Hiplife In Ghana Book Reading

The cover of the book and Prof. Halifu Osumare

Tomorrow, Thursday October 18^th 2012, the Department of African Studies of the University of Ghana will play host to Prof Halifu Osumare, an Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of California Davis in the United States as she makes a book presentation of her new book, The Hiplife In Ghana: West African Indigenization of Hip-Hop to a cross section of students, academics, musicians and interested persons.

On My TV This Morning!

Kokui and Patric

The new morning show on Viasat One, This Morning is a brilliantly produced program so far. There is a beautiful chemistry between the two presenters and they are able to synchronize their conversations without it looking fake. That entails a lot of brilliance to attain so to you Kokui Selormey and Patrice Amegashie, you guys are awesome!

Lexis Bill - Favorite Host on Accra's various Morning Programs on Radio

The host of the morning show on Hitz FM, Lexis Bill has emerged as the most favorite Host on Accra’s various morning programs on radio. This came up during a poll conducted by akosuasakyiwaa.blogspot.com over a one week period.

Lexis polled 50% of all votes cast while Joy Fm’s Super Morning Show Host, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah polled 33% of the polls.

Hitz FM's Lexis Bill Hosts "The Challenge" Season 4

Lexis Bill

The Challenge, the educational reality competition which seeks to give brilliant promising young Ghanaian University graduates a chance to compete for a fully paid scholarship at the Robert Gordon University in  Aberdeen, Scotland returns this weekend with Season 4 and this time with a new host.

Papaye Has Still Got It!

The Osu Oxford Street in Accra has seen some of the most amazing and fastest transformations from a calm normal street into a bustling commercial center in a very short while. The street I remember used to have a few shops but commercial activities weren’t vibrant. The only restaurant I remember is Papaye.

AKUCHI Designs S\S 2012 Collection . . . JADEITE

This year, this spring, this summer, while you laid in wait for it to come, you probably didn’t anticipate that you will be served with glamour as AKUCHI Designs presented their 2012 s\s collection, themed “JADEITE!”

Obrafour - Most VERSATILE Rapper

Obrafour

Obrafour, the Ghana Rap Sofo has been voted as the Most Versatile Rapper, gaining 42% of votes cast. He was in contention with Edem, Okyeame Kwame, Sarkodie and Asem on a poll organized by akosuasakyiwaa.blogspot.com

Surprisongly, the current fastest rapper in Ghana, and argualbly the most popular polled 23% while Okyeame Kwame and Edem both got 33% each of votes cast.

Asem

Asem tailed the polls with 23%.

Okyeame Kwame

Sarkodie

Edem

Indeed versatility is different from popularity. CONGRATS to Obrafour.

What Goes Around. . .

In a fast changing world, I have been awed by the growing characters around me. I get surprised by some of them and get to laugh at them when they start crying foul.

Imagine this. There are a group of five girlfriends. They do all sorts of things together. One of them has a certain man as her best friend. This man is breathtakingly dangerously flirtatiously wild! But there is a catch.

The Controller

Ghana’s electricity is supplied mainly, and I daresay solely by the Akosombo Dam which, when all things are well and good is managed by the able Electricity Company of Ghana but when all things are bad, the blame game between the ECG, Volta River Authority and GRIDCo comes to play.

Yvonne Okoro - Most Talented Actress

Nadia Buari

Yvonne Okoro

 To create some more excitement, I have decided to conduct polls on different topics on my blog. The very first one I conducted was for readers and visitors to vote for the Most Talented Actress between Nadia Buari, Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Okoro, Roselyn Ngissah and Joselyn Dumas.