Nana Aba Duncan

Been a while since I’ve let you know what’s going on.  Why?  Busy!  And that’s a good thing.  A few things have changed since you last read: I started producing features on Radio Two, wrote some shows for GO! and hosted another Sistahs Concert.  I’m about to embark on another tour with the 411 Initiative for Change, and the summer has me working with the amazing Garvia Bailey.

Oh - and I got engaged!  Not work related, but it does put a nice sunny glow over it all.

If you want to know a bit about the engagement (it happened on a trip to Ghana!), click on my post with Coco&Lowe here.

And it was tough.  Probably the toughest thing I’ve done in a long while.  I pitched an idea and it turned into the Work Spouse show for GO! on October 24, 2009 at CBC Radio One where I work.

I wasn’t the only one who wrote it, and not all the ideas were mine.  Many others pitched in after its first iteration.  What I’ve learned most is

a) Writing long-form radio in a comedy format is HARD.

b) I have much, much more to learn.

Have a listen here.

The story of Ayesha Mansur, an actor.  She was in New York trying to make it big as a dancer when the twin towers fell.  She tells the story of what happened to her life after that.

Soundscape produced in collaboration with Garvia Bailey.  Aired on CBC Radio One’s Big City Small World, Saturdays at 5 p.m. EST with host Garvia Bailey.

 

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