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UMOJA: ‘The Spirit Of Togetherness’ In Ghana

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Culture is defined as the way people live, eat and dance. The beauty of South African’s culture was brought live in Ghana at the one of the nation’s premiere centres National Theatre.

UMOJA, a South African’s music and dance theatre production is a combination of cultural, contemporary, gospel and hip performances all in one electrifying stage production. It’s a theatre production which has never been experienced in Ghana.

The word UMOJA means ‘The Spirit Of Togetherness’. Initial name for the dance was ‘Pals of Africa’, it was changed to ‘Baobab’ and renamed it UMOJA. It was believed to have come up as a result of the history behind the dance.

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Van’s Eyes, Fake or Real?

There is one thing about him that you haven’t recognized yet. Lets  not conclude yet but Van can’t convince GC (GhanaCelebrities) that he is real. Ain’t you getting the clue yet, look straight into his eyes . What do you think about it, I think is looks quite VANTASTIC. Click on his lens to magnify…

Sarkodie Apologizes To His Fans For His Loose Talk At The Vodafone Press Conference

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Sarkodie

I will hit on this! It is rather unfortunate that after Sarkodie’s unwarranted loose talk at the Vodafone “020 LIVE CONCERT’ Press Conference which was reported by GhanaCelebrities.Com, he is still holding tight to his unacceptable reason of his speech being a Joke. Whether it was a joke or not, the good thing is, our report among other things got  him to render an apology to his fans.

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No!Frank Raja Never Raped A Housemaid

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Frank Raja

It was in the news recently that Frank Raja Arase who has been directing most of the movies produced by Venus Films was on the run. According to Nigeriafilms.com, the ‘Heart of Men’ director extended his directing skills to a poor housemaid (Chinemelu) by ‘forcibly messing up’ with her at a location during a film shoot in Asaba, Nigeria. Nigeriafilms.com made it clear that the famous director whisked the under-aged  housemaid to his hotel room, lo and behold, he was busy right on top of her, violating her youthful innocence.

The false report shows that Raja is wanted by the Nigerian police over his alleged rape, molestation and sexual assault.  Peacefmonline.com contacted Raja on his part of the story and you can check it out below.

He denied the allegation, saying it was the work of his competitors, in Nigeria to dent his image. “This is Frank Raja Arase; do I look like am a wanted man? If you want me, you can find me anywhere. Come to Ghana now and ask for Venus Film and you will find me. So if I am wanted I am here, they should come and pick me up,” he stressed.

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On Set Movie Photos: Behind The Cameras Of Leila Djansi’s “Sinking Sands”

We promised to publish on set photos of Leila Djansi’s upcoming moving ‘Sinking Sands” which has pulled some big hollywood and Ghanaian names to it’s cast list.  GhanaCelebrities.Com was on set to today and captured some few photos for the “viewing pleasure” of our readers.  Check out some of the cast and behind the screen … Read more

Caption This……………………….

Tiffany Hayden
Tiffany Hayden

Saturday’s  020 LIVE CONCERT saw the appearance of many celebrities-both Ghanaians and Nigerians. Below are photos of Tiffany Hayden performing on stage. Not only is her “fake london boy” single making waves in Ghana, she has begun to establish herself as a force to be reckoned with in the Ghanaian music industry. Have a look at the photos and suggest a fitting caption…

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Jimmy Jean-Louis arrives in Ghana for Sinking Sands

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Jimmy Jean-Louis with Leila Djansi

Haitian actor, Jimmy Jean-Louis has arrived in Ghana to commence shooting for Ghanaian film maker, Leila Djansi’s psychological drama, ‘Sinking Sands’. He touched down at around 6:30pm on Saturday May 22 at the Kotoka International Airport on a KLM flight via France. He was met on arrival by director Leila Djansi.

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Tuntum Arts & Entertainment Ends Young Entertainer’s Conference In Accra

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A conference for young and entrepreneurial entertainers dubbed ‘Pempamsie’ has ended on a promising note at the W.E.D. Dubois Memorial Centre. ‘Pempamsie’ is the next stop in the entertainment education, where you gain truly useful information about the industry.

The conference was for young people above the age of 14 who are interested in arts and entertainment in this country-a conference for entrepreneurial entertainers.

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Why The Sudden Drift To R-Rated Movies In Ghana?

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Same Marth Ankomah In The Movie "Heart Of Men"

The movie industry has been making impressive progress for the last few years. The awards received at the just ended Africa Movies Academy Awards (AMAA) clearly show we are definitely on an upward curve.

Why then the sudden drift to R rated movies? Ghanaian movies have always evolved around family entertainment and culture – just like we used to gather round to watch Thursday Theatre back then. Pure family entertainment and that’s what makes it different from the western movies.

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Echo Pens Down Two Years Deal With UK Based Label ‘Leo Boy Entertainment’

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Echo has officially signed on a two-year deal with a UK based label, Boy Entertainment Leo. This was celebrated with a short ceremony at the pool side of the Wangara Hotel in Labone.

As part of their prizes for winning the Nescafe African Revelation in Ghana in 2007, Echo, an Afro-pop group was mandated to be handled by the Abraham Ohene Djan’s OM Studios for two years.

Echo is a rap duo which comprises of two young guys Charles Yeboah Danso and Elijah Owusu Danso. Charles hails from the Eastern region and Elijah hails from Guan in the Volta region of Ghana.

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Celeb Photos: Vodafone 020 Concert Press Conference Photos

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As part of the program to celebrate Vodafone’s first anniversary in Ghana, a show dubbed ‘020 LIVE CONCERT’ has been put together for tommorrow  22nd May,2008. A Press Conference was held today as a kick off for tomorrow’s show and GhanaCelebrities.Com was there to capture some snaps of  the various musicians billed to perform and were at the Press Conference. Check The Photos Below Out…

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Sarkodie Insults Vodafone Ghana Saying: I Took ‘Coins’ From Them Because They Cant Pay Me My Actual Worth.

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Sarkodie

He was humble until  the 10th of April 2010 when he was announced as the ‘Artiste of the Year’ at the Ghana Music Awards. Prior to that, he has been parading himself on the streets as Ghana’s fastest rapper.

I am sure you have gotten the clue. If not, let me give you more clues. On that night, he won the ‘Discovery of the Year’ award, making him the first artiste with first album to win the ultimate ‘Artiste of the Year’. Aside those awards, he won the following awards, ‘Hip hop/hiplife Artist of the Year’, ‘Best Rapper of the year’ and ‘Album of the Year’.

Yes his name is Sarkodie.This write-up will explain why musicians in Ghana will continue to die as paupers. They don’t LEARN. Some human beings forget so soon where they come from, especially after managing to attain a little success in their art.

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Weekly Discussion:Lets Get Talking About This…

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We all should have our favourite movies and tunes of all times. As much as we will not want to have a second view or listen to certain movies and tunes respectively because we hate  them so much, we still have the ones we love and cherish. Those are our favourites of all times. Now, lets get talking, what is your favourite movie or tune of all times?

Oh Yea, My favourite tune of all time is that song by Deeba, Do you remember that? and my favourite movie of all times is of course ” I Told You So”. What are yours? Below is my Favourite song of all times…

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‘Coz Ov Moni’ Is A Pidgin Musicals – M3nsa

Cos Ov Moni
Cos Ov Moni

Well, looking at the Ghana Film Industry, a movie such as ‘Coz Ov Moni’ is long over due in coming. Ghana can boast of juju, robbery and the likes storylines in movies.

One thing we are lacking in Africa is encouragement; and what we have in abundance is back biting and pull-him-down disease. Good to know there are still people in Africa, who still believe in creativity and originality.

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Mimi Says Don’t ‘KISS ‘N’ TELL’ in new single

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Mimi

Betray a confidence, as in A real lady doesn’t kiss and tell. This idiom originally alluded to betraying an amorous or sexual intimacy. Kissing and telling is the ‘lamest’ thing a man or woman can do after they had spent a night with the opposite sex.

When relationships go sour, kiss and tell then comes in but who cares about what happens in your relationship or your one-night-stand with the lady on across the street?

Mimi aka Divalish is due to launch her new single ‘Kiss ‘N’ Tell’. According to the musician known in real life as Wilhelmina Abu-Andani, ‘Kiss ‘N’ Tell’ is a hip life song which is about people going about kissing and telling a third party.

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Congrats: Kojo Antwi Nominated For BET 2010 Awards

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Kojo Antwi

The nominees for the 2010 BET Awards  are out and the Ghanaian music maestro is in there. Kojo Antwi has been nominated in the Best International Act category. The category also has Nigerian talents MI and P-Square as well as  South African’s HHP . This is the first time that African musicians have been nominated for the BET Awards.

Other musical artistes of African heritage nominated include Dizzee Rascal of Nigerian father and Ghanaian Mum parentage, Wale, Estelle, K’Naan and Sade who are also nominated in the Best International Act category.

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World Cup Fever: Win A Black Star T-Shirt, Support The Ghana BlackStars

GhanaCelebrities.Com in collaboration with GhanaLinx.Com will  be giving out several blackstar t-shirts during the world cup fever time  to our loyal readers. We will open up a raffle corner  for interested readers to enter the competition in order to win. However, if you cant wait for the raffles and want to buy one of the … Read more