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2025 EDITION OF PA GYA! A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN ACCRA (OPEN CALL)

April 10, 2025
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Review: Ko-Jo Cue ft. Fameye – ”Abebrese”

March 21, 2025
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Review: Ko-Jo Cue ft. Fameye – ”Abebrese”

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Kweku Smoke is Solidifying His Stake in Hip Hop with ”Kweku Jesus”

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REVIEW: ZED AY KAY FT. M3NSA – MITSI

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The  CUTS: S01 EP 2

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Review of Nenebi Tony’s Book ‘’Everything That Happened And The People Who Made It”.

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BLACKO SHERIF SZN IS HERE; AND IT’S NOT A MIRAGE: REMEMBER KWAKU THE TRAVELLER

DREAM TEAM: THE STORY OF ASEM AND MAGNOM BEATS

Ask me about any prominent personality from my alma mater, St. Peter’s Senior High School, outside the entertainment industry and I would be found wanting. Why speak about others when you have names like C-Real, Bebelino, Dampoo, 2Ras, 99Kay, Kwabena Kwabena, Obrafour just to mention a few. Back in school ( a decade ago – 2005), there was a rap group […]

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THE LOVE OF MAMAVI

The drama in a traditional compound house is an interesting spectacle. From the little, needless conflicts or misunderstandings to nosy neighbours and gossips to tenants indulging in secret love affairs, the collective actions provoke both fun and sorrow in equal measure. The intrigues of compound house lifestyle have been aptly captured in a new play by Village Minds Production to […]

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THE CUTS

The Cut 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. TREYLA FEAT. KWAW KESSE – AYO AYO   Black Star Line artist TreyLa isn’t slowing down. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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‘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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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