THE TIMES: THE CHALLENGE TO CREATE BETTER ARTS

This post is written by EliMuzik (Edward Ayikoe), a Ghanaian musician who is passionate about his music and the state of music as it exists in today’s world. He is a FELARITE, meaning takes inspiration from Fela Kuti. I asked him to put together his thoughts on the state of arts (music) in Ghana after reading a string of posts […]

Opinions 2 min read

FUTURE FEST- ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL

Alliance Française Accra presents the second edition of the electronic music festival rebranded as Future Fest from 21st to 29th October- bringing together DJs, singers and music lovers from the African continent and beyond. Alliance Française Accra brings the second edition of the Electronic music Festival. This year it has been rebranded as Future Fest with international and local bands […]

Events 2 min read

OFORI AMPONSAH AND THE ‘AWKWARD’ MOONWALK BACK INTO THE ‘WORLD’

The entertainment pages of Ghanaian newspapers-both prints and online have been dominated by one name: Ofori Amponsah. The reason being that, this one time, high flying highlife musician who denounced the world of secularists and joined the train of God has now jumped off the moving train and back into the old world of secularism. When somewhere in August this […]

Music 3 min read

‘FELABRATION’ – TRIBUTE TO FELA FEATURING EBO TAYLOR

    Alliance Française Accra presents ‘Felabration’- a concert and exhibition to celebrate the Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti on Saturday 17th October, 2015 at Alliance Française Accra at 8pm _______________________________________________ To celebrate the great influence of Fela Kuti on Ghanaian music and music at large, Alliance Française Accra will be hosting the official Felabration celebrations in Accra and resonate […]

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Panties, Politics & Pretense: Poetra Asantewa’s Motherfuckitude – The Naked Ones

This article was originally published on Circumspecte.com curated by @jabdulai All it takes is a word like Motherfuckitude  to give a whiff of what to expect – discomfort, candor, truth, courage. Delve deeper and you’ll find that ‘unapologetic’ might be the most appropriate word in the English dictionary to describe Poetra Asantewa’s debut. Doused in cleverly strung words, mellow sounds, […]

poetry 4 min read

ALBUM REVIEW: EL-B.A.R II MIXTAPE

‘I bet you thought that it was over/Till I came along and showed y’all/ That, this is the beginning… this is not just a game for me cos I live it every day’ That was the chorus to ‘Over’ off the BAR I released last year. And in this hook, EL told us he is in this game (rap) for […]

Music 5 min read

THE CUTS

The Cuts bring to its readers a weekly music or albums list by mostly Ghanaian artistes that this writer deem worth listening or having in your playlist. The music is not genre and/or regionally specific. Once it is good, it will be covered here. KOJO-CUE feat. Lil’ Shaker – Count Your Money ‘Your beginning no dey hia them/Ebi your end […]

Music 2 min read

POETRA ASANTEWA RELEASES ‘MOTHERFUCKITUDE’ EP

The much talked about EP is finally here. Spoken Word artist PoetraAsantewareleases her EP, Motherfuckitude; The Naked Ones. Although she has been in the art circles for some time, this is her first official release. “A lie is a dressed truth and Poetra is one of the very few who knows that what we currently call “naked truth” has actually been […]

poetry 1 min read

ALBUM REVIEW: NUS3 BY WORLASI

There comes a time when an unknown voice emerges from hiding, enchants people and gets them wanting more. The positive responses are often gratifying for the simple reason that the gamble to put one’s self out there has paid off and the validation grows the confidence of the voice. What is more gratifying is to do this without any formidable […]

Music 7 min read

WRITERS PROJECT, GHANA HOST ELLEN BANDA-AAKU AT SPECIAL READING

Writers Project of Ghana and Vidya Bookstore presents Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku at a special public reading session on 10th October 2015 at 4.30 PM. Ellen Banda-Aaku’s first book for children, Wandi’s Little Voice, won the Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa in 2004. In 2007 her story Sozi’s Box was the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Her […]

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