Nana Akosua Korantema Hanson

Nana Akosua Hanson has five years of media experience. She works at an urban radio station, Y-FM, as the host of the Y Lounge, a daily evening show, that through the prism of music, celebrity, and popular culture encourages a discussion on social behavior and social standards of conduct with a particular bias towards gender issues. She also co-hosts on Celebrity Fanzone, a weekly talk show with a panel of female co-hosts who discuss a variety of socio-cultural issues. Nana runs a series of sexual consent workshops, dubbed ‘Lets Talk Consent’, in schools in Accra and beyond, in order to fight an endemic rape culture. Nana is currently pursuing a Master of Arts/Philosophy in African studies, with a focus on gender issues. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, she plans to continue her work in gender equality in Ghana through the media and theatre.