THEATRE: ‘HOMELESS’ SET FOR NOV. 11TH

Village Minds Production and Alliance Francaise Accra presents an exciting and thought-provoking play entitled HOMELESS at the Amphitheatre of Alliance Francaise on 11TH November, 2016 at 7pm. The makers of this play presented the epic performance, THE LOVE OF MAMAVI, last year at the same venue and succeeded in treating theatre enthusiasts to an action laden performance that left the […]

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SHIKOME LIVE IN CONCERT

Alliance Française Accra presents  SHIKOME LIVE IN CONCERT, a night of great music artistry and splendid performances on  Saturday, 5th November, 2016 at Alliance Française Accra Amphitheatre at  8.00pm The VGMA 2016 Best Instrumentalist Justice Nii Adjiri Williams better known as Shikome is a percussionist, arranger, singer, composer and dancer. He has played with top bands and worked with big […]

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MY ‘CLASSICS IN THE PARK’ EXPERIENCE + OTHER THOUGHTS

The Africa Film Society continued its Classics In The Park initiative with the screening of King Ampaw’s Kukurantumi Road To Accra. This movie is the second to be shown in this monthly series. The first movie, I Told You So was screened in October. An initiative championed by rapper, graphic designer and filmmaker Blitz The Ambassador, Classics In The Park […]

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THE CUTS

THE CUTS brings you a short, unbiased review of music and videos from artistes in Ghana and around Africa each week. Once it is dope, it will be featured here ______ DEX KWASI- AKATA YESU Dex Kwasi couldn’t have chosen a better moment to release his album. After many years of being in the rap game, it is now that […]

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KYEKYEKU LIVE AT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ACCRA

Alliance Française Accra presents ‘Kyekyeku’- a concert by a young Ghanaian musician who explores classical African music in various forms such as Highlife, Afrobeat and Folk Palmwine. He is known by his energy and dance moves on stage. Saturday, 22nd October, 2016 at Alliance Française Accra Amphitheatre at 8pm. The re-discovery of classic African music styles of Palmwine, highlife and […]

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OKUNTAKINTE AND THE ART OF TURNING NEGATIVE TROLLS INTO SUCCESS

Creative people are a sensitive bunch. A slight hint of criticism, whether born out of fairness or malice, of their work is regarded as an attack. Whiles some would ignore the criticism others may come for your neck, even fighting you for sharing a ‘negative’ opinion. There are others who would reach out and explain to you why your views […]

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THE CUTS

The Cut bring to readers each week music or albums that the 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.   DJ JULS – WITH YOU FEAT MALEEK BERRY, STONEBWOY & EUGY Since aiding the rise of Mr. Eazi with his unique […]

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ALBUM REVIEW: SOMI’s THE LAGOS MUSIC SALON IS JAZZ BREWED IN AN AFRICAN POT

It is worth acknowledging the influence of Nigeria on the global soundscape in recent times. The Afrobeat renaissance – with Nigerian artistes such as Wizkid, Davido and D’banj at the forefront- has caught the attention of some global superstar artistes, who have incorporated elements of afrobeats into some of their music-Drake and Alicia Keys are worth mentioning. Long before Drake […]

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MIXTAPE REVIEW: BAR III (The Lomi Era) by EL

On the second installment of his BAR mixtape series, EL intoned on ‘Inside Out ‘ that he is not about to back down; that he is here for the long haul; and that he is the Best African Rapper:’they still can’t find a rapper that matches the bars i write/Ebi like I go be the BAR for life… I’m literally […]

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STARGO IS A PROBLEM

Since announcing his BAR III Mixtape and subsequently releasing both the track list and features list, I have gone back to listening to BAR I (2014) and BAR II (2015) respectively. The idea is to try and guess the kind of tape EL would put out (BAR III) than reminiscing on the ‘dopeness’ of the tapes. And I have a […]

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