?

Social Media has provided a platform. The catch is how wide and unwatched this platform has become. News constantly risks a loss of integrity