Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson: Recent Episodes
Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson
Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson is a multiple award winning journalist based in Accra, Ghana. This podcast discusses a wide range of issues bordering on news and current affairs in Ghana and internationally.
In many parts of the world, the children have been dismissed and even denied admission to schools due to the fact that they have dreadlocks.
Parents of these children however argue that this is discriminatory because their children are practicing the tenets of Rastafarianism.
This program focuses on the debate by examining the global situation and discussing what Rastafarianism really means.
Guests are Daddy Bosco who is Chair of the Rastafari Continental Council, James Agalga who is a Lawyer and a Member of Parliament in Ghana, and De-Valera N.Y.M Botchway, Associate Professor of History (Africa and Africa Diaspora) at the University of Cape Coast.
This Episode aired on September 19, 2019
John Pombe Magufuli, was President of Tanzania from 2015 until his death in 2021. During his tenure, he was nicknamed 'the bulldozer' for his no nonsense approach. This report compiled in 2017, catalogues some of his notable decisions that earned him the nickname.
With under 50 days to the US election, I engage Political Scientist Richmond Danso, PhD on who Donald Trump and Joe Biden are as candidates and who stands the better chance at becoming the 46th President of the USA.
In this podcast I have a conversation with Nana Kofi Quakyi, a staffer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 run. Nana is also a Research Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at New York University's School of Global Public Health, where he doubles as a doctoral candidate.
During our conversation we discuss his experience working for Hillary Clinton, he also talks about meeting the late John Robert Lewis who was American statesman and civil rights leader (Nana was kind enough to share that audio with us). He also shares his views on the changes in the Democratic Party since 2016.
In this episode, I interview Robinson Woodward-Burns, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Howard University about the Republican Party and the ongoing convention