S***hole Country from Radiotopia Presents

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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Afia Kaakyire has a decision to make. And by God, her family is going to help her figure this s*** out.

This week on Snap, we’re featuring S***hole Country. Join Afia as she forages for her family’s guidance in their shared histories during a long-awaited trip to Ghana — true tales dipped in green card anxieties, complicated love, an “Are You the One?” marathon, and liberal portions of the world’s best Jollof. This episode contains explicit language, sensitive listeners please be advised.

The story comes to us from our good friend Afia and Radiotopia Presents. Go listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or at radiotopiapresents.fm You’ll find the other five episodes in this incredible eight-part series.

S***hole Country is written, narrated, and sound designed by Afia Kaakyire and produced by Afia and Mark Pagán. Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich are the executive producers. Cover art by Sindiso Nyoni.

Music Credits:

Theme song by Ria Boss

“Too Late for the Party” by Unheard Music Concepts

“Noodle Opus” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Crisis Averted” by David Hilowitz

“I Kno” by Vincent Augustus

Season 13 - Episode 6

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0:00.0	Snap, judgment, studios.
0:10.4	This story does contain a common curse word since it listeners be advised.
0:14.9	The holidays are fun, right?
0:19.4	Lights, presents, food.
0:22.6	But what if after all the eggnog in the champagne, what you're left with isn't a hangover, but
0:29.6	the biggest decision of your life?
0:32.8	And this dear listener is where our story begins in an eight-part series called Shit Hole
0:38.1	Country.
0:39.1	And it went there.
0:41.0	It comes with an anonymous producer and her friends over at Radio Tokyo Presents.
0:44.6	I'm going to share the first three episodes with you today, four years ago, Afea, 30-something
0:51.6	Ghanaian American looking right here in the Oakland area, she went back to Ghana for the
0:55.6	holidays.
0:56.6	When she returns to the bay, she flies directly into a media firestorm.
1:05.2	My name is Afea and I don't know what to do.
1:13.4	Let's start at the end.
1:15.4	I'm 30.
1:17.7	The youngest of three and the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, born in New York, currently living
1:22.4	in California.
1:24.4	If you were to read my Tinder profile instead of just swiping right in the bikini pick,
1:28.8	which, hey, that's what I say are four.
1:32.5	You'd know I stay loyal to Biggie over Tupac and Sailor Moon over Biggie.
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