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Edem Abbeyquaye is a PhD student in the Film and Media Department. She has a BA in Communications and researched feminist documentary filmmaking in Ghana for her master’s degree. She is a journalist turned documentary filmmaker/photographer, feminist and queer activist and has almost a decade of working experience. She has worked in activist spaces providing intersectional multimedia and Communications support to activist courses and groups. Edem comes to film as an activist and is interested in ways in which marginalized populations and social justice activists in Ghana can use alternative media for (self)representation and social change. She is a cofounder of, and the Director of the African Grad Students at Queen’s Club.

Research interests: Documentary filmmaking, Alternative Media/Activist Media Making, Feminism, Queer Activism, Social Justice.