PRESS RELEASE: La Paillote Takpekpe ‘ANDOUNYA’

”ANDOUNYA” is a record album which was generated by Gabonese rapper Natural and afro jazz musician Balinga, a Nigerian born in Niger.   Abduraman Balinga (aka Realface) is a renowned musician whose music has been “inspiring the soul” for more than (20) years. His travel around West Africa has influenced his music style in a way that some call “Afrojazz” while […]

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ACCRA PRESENTS: MATIERES GRISES EXHIBITION– RECYCLING MATERIALS FOR ARCHITECTURE

An architectural exhibition titled “Matière Grise: Material, Recycling, Architecture”, which aims at transforming main cities into “Zero Waste Metropolis” with the use of recycled materials in building will be held at the exhibition hall of Alliance Francaise Accra from Thursday 25th June 2015 to 26th July from 9am to 9pm. There will be a Panel discussion facilitated by Nat Amarteifio, […]

PRESS RELEASE: ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ACCRA PRESENTS LAIMOMO

“LAIMOMO”, A UNIQUE CREATIVE ARTS SHOW Wednesday 24th June, 7:30pm, Alliance Française Accra. Creative artist, Akweley Bernice Animle presents “Laimomo”, a special performance featuring many aspects of the creative arts: drama, dance, music, poetry, painting and photography. This show will take place on Wednesday 24th June 2015 as part of La Paillote Takpekpe events organized by Alliance Francaise Accra to […]

HIP HOP ACT C-REAL IS LIVE @ CHAMPS THIS JUNE

C-REAL is set to entertain fans come 20th June at the Champs Sports Bar inside Paloma, Accra. The hip hop guru promises a night of the best hip hop the city has to offer with tracks like Hewale, Opeimu, IBeTheSwag amongst others. He’ll be performing his latest music release Shine as well as tracks off his debut album EmCEO and […]

KOJO-CUE TALKS NEW ALBUM (TEMB), OTHER ISSUES… ‘I’d love to freestyle battle Daddy Lumba and let him win’

Kojo Cue releases free album in June KOJO CUE is set to release a free album, This Earth, My Brother (TEMB) next month (June). The first single Pay Day featuring Pappy Kojo is already enjoying excellent response. The rapper, who’s stature within the hip hop/hip life scene has been growing steadily after getting signed to BBnZ. His first mixtape-The Shinning– received great reviews among […]

WHAT CAN COME CAN COME

THE subject of love has been explored by writers, playwrights and movie makers for ages yet the subject does not appear haggard. The subject of love always brings an exciting aspect to the fore, revealing its interesting shades. On the 22nd and 23rd of May, at the National Theatre, playwright Latif Abubakar will be exploring this subject matter and the question […]

Gird Center Rebrands—Strengthens Support Services for Business and Creative Community  

Gird Center, a writing, editorial and training services company based in Accra, today introduced its new corporate brand, together with a new logo, tagline and customer service approach. The re-branding reflects the company’s vision to become the global icon for exceptional writing, editing and training support for the Ghanaian Business and Creative community. Gird Center has set itself apart in […]

KENDRICK LAMAR TALKS ORIGINAL NAME OF NEW ALBUM

KENDERICK LAMAR HAS REVEALED his 16 track album To PIMP A BUTTERFLY (TBAP) -which has been voted the best black album of the last decade, kicking Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy off that perch- was to have been called TU Pimp a Caterpillar. “Me changing it to Butterfly, I just really wanted to show the brightness of life and the […]

EL SPEAKS OUT WITH POWER

IT IS uncommon nowadays for musicians, especially rappers to speak or provide commentary on political and social issues that afflict society. Those who dare often offer ‘light’ thoughts on the subject and quickly switch to other issues they consider important-their music, promotions and bling lifestyle, choosing the safer passage over the hard, patchy road which could cause an end to […]

FRANCOPHONIE FESTIVAL 2015 – Short Films in Competition at the Accra Francophone Film Festival, 20th – 28th March 2015

The Annual Accra Francophone Film Festival is a 10 day celebration of Ghanaian, African and International Film Makers from the French Speaking World. This film festival was created in 2013, as part of the Francophonie Festival which takes place every March across the globe. The 3rd edition of this film festival will take place from 20th – 28th March, 2015 […]