WRITERS PROJECT GHANA HOST SABATA-MPHO MOKAE

Writers Project of Ghana and the Goethe Institute will host South African writer Sabata-mpho Mokae as featured author for September, 2015 at their monthly readings in Accra. Sabata-mpho Mokae writes in two languages: English and Setswana. He is the author of the biography The Story of Sol T Plaatje, the novella Dikeledi and a poetry collection,Escaping Trauma. His debut novel […]

THE PASTOR PAUL REVIVAL REVUE: FILM SCREENING CONCERT

Jules David Bartkowski; American actor, Funsho Ogundipe, Wanlov the Kubolo, Lady J, Yaa Pono and a host of others present the ‘Pastor Paul Revival Revue’, a film screening and concert on Saturday 26th September 2015 at Alliance Française Accra. The Accra Premiere of the World’s First American Nollywood Film – Jules David Bartkowski is Pastor Paul – starring Wanlov the […]

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. by @swayekidd LADY JAY feat Sarkodie – VENUS 2012. That was the year I first heard […]

MUSIC REVIEW: OKYEAME KWAME –SMALL SMALL feat. MzVEE

The last time Okyeame Kwame teamed up with MzVee was in 2013 on the excellently conceptualized Versatile Album. Then, MzVee (going by the name Vera) was starting out in the music industry-with D3. Okyeame Kwame (OK for short) was charting a new frontier in his career. The song the two collaborated on was Don’t Judge Me. Fast forward, two years […]

ACCRA FOOD FESTIVAL AT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

AccraPremium in partnership with Alliance Française Accra comes again with its second Annual Accra Food Festival on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September 2015 at Alliance Française Accra from 11am-6pm on both days. After the success of the first Accra Food & Wine Festival and Festival de la Gastronomie in September 2014, AccraPremium in partnership with Alliance Française Accra is […]

INTERVIEW WITH POETRA ON YET TO BE RELEASED EP MOTHERFUCKITUDE

Ahead of her debut Spoken Word/Poetry EP, i quizzed Poetra Ama Asantewaa about the EP, Feminism and Ghana’s growing poetry scene. Can you describe who Poetra is? Tell me and your fans how you became a poet? I’m not clear on the things to be done before one can call herself a poet, except from the act of writing. I […]

VIDEO REVIEW: WANLOV – VERY SOON

In this video, Wanlov preaches in a simple, controversial yet elegant manner. Wanlov the Kubolor. The bearer of this name divides opinions. Whereas some describe him as controversial, strange or a lost soul, others regard him as the representation of simplicity, freedom and a son of nature. Within this disputations and labeling, one thing remains undisputable: Wanlov is the quintessentially […]

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. EAZI feat EFYA & DJ JULS – SKIN TIGHT SKIN TIGHT in Ghanaian slang refers to […]

BAR 2 CONCERT REVIEW

After months of promotion and expectation, the BAR 2 concert, headlined by rapper EL and put together by his label BBnZ Live came to pass on Saturday, 29th August, 2015. This is the second event in what is shaping up to be an annual event. The first event was hosted in July last year. The World Trade Centre came alive […]

JAYSO TALKS DEBUT ALBUM ”JAYSO”

IT IS SUCH A surprise that rapper, producer, singer and songwriter, JAYSO still has no album to his name despite his long association with rap. But all is about to change in a matter of months. Speaking to him at the sidelines of the Chalewote Art Festival last week, the Skillions Records boss disclosed that his self titled album ‘JaySo’- […]