Episode 255

Inspiring African Food Movements with Aimée Wallin

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January 7th, 2025

39 mins 48 secs

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New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This week we meet Aimée Wallin, co-director at the non-profit Ghana Food Movement. Born of Swedish and Malian heritage, since completing her studies in Ghana, she calls Ghana home and finds herself a political foodie advocating for local eating, sustainable production methods and preservation of black food cultures. Ghana Food Movement is a network for food actors in Ghana with the vision of a resilient local food system that provides jobs and nutritious food for all Ghanaians. At the end of December, they celebrated the opening of their food education hub in Accra, check out the festivities here. The kitchen is open!

Where to find Aimée?
Ghana Food Movement
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook

What’s Aimée reading?
Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Jollof and Other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

Other topics of interest:
About Mali
[Sweden through the Ages](linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden)
Agricology
On Food Insecurity
Malian Cuisine
Try Fonio Flakes
The Blue Skies Story
Perspectives on Sankofa
Food Sovereignty Ghana