November 2, 2014 – GhanaCelebrities.Com

Yesterday Was Sanitation Day: Typical Superficial Ghanaian Solution to A Problem With Deeper Roots

11/2/2014 4:49 pm

I must have missed the memo: yesterday was national sanitation day and all citizens were supposed to help in locally organised communal labour to help clear the massive sanitation problem we have in this country.

The president himself made the announcement, and is reported to have participated in the activities himself in the Volta region. Aside November 1, every first Saturday of every month is to continue this pattern of being a day for communal clean-ups in the country.

I am not against the idea in principle; communal participation is one of the biggest ways to get a town clean and to maintain that sanitation problem- however the problem here is that as usual we are jumping straight to the middle of the problem, without bothering to tackle the root cause of the issue.

This initiative, no matter how laudable, is just a stop gap to mask the bigger issue of a country totally without a sanitation plan and would fail massively without uprooting the bigger issue.

Why is the country and Accra in particular, so dirty? Is it that Ghanaians are just dirty people, or that the structures are not in place to deal with the issue? How much cleaning can be done on every fourth or fifth Saturday that can stem the tide of immense filth engulfing this nation?

VIDEO: Music Matters | Reviewing VVIP’s ‘OMG’, TeePhlow’s ‘Dues’, Kaaki’s ‘Roof on Fire’ & Esbee’s ‘I Want You’

11/2/2014 12:12 pm

by GC Staff GS

GhanaCelebrities.Com has partnered with Yava Global to launch a new weekly video column-Music Matters, which will look at the main musical releases of the week—-saying it as it stands.

The weekly quick video review will mainly look at 3 of the top songs released in a particular week and one upcoming artiste’s release to help give the needed spotlight to some of our struggling but talented upcoming artistes.

If you are a music lover, then this is definitely for you.

For the first episode, we are looking at the recently released VVIP’s song-OMG, Teephlow’s Dues featuring Obrafour, Kaaki’s Roof on Fure and Nadia Buari’s sister-Esbee’s ‘I Want You’.

Check out the video below…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3I5b1c0aM

Omo Ghana Responds to Yahoo Travel Writer-Lee Abbamonte’s Opinion that Nigeria is the Worst Country to Visit in the World

11/2/2014 9:39 am

by GC Contributor | Omo Ghana

Dear Yahoo Travel Writer-Lee Abbamonte,

How are you doing today? I hope wherever you are, you are enjoying some fresh air and cool breeze with a picturesque scene of a crystal clear waterbody as this seems to tickle your fancy.

I recently read an article that stated your opinion about Nigeria and I must say I was madly disappointed. Not because of your comment but because of the lack of reasoning that backed that opinion. It is surprisingly unbelievable that you found not even one thing to like about the country thus making your opinion even less acceptable. You have pushed me to believe that you allowed the few (and I stress on few) negative experiences you had to cloud your overall judgement of the country. I would be glad if you could feed me with validated points that would in turn convince me to accept your opinion of Nigeria.

You see, I grew up in a world that mostly rejects people of my skin colour and caliber but fortunately Nigeria still accepts me and calls me her own. So she can’t be such a bad place, what do you think?

Due to her union with other West African countries, I can travel to other neighbouring countries without seeking permission and paying exorbitant fees as would be the case if I was to come to yours. So even when I have to pay an illegal stipend to my hungry brothers and sisters at the borders, I do this understanding their hustle. Why? Because your people and some of mine delved in the slave trade which I feel is still ongoing in its own complex way and has left many of such people being mistreated. Don’t be quick to say you wouldn’t do same were you in their situation. Thinking of it, in their minds, you might actually be the corrupt one, grudgingly refusing to succumb to their own systems. Lol.

Rihanna is Back on Instagram!

11/2/2014 7:12 am

by GC Staff bG

From BeyondGossip.Com

BadGalBack! Rihanna is finally back on instagram six months after having her account deleted.

The singer took to Twitter to announce her returnn on instagram. “#RIHunited #badgalback instagram,” she tweeted.
Immediately after she tweeted her return to instagram, Twitter went totally wild, making her the number 1 trend on the social networking site.

Rihanna’s instagram account was deleted in May after she posted a photo of n*ked butt.

VIDEO: The Thrilling Trailer for Afua’s Diary Arrives | Movie Premieres in London on December 5

11/2/2014 6:48 am

by Chris-Vincent Agyapong, Founding Editor

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HV0Fd8DzTI&

The wait is over! Now you can watch the trailer for Bibi Owusu Shadbolt’s much-anticipated film-Afua’s Diary, directed by Ben Owusu, starring Cleopatra Wood, Fabio Abraham, Ghana’s finest-Kwaku Sintim Misa (KSM) and others.

In Afua’s Diary, “lan Freeman is an Italian businessman who has suffered a bitter divorce. His ex was a South African woman who left him after she was given the right to stay in the UK. This divorce is affecting every facet of his life till he meets Afua forson Brown.

Afua Forson Brown is a stunning African girl whose life is a catalogue of problems. She has a lazy, arrogant and aggressive boyfriend who depends on her for everything and an alcoholic father in Ghana who comes up with outrageously childish reasons to extort money from her.

Double Cross: Amazing Twists & Not So Good Ending + PHOTOS From the Premiere in London | Ama K. Abebrese, Adjetey Anang, John Dumelo, D.J Abrantee & Others…

11/2/2014 5:49 am

by GC Contributor | Ellen Sackey-Addo Ellen

Watching the movie Double Cross at the Greenwich Odeon Cinema in London on Friday, my first thought was, they seem to have given away all the goodies in the trailer so what else could possibly interest me….or so I thought.

I’m going to start with the pleasantries because of course pointing out the trash or the critical points is a simple task where reviews are concerned.

Following the screening of the movie when the audience learnt that Double Cross was D.R. Kuffour’s first movie we erupted into applause.

In true African style, the film-makers did drag out a lot of the scenes that could have easily have been shortened. The movie had all the factors that keep an African crowd satisfied and engaged including a very pleasing sound track, I couldn’t quite keep still in my seat at some points.

There were a few gasps, laughs and shouts from the crowd during the screening…I won’t do you the disservice of giving away any plots or twits but certainly, you most definitely will not have a clue what unfolds in this romantic action comedy. Emphasis on the romance…I was entirely convinced by some of the intense attraction that developed between some of the characters. A member in the audience even asked during the Q&A if this was INDEED acting. It was that convincing.

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