멀리서 온 여자| The One with Abena Boakyewa-Ansah – Beyond Race and Skin Color: Episode 6 (2020)

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The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: The One with Abena Boakyewa-Ansah

Here’s introducing Abena Boakyewa-Ansah, a first-generation Black British woman, living in the American South since 2016. She was born in Scotland, raised in England by her Ghanaian father and Trinidadian mother. After studying the American Civil War as an undergraduate, she learned the untapped power of black narratives in American history, and how they can inform pursuits of racial justice, equality, and reconciliation, today. This led her to where she is now, Nashville, Tennessee, pursuing her Ph.D. in History. Besides being a self-confessed nerd, Abena is a woman of faith, enjoying theology and seeking to ask the hard questions of the world and life, in order to have a deeper understanding of God.

And in this episode, we explored her identity via her ancestral roots and the one borne in Christ. We also talked about surviving America, racial identity, mental issues in grad school, and dating in your 20s.

Notable Quotes:

Abena says:

What the world has to offer is a sense of equality that says, “you are as good as me,” which is half of the conversation. But I think what the church has to offer is actually the opposite, which is that I am as broken as you are, and together we can bring our brokenness forward and be made perfect in Christ.

Quotes from her father:

When you are a Christian, you have a family and can find people.
Finding someone is not the only way you can be fulfilled and have a fulfilled life. If God brings someone into your path, it's ok, but it is not what you need to have a fulfilled life.