By Peterking Quaye – 4×4 ,from Ghana sharing their experience at a media conference in Accra after working on the ONE8 project with 8 artiste from different countries in Africa . According to the hiplife trio, although they weren’t able to join R.Kelly and the other African stars in Chicago due to a delay in the issuance of visas, they had a nice time shooting for the music video in Nairobi, Kenya. The Africa’s music super group, ONE 8 comprising of 2Face (Nigeria), Alikiba (Tanzania), Amani (Kenya), Fally Ipupa (DRC), 4X4 (Ghana), JK (Zambia), Navio (Uganda) and Movaizhalene (Gabon) are... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 30th 2010 |
By John Owoo – ACCRA – An exhibition of recent works by nine painters from Ghana and Nigeria will on Thursday November 25 open at the CFAO Motors showroom, located at the Airport City in Accra. Participating artists are Duke Asidere, Amarkine Amarteifio, Nicholas Kowalski, Ayoola Gbolahan, Augustine Gokah, George Edozie, Eric Aniagyei, Babalola Dare Lawson and Okezie Okafor. Edozie’s works for example possess a kind of patch work quality while his simplified two dimensional figures and abstract pieces appear as overlapping blocks of bright colours – indeed of heavy impasto – plain or with gradations intone. Gbolahan’s paintings explore... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, November 25th 2010 |
By Peterking Quaye – The first edition of the National Essay Competition has been launch in Accra, dubbed the Jubilee First Oil National Essay Competition with the call on all students across the country to participate in this innovative competition. The Competition is open to two categories of students junior comprising of students from junior and senior high students and senior categories as to tertiary students, with mouth-watering prizes available for the top 3 categories winner and prizes form the competition winner are: educational grant /scholarship, cash prizes, Laptops and jubilee oil souvenirs’. Mrs .Mary Quaye, Director of Pre-tertiary education... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
By Peterking Quaye – Saturday, November 20 the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra hosted a good number of media men and stakeholders in the movie industry for the screening of the entered films for this year’s 2010 Ghana Movies Awards. The Nomination Committee (SNC) screened various movies submitted and Selected nominees to a jury and finalists are expected to be released for public voting (for some categories) at an event at the Golden Tulip Hotel on November 26. The entries, according to a closed source to event came from Accra and Kumasi with Kumasi submitting about 50 movies and Accra... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
By Peterking Quaye- One of Ghana’s VIP, 4×4, D-Black, Sarkodie, Jay Ghartey were among the winners for the 4syte TV Music Video Awards 2010. Iwan, Mimi, VIP, FOI, Mzbel, 5Five, Mzbel, and 4×4 were amongst the performers. 4X4 , response to help the Ghanaian music industry is been felt in all spheres of the industry , 4×4 made up of Captain Planet and Abortion and newly added Fresh Prince . Captain Planet’s real name is Sylvanus Dodji Jeoffrey. Abortion was christened Raphael Edem Avornyo. The 4×4 crew was first made up of these two and Ronnie Coches and Bright Bling... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
