Ghanaian actress-Ama K Abebrese and others are working on a campaign to encourage people to love their natural skin tone…
According to a message Ama K Abebrbese sent out; the “campaign is not about pointing fingers as to who has bleached or has not bleached their skin. Its a campaign that aims to uplift Africans to love our natural skin; and see beauty in the many hues and unique skin that we are born with. Not to judge”.
It looks like the skin bleaching enterprise is about to the crashed—and I mean for good. You know my position when it comes to skin bleaching so I will be definitely be supporting it. If nothing at all, I think I have written more articles on skin bleaching than any Ghanaian out there that I know of…
Check below for photos from Nadia Buari, Nana Ama McBrown, Christabel Ekeh, Raquel and others…
I don’t think I ask much when it comes to choosing a great place to eat out but for me an ideal restaurant is one where you get to sit in an attractive environment whilst eating a good meal that’s also good for you. Then at the end of the night you can pull out your purse or wallet without squinting at the bill…like I was saying I don’t ask for much!
It was definitely a delicious treat when me and the girls decided to try out a new local Turkish restaurant in North London Woodgreen, Gokyuzu and Kervan. Don’t let the ‘local’ get to you, it’s anything but local food.
As you can imagine North London is not shy of several other Turkish restaurants to choose from, in fact on the very same road, there are another two Turkish restaurants I’ve also tried. However the classy looking eatery of Gokyuzu and Kervan lures you in as you are given a view of the take away section of delicious and savoury looking food on display that can be spied from outside of the restaurant.
An already established food chain, the popular Kervan restaurant is known for its delicious menus to most in North London. It’s a mix of Mediterranean foods such as meats, salads, humus Turkish seasoned bread and buckwheat roasted in seasoned plum tomato sauce…it really is just GOOD food.
I was more than impressed with the setting and environment, very classy and the service was great. It’s also plush enough for a b-day, anniversary or first date.
There were 3 very lively birthdays happening on the top second floor…it got lively, perfect Saturday night out. However if you prefer it a bit calmer then the lower ground was a lot more low-key.
I love the Turkish food custom of providing the starters of tzatziki, humus and Turkish bread that you’re not billed for.
“Samsung continues to lead innovation in the wearable market by creating devices that are completely integrated into the lives of consumers through extended connectivity features, stylish customization options and a robust application ecosystem,” said Jaspreet Singh, Director for Mobile & IT Samsung Ghana. “With the Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, we have enhanced everything consumers love about the Gear to offer unparalleled smart freedom in their everyday life.”
Unleashing the next generation of mobile freedom, Samsung achieved a significant improvement as a leading smart wearable provider with Samsung Gear 2 and gear 2 Neo. Both devices offer a lightweight design with premium finishes that reflect modern trends.
By kind courtesy of Sparrow Productions, GhanaCelebrities.Com is giving away 6 tickets to our valued readers to attend the grand premiere of Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest movie-‘Love Or Something Like That’ on Thursday-17 April, 2014 at the National Theatre (6:30pm and 8:30pm).
It is indisputable that Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team have a great understanding of movie making—and over the years, they’ve given us nothing less than quality productions with great story-lines.
We thought “Life and Living It” was great, until we say the “Perfect Picture” and then came “Scorned”, “A Sting in a Tale” “6 Hours to Christmas” which were all outstanding productions—and we were taking to a different level of storytelling with unimaginable twists and turns when “Adams Apples 1 & 2” came. As if that was not enough, “Potomanto” changed the game and “Devil in the Detail” pushed the mark even higher…
The track record speaks for itself and that is why we cannot wait to see “Love Or Something Like That” this coming Thursday, featuring multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and others.
For another edition of ‘Your Style’, GhanaCelebrities.Com’s staff writer-Abena Belle has decided to share with us the African Print & Blazer pairing, perfect for the church and other formal outings.
If you love African Prints, you can also throw on a simple but fitting blazer to spice up your look and bring that extra attention to your sense of fashion.
For this, Abena spent £10 on 3 yards of the African Print and the cost of sewing was £20—done to her own choice of style.
Check out the photos below with price of her blazer and shoes…
Over the last few weeks, several Ghanaian musicians have thrown punches at MUSIGA, a non-compulsory Union which boost of membership strength of over 4 thousand Ghanaian musicians.
When it comes to MUSIGA, it is either a Ghanaian musician is throwing insults at them for non-performance or another industry person is rendering the Union useless. The criticisms and jabs have increased astronomically over the last few years, probably, because of the 2M GHS which was handed over to them for the betterment of the whole creative art industry.
I am personally not a fan of MUSIGA or any of the numerous Ghanaian creative art associations and I don’t give a hoot about Obour and his executives—because the truth is, just like the Ghanaian government, most of these associations are a MESSS!
Without being contemptuous, let me add that, the musicians and the industry players themselves do not have any sense of career direction and yet they continue to unfairly punch MUSIGA—simply because they are not part of the gang of people sharing whatever is at stake.
Most Ghanaian musicians make so much noise and yet, they continue to produce garbage which they call songs and when frustration sets in, they go around blaming others like MUSIGA for failing to help them achieve their goals.
Let’s leave MUSIGA aside for just a minute…Can you tell me any of these Ghanaian musicians who is doing anything worth a real push or which of them is making a real effort for that international break through which will bring the needed success?
Ask any of them known for throwing insults at MUSIGA this simple question; what do you want MUSIGA to do and you will hear lots of gobbledygook, as if MUSIGA is their record label or an agency supposed to manage their careers for them.
In fact, most of these Ghanaian musicians have no careers. They need to find some job to do and do so real quick, because their approach to music will not make them anything, probably except being local champions—and MUSIGA cannot take them out of their compounding misery.
For Christ sake, MUSIGA is not a de-facto Union, you can decide to join or not and if anything at all, those throwing insults can come together and form a ‘perfect union’. The last time I checked, Ghanaians still have freedom of association as a constitutional right.
The cry has always been, there is no music industry in Ghana—- I cannot debate this since the needed structures are not in existence. Similarly, I can say, there is no proper musician in Ghana since the vital attributes of a real musician are missing in most of these so called Ghanaian musicians.
Samsung Electronics West Africa (SEWA) is giving Ghanaians an opportunity to have the best TV experience ever this Easter season with their latest range of Ultra High Definition (UHD) smart television series in their Easter campaign dubbed, Gifts 4 All Season.
The new UHDTV series come with unprecedented features including the Soccer mode which has enhance picture and surround sound which make viewers feel like they are in the stadium. With this mode the viewer can also open up social media window at the corner of the screen and interact with fans and friends watching the game. There is also a cinema mode that transforms any living room into a cinema with unmatched clarity and sound.
According to Mr. Richard Nunekpeku, Marketing Manager for Consumer Electronics at SEWA, the Samsung UHDTV Series provides the best viewing experience for all UHD materials. “With most television and movie contents being produced in HD, we at Samsung want our customers to have a seamless HD television experience by offering them a world class innovative smart UHDTV this festive season” he said.
Some females are quite excelling in various forms of Ghana’s art and entertainment industry, but, in the world of comedy, it appears no female is ready to risk the adventure.
The issue of the bedraggled state of Ghana’s comedy industry has been discussed on almost every entertainment program across the country. Spotting the light on standup comedy, the gender that is dominating is the males.
The question therefore is; where are the females? As much as the females are fiercely competing with males in the other forms of our art and entertainment industry, they are totally missing when it comes to the comedy fraternity.
Currently, there’s no female standup comedian in Ghana. All the standup comedians are males – David Oscar, Funny Face, Khemical, Percy, James Brown, DKB and others. Our neighbouring country, Nigeria, can at least boast of celebrated female standup comedians such as; Lakpacious, Mandy, Helen, Princess and others (though there could be more I’m not privy to). It is on record that Mandy is the first female who started standup comedy in Nigeria.
Females in the Ghana’s art and entertainment or showbiz industry are playing pivotal roles and are excelling in other fields of our art industry. Taking film making for instance; Shirley Frimpong Manson and Leila Afua Djansi are both doing phenomenal!
Turning the radar to music; we have the likes of Akosua Agyapong, Cecilia Marfo, Eazzy, Efya, Becca, Kaakie, etc. all doing excellent! Ama Atta Aidoo and Efua T. Sutherland have put Ghana on the international scene as far as storytelling – through play or drama and novels is concerned!
On the movie or acting front are: Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Nelson, Nadia Buari, Martha Ankomah, Yvonne Okoro, etc. In broadcasting circles are Doreen Andoh, Gifty Anti, and Jessica Opare Saforo; who are top-drawer female broadcasters in Ghana.
The apropos questions worth mulling over are: don’t females in Ghana have strong comedy incisions? Are they scared or intimidated by the savvy jest and wit of the male standup comedians? Are they afraid of being called “fools” as some ignoramuses’ term comedians in Ghana? Or are they simply not given the opportunity?
For those of you who thought Yvonne Nelson has given in to pressure and has therefore gotten rid of the many Louis Vuitton bags suspected to be fakies—-she is still hanging on them.
Over the years, LV bags being carried by these celebrities in Ghana have lost the initial ‘high fashion status’ since most are straight from China. Conforming this, an insider-Prince David Osei, a Ghanaian actor once stated on TV that, most of the Louis Vuitton bags his colleagues carry around are FAKE.
And in fact if one person is holding about 4 of these bags just at one point in time and has many sizes of them at home, then surely we know where they are coming from…
