A scene from the play as he always does, Uncle Ebo Whyte, ably supported by his Roverman Productions, was once again at his best when he treated the myriad of problems in relationships in his latest play, Men Run; Women Cry over last weekend.

Becky walks into a salon to be made up for the happiest day of her life since she is getting married to the love of her life, Yohan. Unknown to her, however, her soon-to-be husband had suddenly fallen in love with a lady he met at the mall that day and had followed to the same salon.

Yohan is ready to sacrifice his wedding for the new lady because in his words “My eyes were closed but now they are open”.

What has come over Yohan all of a sudden? Is it love at first sight or something more sinister like a charm that has hypnotized Yohan to fall in love with her new found?

Now it is up to Efe, the salon owner to find a way of saving Becky and Johan’s marriage. The tale is given a different twist with the incessant demands of Augusta who never appreciates Jimmy her boyfriend even after she has virtually turned him into her personal chauffeur.

Augusta feels she is very beautiful and so can catch the eye of any man or even find a better man than Jimmy who had for the past three years swallowed all her ‘nonsense’ and ‘bossy’ attitude.

Men Run: Women Cry brings out some of the problems in relationships among which are mistrust, unfaithfulness and disrespect.

It is the third play from Roverman productions this year after Apartment N1 and What’s My Name?

There will be a repeat show at the National Theatre next weekend, September 7 and 8.

Text: Graphic Showbiz

Rapper D-Black has released music video for “Woara” featuring Kesse.

“Woara” is the continuation of ‘Falling’ and takes off right where D-Black left us off running late for his wedding after partying too hard at his bachelor party the night before.

D-Black and his best men, in a rush get themselves together and head to the wedding whilst D-Black tells them and us the story of how he met his wife to be.

Watch “Woara” by D-Black featuring Kesse

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D-Black Woara

Nominations for the 10^th Annual Channel O Africa Music Awards were announced today, revealing an open field in the race to claim Africa’s most prestigious music awards.

Nominees in the 14 categories include multiple double nods for over 10 artists, from East, West and Southern Africa, reflecting the outpouring of world-class music videos on the continent over the past year. It’s now up to fans to vote for their favourites in this public-voted event, with more than two months for the continent’s music fans to have their say.

This year’s nominees list features many longstanding members of the African music scene, among them Zimbabwe’s Buffalo Souljah (“Basawine” for Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video), South Africa’s Oskido (“Tsa Mandebele” for Most Gifted African Southern), and Mozambique’s Lizha James (“Vais Rochar” with Anselmo Ralph for Most Gifted Female).

The list of nominees is also bursting with new faces, including the five contenders in the Most Gifted Newcomer category –Nigeria’s Lola Rae (“Watch My Ting Go”) and Burna Boy (“Tonight”), South Africans Moneoa (“Is’Bhanxa”), Idols SA Season 8 winner Khaya Mthethwa (“Move”) and Kenya’s Victoria Kimani (“Mtoto”).  And the multiplicity of genres emerging in this highlight category of the 10^th Annual Channel O Africa Music Video Awards – from Dance Pop to contemporary Afrobeat and Afro-fusion – provides a brilliant glimpse into the diversity of sounds that currently define Africa’s music scene.

6 Ghanaian artists have also been nominated in 5 categories, including Most Gifted Hip Hop Video and Most Gifted Africa West. They are DBlack and Joey B, R2Bees, E.L and M.anifest, Chase, Fuse ODG and Wyclef as well as Jayso and Sarkodie.

To celebrate a decade of recognising the best African contemporary music talent, the 10^th Annual Channel O Africa Music Awardshas expanded the prestigious Most Gifted Video of the Year category to 12 nominees, increasing the pressure on nominees in the most fiercely fought category at the awards.

The category again reveals the mix of newcomers and established artists at this year’s event – a signal of the growing maturity of Africa’s music scene.

South African duo Mafikizolo’s “Khona” is up for Most Gifted Video of the Year as well as Most Gifted Dance Video, and Nigeria’s P Square proves their ongoing popularity with the nomination of “Alingo” for the Most Gifted Video of the Year as well as Most Gifted African West.

But the Most Gifted Video of the Year category also includes hotshot newcomers, among them Kenya’s Xtatic whose track with Priddy Ugly and AKA, “Hit ‘Em Up” is making a strong bid for the title (as well as Most Gifted Duo Group or Featuring). AKA himself is making his presence felt at this year’s awards: alongside his featuring spots with Xtatic and Zeus, his video “Jealously” is in the running for Most Gifted Video of the Year and Most Gifted Hip Hop Video.

Another nominee in the Most Gifted Video of the Year category is Kenya’s STL whose “Stella Stella Stella” has also put her in contention for Most Gifted Female where she’s up against Lizha James (Vais Rochar”), South Africa’s Zonke (“Feelings”) and Toya DeLazy (“Heart”)as well as Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage (“Without My Heart” featuring Don Jazzy).

Most Gifted Male includes Botswana’s Zeus featuring AKA and Tumi, “#Datswasup” (also in the running for Most Gifted Video of the Year) along with Nigeria’s Iyanya (“Flavour”) and Wizkid (“Azonto”), South Africa’s Donald (“Over The Moon”) and Tanzania’s Ay featuring Marco Chali (“Party Zone”).

Whether it’s in the heavy hitting categories, or the genre and regional categories, there’s no doubting that the 10^th Annual Channel O Africa Music Video Awards have all the makings of a thrilling affair when the LIVE event takes place on Saturday, 30 November at Walter Sisulu Square, in Kliptown Soweto, South Africa.

Just who will win Africa’s biggest awards on the night is now in the hands of fans! Voting opens tonight at 00:00am and closes onThursday, 21 November at midnight (all times CAT) and can be done on three different platforms – via sms:  artist voting code to the number +2783142100415. Standard SMS rates apply on the web and WAP at www.channelo.tv

Follow us on twitter @ChannelOTV and the 2013 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards official hashtag is #CHOAMVA.

Voting is available on these platforms:

SMS: artist voting code to the number +2783142100415. Standard SMS rates apply.

Web and WAP: www.channelo.tv

Channel O is available on DStv Channel 320, on GOtv Channel 70 as well as on DStv Mobile.

Season 5 of the award winning television reality show, “The Challenge” has been launched by British Council Ghana in partnership with Tigo.

“The Challenge” which is in its 5th edition is an educational reality show that seeks to encourage and reward academic excellence, creativity and a passion for continuous professional and leadership development in the youth in Ghana.

The winners will win full scholarship to study in three prestigious universities in the UK; Robert University, University of Salford, and University of Northampton among other prize packages.

In her speech, Diana Sey, Programme Manager at Tullow Project – British Council Ghana said “The Challenge is about aspiration, achievement and fulfillment. This year’s edition seeks to elicit originality, inventiveness and a new approach that is clever, excitingly daunting and fun.”

The Challenge 5 starts as the biggest in the series with unveiling of innovation and entertaining tasks, bigger prizes for both contestants and the viewers at home.

Television viewers will not be left out of the excitement as they get to win various prizes including an all-expense paid trip to South Africa for 2 with spending money, mobile phones, call credits, tablets.

Auditions begin on September 14, 2013 at the British Council, Accra and television airing scheduled to start shortly after. Interested applicants can participate by texting their NAME to shortcode 1751.

The lucky winner of season 5 wins a full board scholarship worth £35,000 and a cash prize of £5,000. The two runners-up takes home a full board scholarships worth £35,000 respectively.

The winner(s) will be adding up to a string of predecessors who have successfully completed their post-graduate degrees in the UK. As others before them, they will return to Ghana to contribute their quota to the socio-economic development of the nation.

Mr. George Quaye who represented Charter House, the producers of the show said even though the show will be aired mainly on GHOne Entertainment Television; they are in talks with other television stations. He said as soon as they are able to agree on something, it will be made public.

Companies supporting “The Challenge” Season 5 include Beige Capital, IPMC, Yougora, PopOut web and powered by Charter House and GHOne Entertainment Television.

For more information, please visit: www.thechallengeghana.com or www.facebook.com/BritishCouncilGhana or contact sydney.hushie@britishcouncil.org or call +233302610090.

Source: GhanaGist.Com

GOtv Ghana Limited has announced the introduction of a new price offering effective 4th September 2013. The price of a GOtv complete set is currently selling at GHC110 and comes with a month GOtv Plus subscription instead of the previous GHC153 and three months GOtv Plus subscription. However, the GOtv bouquets and monthly subscription remain unchanged – GOtv Plus, has a total of 33 channels with a monthly subscription of GHS21 and GOtv, has a total of 19 world-class local and international channels and a monthly subscription of GHC15.

Speaking about the new price offering, Mr. Kingsley Afful, GOtv Ghana Business Manager, indicated that the reduction in price of the GOtv complete set is to allow more Ghanaian families to experience the quality family entertainment provided by GOtv.

GOtv subscribers can access a variety of exciting channels ranging from news, children’s programming, documentaries, series and movies which are carefully selected to cater for a variety of different tastes and family viewing needs at a very affordable price. GOtv’s channel lineup includes M-Net Movies Zone, AfricaMagic, AfricaMagic Movies, AfricaMagic World, AfricaMagic Yoruba, AfricaMagic Hausa, E! Entertainment, Discovery World, SuperSport Select, SuperSport Blitz, eTV Africa, Vox Africa, Kidsco, Nickelodeon, Al Jazeera, Telemundo, M-Net Movies Zone, Channel O, BET and CNN.

For further information on the new price offering, visit www.gotvafrica.com or log on to https://www.facebook.com/GOtvGhana.

Al Jazeera (GOtv & GOtv Plus, Ch 40)

The Frost Interview: Formula 1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton is one of the top drivers in the world. He tells Sir David Frost how he overcame a poor childhood to rise to the top of the world’s most glamorous sport and takes Sir David Frost for a tour of his F1 garage. Watch Lewis Hamilton on The Frost Interview on Friday 6 September at 22:00 CAT.

101 East travels to Myanmar to investigate the depth of religious hatred that is plaguing the country and asks if freedom from hate is still possible? Religious and racial hatred is running deep in the once repressed south-east Asian country of Myanmar where violence between Muslim and Buddhist communities has left over 250 people dead and displaced over 140 thousand people. In the newly liberated media, free speech has quickly turned to hate speech. Catch 101 East on Thursday 6 September at 00:30 CAT. 

TBN (GOtv & GOtv Plus, Ch 80)

Generation Gap: Starring Edward Asner and Rue McClanahan, a troubled teen named Dylan always finds himself in trouble. After another fight at school, his mother decides that a summer away with his grandfather will sort him out. The teen is upset about spending his summer in a one horse town with his grandfather.Find out how this teen survives in Generation Gap showing on Saturday 7 September at 20:00 CAT. 

MTV Base (GOtv Plus, Ch 72)

Official African Chart: Join VJ Siz as the show brings you the hottest videos from Africa and across the globe. The Official African Chart is bigger than ever with the 20 hottest tracks. Official African Chart airs on Sunday 8 September at 12:00 CAT. 

Discovery World (GOtv & GOtv Plus, Ch 50)

Brand new show Escape From the Impact Zone tells the story of miraculous escapes by survivors in and around the impact zone where the two hijacked planes plunged into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Five survivors of the 9/11 attacks who were on the highest floors of the South Tower tell their incredible stories of escape from the impact zone. This film combines their poignant testimonies with user-generated footage and remarkable film archives from the day. Escape from the Impact Zone airs on Sunday 8 September at 21:00 CAT. 

NEW CHANNEL: Telemundo (GOtv Plus, Ch 13)

My Heart Beats For Lola: With the idea of loving each other for eternity, they decide to elope to Las Vegas. Little did they know that this simple decision would bring about the greatest misfortune of their lives. September picks up with Ramon and Vicky’s relationship imploding in spectacular fashion, while it soon becomes clear that, despite everything that has happened, Andres and Lola still have a burning passion for one another despite both of them attempting to move on with new lovers. Later in the month, Diogenes finally seems to have some payback coming his way when his health begins failing, albeit under tragic and suspicious circumstances. Watch My Heart Beats For Lola on weekdays at 18:00 CAT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHEDULES WERE CONFIRMED AND ACCURATE AS AT THE TIME OF DISTRIBUTION. DATES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Every day we judge other people by our standards, failing to acknowledge that we have failed as a people to provide the necessary family and social interventions for the have-nots.

Please read this poem and listen to the song which is my next message for this messed age…

Ghana no know me
Twenty two million people and I’m still so lonely
Live or die it’s all on me
Live a lie no not me
Then the streets that holds me
Moulds me
Tells me
To make shots like Koby
Na dabi menso m3y3 obi [translated as SO TO BECOME A FUTURE SOMEBODY]
Mummy can’t stand and daddy cares not
Looking forward to this love that never turns up
So I’m running to the same world rejecting me
Ironically they are accepting me as their enemy
The man in me my Moses sets me free
The thorns you see are roses best believe
I joined the gang of hopeless many meees
The rugged the endless poverty
So I turned to robbery
To escape this life of poverty
Now my home is the jail
You can stand out and judge if you will

My family no know me
I am a tree in the forest and I’m still so lonely
Fresh or dry it’s all on me
Live to die no not me
The society hates me breaks me
Makes me angry that my mum’s boyfriend rapes me
As a girl I’ve got to show bravery
Mummy can’t talk and daddy cares not
Looking forward to this love that never turns up
So I am going through this world thinking life is dead
And a happy ending is in a book I read
I make I red I will kill for a thorny bed
Without a bakery how am I to make my bread
Life is a curse to find God is to be blessed
But I can only do that if I can find me first
On the street I am a prostitute
Without skills what am I supposed to do?
Now my home is the jail
You can stand out and judge me if you will

These clothes covering my bones
Are made for me alone
These clothes covering my skin
You cannot fit in
Nobody knows nobody knows all I have been through
Nobody knows nobody knows all u have been through
So don’t judge me

Check out Okyeame Kwame’s Blog: http://ok.ghanaweb.com

Kofi Kinata, new act on Highgrade Family has dropped his first video for “This Year” featuring label boss, Samini. Check it out.

Kofi Kinata

If you’re reading this somewhere in Africa, then perhaps you should thank Nii Quaynor.

The Ghanaian professor is known as “Africa’s father of the internet,” a web pioneer who helped establish some of the continent’s first online connections.

For some 20 years now, soft-spoken Quaynor has been at the forefront of web development across Africa. He is the first African to be elected to the board of ICANN, the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers. He’s also played an important part in launching the African Network Operators Group and AfriNIC, the African internet numbers registry.

As a result, Quaynor was recently inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame, lauded as an instrumental figure “in the early design and development of the internet.” He is today chairman of Ghana’s information technology agency and a professor at the country’s Cape Coast University.

CNN’s African Voices spoke to Quaynor about the role of the internet in Africa’s development and his dreams for the continent’s digital future. An edited version of the interview follows.

CNN: How did you get the title of father of the internet in Africa?

Nii Quaynor: Actually I don’t know, but perhaps I made a lot of effort to get my colleagues to understand and to participate and to begin to contribute to the internet. And I have been fortunate with a very good educational background and so I also wanted to impart the knowledge and I was a major contributor in building some of the important technical institutions that make up the internet ecosystem in Africa. In the process of doing that a lot of people perhaps felt that my leadership was good for them, and you might say, gave me that kind of description.

CNN: What is the state of the internet in the continent?

NQ: The health of the internet in Africa is good; we have good connectivity, at least to major capital cities; we also have good wireless through the mobile companies and other forms of connectivity, so connectivity is becoming less of a barrier, except that we are still working on the affordability side of that connectivity.

The part that we are yet to, in some sense, make headway is both in the use as well as in we being part of the production side of services for the internet.

We don’t have many businesses developing content or hosting content or doing e-commerce — we have some banks trying to do internet banking, meaning we having companies beginning to adopt it, but we really haven’t taken hold of it. Some of it may be because of inadequate policies, because our policies historically have been about the transmission side of things and so we need to take another look at how a country thinks about developing its internet.

So we have a big challenge — actually, we see it as an opportunity. Connectivity is not the problem, now it’s shifting to the industry and we need to really build strong industries that will serve the needs of the one billion people in Africa.

CNN: Do African governments understand the need for connectivity?

NQ: I think governments now do understand; for most governments it’s important. They may not know what they want to do with it, but they understand it’s very important. That sometimes explains why government actions are seen as not coordinated or erratic, because they think it’s very important but they yet don’t have a full, sufficient understanding to know exactly how they want to interact with it or manage it or grow it. But certainly they recognize it is very important and many in governments are engaging with the internet technical community and other multi-stakeholder organizations to support them to evolve.

We do understand that usually policy lags behind technology, so some of these sorts of conflicts would occur, but I think we have weathered the storm — Africa is going beyond those days and now recognizes the importance of it. They are battling with controlling it, and soon we’ll convince everyone that there is no need and that the right thing to do is to discipline it and begin to adopt it and make it do the right things for us and help define what Africa wants from the internet, which is not very obvious yet.

CNN: What is your hope for Africa in the future?

NQ: My hope for Africa in the future is that Africa will own its portion of the internet. Africa should strive to participate on its own terms on the internet, not leave it to chance to be determined.

Africa can indeed determine how it wants to play in the internet and Africa should ensure that it is able to create the right policy environment for the internet to grow.

Text & Video Credit: CNN

The Black Stars players and management touched down in Kumasi on Wednesday to a rapturous welcome. They were met on arrival by a huge crowd of supporters, who had gathered at the airport hours before they landed.

The team is preparing to face Zambia tomorrow Friday September 6 in a Group D encounter to determine which of the two countries will secure passage to play-offs for World Cup in Brazil 2014.

Few months ago, singer and former judge of Vodafone Icons, Stephanie Benson released two singles “Good Bye” and “Good Feeling” plus video for “Good Feeling”. She has released second video for “Good Bye”. Check it out!!!

Ahead of his 10-track compilation release this week titled “For God and Country”, check out Chase’s first song off the album “Blowing”.

And why not? The couple who were voted the show’s most romantic housemates probably wanted to send a signal that what they started in the house was real and not fake as many suggested.

Though there was a hint of a possible relationship back in the house and later confirmation by the couple themselves after the show, a lot of people have doubted the sustainability of Elikem 24, and 27-year-old Pokello’s relationship.

Following the talk about their age difference which seems to have created a lot of “buzz” recently, Elikem says he was not worried about age as a factor in choosing a partner he wants to be with. Elikem is three years younger than Pokello.

Speaking with Showbiz last Tuesday, he said  though a lot of people have questioned the rationale for being an “item” with the older Pokello, he could not be bothered about their age difference.

“I don’t know why people would want to make a fuss about our relationship because of the age difference. If I find some qualities of a virtuous wife in a woman, I don’t know what age has got to with it.

“I went to the house not attached to any woman. By God’s grace, I found someone like Pokello and I don’t know why we both cannot start on a good note because of age factor.

“ I don’t feel younger at all and I’m very much okay.  I have dated a lady five years older than me before so the age difference between Pokello and I is actually not a big deal for me,” he stated.

He dismissed claims that he was caught in a love triangle with housemates Feza, Fatimah and Pokello before finally settling on the Zimbabwean lady.

“I was never a playboy or confused as people are suggesting. The truth is that I made moves on Feza because I thought she was a nice person I could start something with but she turned me down because her culture frowned on a woman dating a younger guy.

“She also made me understand that she was in love with Oneal and I had to respect her decision. As for Fatimah, she was just a friend and nothing more than that,” Elikem added.

On life in the Big Brother house, Elikem dispelled the public perception that most of the happenings in the House were staged.

“You have no idea how difficult it is to be locked up in a house with no radio and television. It is really a difficult situation and whatever viewers saw was100 percent real”.

He was rather hesitant to comment on Pokello’s sex tape with her ex-boyfriend because that was in the past and he was looking forward to the future with Pokello.

Elikem said he was not bothered by the cultural differences that exist between Ghana and Zimbabwe because from what he learnt from Big Brother, Africans are one people and marrying Pokello would have nothing to do with her nationality.

Asked how soon Ghanaians should expect to hear the wedding bells, he let out an infectious laugh and said : “It is too early to talk about marriage but I think things are looking good for us. We just started and waiting for what the future holds for us.”

Pokello is expected to be in Ghana on September 13 for Elikem’s welcome party at the Aphrodisiac Night Club and another at the Vienna City night club in Kumasi a week later.

For now, Elikem says he is taking advantage of the popularity gained from Big Brother to build his brand and acting career which took off before he entered the Big Brother house.

“I already have three scripts and I know people will enjoy that aspect of my life apart from the fashion business. Ghanaians should expect nothing but the best of Elikem ‘the tailor’ as I journey into the world of show business,” he stated.

Elikem was the first Ghanaian housemate to get to the finals of the Big Brother Africa show since its inception seven years ago. Before Big Brother, Elikem had a taste of the make- belief industry when he featured in two films by Abdul Salam Mumuni titled Cheaters and Hunters.

Elikem and Pokello

Culled from Graphic Showbiz

The nominee for MOBO Awards 2013 is out. Ghana’s Atumpan and FUSE ODG have been nominated in the ‘Best African Act’ category to face the following Bombino, Ice Prince, Liquideep, Mafikizolo, Seun Kuti, Spoek Mathambo, Tiwa Savage and WizKid.

Check out the MOBO Awards 2013 nominations list below.

Best Newcomer in association with HTC 

Daley

Elli Ingram

Etta Bond

Fuse ODG

Jacob Banks

Jahmene Douglas

Krept and Konan

Sam Smith

Shakka

Stylo G

Best Male Act 

Disclosure

Naughty Boy

Rudimental

Wiley

Wretch 32

Best Female Act In association with Tresor Paris 

Jessie J

Jessie Ware

Laura Mvula

Lianna La Havas

Rita Ora

Best Video in association with SBTV 

Aluna George – Attracting Flies

Dizzee Rascal – Bassline Junkie

Fuse ODG ft Wyclef – Antenna

Laura Mvula – Green Garden

Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith – La La La

Rizzle Kicks – Lost Generation

Best UK Hip Hop/Grime 

Akala

K Koke

Tinie Tempah

Wiley

Wretch 32

Best Album

Angel – About Time

Disclosure – Settle

Laura Mvula – Sing To the Moon

Rudimental – Home

Wiley – Ascent

Best R&B/Soul Act 

Angel

Daley

Jessie Ware

Laura Mvula

Lianne La Havas

Best Song in Association with PRSforMusic

Disclosure feat. Aluna George - White Noise

Naughty Boy – La La La

Rudimental – Waiting All Night

Wiley feat. Chip – Reloaded

Wretch 32 ft Shakka – Black Out

Best International Act 

Ciara

Iggy Azalea

J.Cole

Jason Derulo

Jay Z

Justin Timberlake

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Miguel

Robin Thicke

Best African Act 

Atumpan

Bombino

Fuse ODG

Ice Prince

Liquideep

Mafikizolo

Seun Kuti

Spoek Mathambo

Tiwa Savage

WizKid

Best Reggae Act 

Mavado

Popcaan

Sean Paul

Stylo G

Tarrus Riley

Best Jazz Act

Sons Of Kemet

Courtney Pine

Soweto Kinch

Jazz Jamaica

Lineage

Best Gospel Act 

Guvna B

El-Marfex

Lurine Cato

IDMC

Sandra Godley

The Mahou 5 Star Party which is set to thrill Accra through out the month of September to October kicks off this Weekend . The party will start on Friday, September 6 at the Duplex Pub and move to Fire Fly pub on Saturday then and on Sunday at Epo’s drinking pub.

The ‘Mahou 5 Star Party Tour’ is a celebration of the arrival of Mahou beer in Ghana. Mahou is Spain’s leading premium beer which has been in existence for well over a Century. It is the official beer sponsor of Real Madrid Football Club

25 pre-selected venues in Accra will be hosting the Tour with some of best DJs Ghana has to offer. According to George Mensah Britton, Business Development Manager of EDGE53, the event is designed to entertain as well as introduce the Mahou beer to club and pub attendees in the capital. He added there will be plenty souvenir giveaways including free drinks, T-shirts, Hats, sunglasses, headsets and jerseys at every party.

Mr Britton concluded: “How does one become part of this party? Just follow the details of each event as it starts from this weekend to the 27th of October 2013 online news websites, social media, radio and TV. Then, be at any of the mentioned venues.

You spot the Mahou beer party branded ladies and automatically you in!”

After a long hiatus, singer Irene Logan is making a comeback with her “Rebirth” album. Check out first single taken from the album.

The Chale Wote Festival 2013 will end today, September 8. This year, it was organized with the theme: ‘Reimagining African Folklore by Creating Exciting and Futuristic Versions’.

The Festival attracts tourists, art lovers, musicians, graffiti, poets and artists. Watch the video below captured by FashionGhana on the streets of James Town, venue for the festival.

Five executive members of the organising committee for the Accra International Film Festival (AIFF) will leave Accra on Monday, September 9  for Canada to attend  the ongoing  38th  annual Toronto International  Film Festival (TIFF).

They are Kwame Addo (Executive Director); David Dontoh (Director of Communications); Nuhu Issah (Operations Director); Derick Alorvor (Director of Logistics and Sponsorship) and Darlington Acolatse (Publicist).

The TIFF 2013 took off last Thursday, September 5, and will end on Sunday, September 15. A total of 366 films from 70 countries are scheduled to be screened, including 146 world premieres.

David Dontoh told the Daily Graphic that their invitation by the organisers of the Toronto festival was facilitated by the former Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, Trudy Kernighan who showed a keen interest in the Accra International Film Festival held last June.

He said arrangements had been made for them to share ideas with the Toronto festival organisers on how to get some Canadian productions into the next Accra festival.

Kwame Addo also stated that there was the possibility of the AIFF delegation meeting with top Canadian actor, Keanu Reeves to explore the chance of him coming to Accra next year as a guest of their festival.

Keanu Reeves has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is known for his roles in films such as Point Break, The Matrix trilogy, Constantine, Youngblood, The Tracey Ullman Show and American Playhouse.

The next Accra International Film Festival has been scheduled for May 2014 at the Kempinski Hotel.

Kwame Addo (left) and David Dontoh will be at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Credit: Daily Graphic

We all know the insults that some Ghanaians hauled on Kevin-Prince Boateng when he retired from playing for Ghana. It’s no longer important since that decision has been rescinded hence his call up for the crucial Zambia match which Ghana won by 2-1.

This picture below of Kevin-Prince Boateng with Ghana flag was captured gathering support for his teammates before the commencement of the last Group D encounter between Ghana and Chipolopolo from Zambia in Kumasi last Friday.

How will you caption this picture?

Source: GhanaGist.Com

Auditions for the second season of Viasat1’s talent show BORN STARZ begins on Saturday September 21, 2013 at the NAFTI studios in Cantonments, Accra. Ben Brako, Paulina Oduro and David Oscar return as judges this season.

Born Starz is a platform for talented amateurs to showcase what they have and to build on their skill and confidence. Nero-X emerged winner of the maiden edition last year, which also saw him recording his first single ‘Dance For Me’ which features Okyeame Kwame and J Appiah.

Audition forms for this season are available for FREE at Max Mart Shopping Mall, Koala Shopping Mall, NAFTI, Modern African Productions (MAP), and Viasat 1 office in Labone. A soft copy is however available for downloaded from Viasat1 website, www.viasat1.com.gh. Applicants must fill the forms and present them on the day of audition. Auditions will hold every Saturday starting from 21^st September, 2013 to 26^th October, 2013 at the NAFTI studio in Cantonments.

Born Starz is open to a wide range of talents including magicians, jugglers, puppeteers, comedians, acrobatics, dancers, singers, and more. It is a true celebration of Ghanaian talents as an array of both young and old vie for their chance to strut and perform on stage with the aim to win a grand prize.

Application forms are available at Koala Shopping Mall (Osu), NAFTI studios (Cantonments), Viasat1 (Labone) and MAP (Labone). A soft copy of the form is also available online for download at www.viasat1.com.gh. Applicants must fill the forms and be at the NAFTI studios on Saturday at 7am to audition for the first round.

Born Starz judges: Ben Brako, Paulina Oduro and David Oscar