http://nanaabaduncan.com Media items produced by Nana Aba Duncan Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:10:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Invest in a girl and you can change the world. Recording artist Eternia talks about girls rights and her experience meeting girls across Ontario with the 411 TV: Because I Am A Girl School Tour. http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/11/30/plan-podcast-for-november-eternia/ Eternia blogged about what we're doing during the tour, and made this video. http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/11/28/91/ Voiced for Plan Canada, part of their Gifts of Hope Campaign. http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/11/28/vo-plan-canada-gift-of-a-mango-tree-video/ Being on tour has been amazing.  Fun, tiring, and inspiring. I'm meeting really smart, engaging girls who ask the greatest questions.  Like, "why aren't the boys involved in this presentations?" Or "Why are girls discriminated in the first place - when did it start?" My tour mates are cool too.  Among the ... http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/11/24/mama-burger-in-marathon/ During the tour I'll be blogging.  Plan Canada has asked me to document our experience traveling across Ontario with the Girls Rights presentation tour.  I've been rehearsing with Eternia and Masia One -- two female emcees who will be performing during our show.  I'm excited to be working with them.  ... http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/11/09/blogging-at-becauseiamagirlca/ I'm getting ready for the upcoming Girls Rights tour with 411 Initiative For Change and Plan Canada.  Here's another video I voiced for the Because I Am A Girl campaign. http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/11/04/invest-in-her/ I was hired through Wunderkind to voice part of this ad.  I play both the "young girl" and announcer. http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/10/28/sponsor-a-girl/ When I lived in Ghana five years ago I met a lot of people.  I was working as a reporter through a charitable organization based in Toronto.  Their focus was on human rights issues, so I covered a lot of different stories.  It was hard to meet people affected by ... http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/10/28/new-gig-hosting-411-initiative-for-change-girls-rights-program/ I was voicing Plan Canada's podcasts, and now I edit and produce them.  This is the first one, about malaria in Sierra Leone.  The next podcast will be about the Girls Rights program, the one I'm hosting with the 411 Initiative for Change. http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/10/27/plan-canada-october-podcast/ 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 ... http://nanaabaduncan.com/2009/10/25/i-wrote-a-go-show/