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Mark Okraku-Mantey
Mark Okraku-Mantey (born 25 January 1974) is a Ghanaian music producer and politician. He is currently the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Slip Mark Entertainment. Mark Okraku-Mantey has worked with several Ghanaian musicians including Lord Kenya, Kumi Guitar, Oheneba Kissi, Daasebre Gyamenah, Akyeame, and Adane Best. Okraku-Mantey started out as a disc jockey in the 1990's at Joy FM till he rose to the position of Programs Director for Hitz FM both under the Multimedia Group Limited. Early life and education Okraku Mantey is a native of Ayensuano. He attended Datus Complex Schools (Bubuashie) for his basic school education and proceeded to St. Augustine's College in the Central region for his secondary school education. During his time at St. Augustine's, he was the first student to be allowed to play as official Disc Jockey for school. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and an executive master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central University (Ghana)
The Central University was founded by the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) in Accra, Ghana. It was founded as a pastoral training institute by Mensah Otabil in 1988. In June 1991, it was known as the Central Bible College. It later became the Central Christian College in 1993 and eventually became the Central University College in 1998. In 2016, Central University College attained the status of a fully-fledged University thus now Central University. The stated aims of the university is to provide an "integrated and biblically-based tertiary education with particular reference to the needs of the African continent". It is currently the biggest private university in Ghana. History In 1988, the ''Central Bible College'' was born. In 1993, it became the ''Christian University College'' and became the Central University College (CUC) in the year 1998 after a change of name. Central University College (CUC) is a privately owned university college in Ghana. Owned by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disc Jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablism, turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who DJ mix, mix music from other recording media such as compact cassette, cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simultaneously. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Uncle Ebo Whyte
Uncle Ebo Whyte (born James Ebo Whyte; 20 July 1954) is a Ghanaian playwright, author and motivational speaker. He is the artistic director and lead writer at Roverman Productions and has written and directed over 45 plays for stage since 2008. His plays include Not My Husband, The Day Dad Came, Unhappy Wives Confused Husbands, Dear God Comma, Rejected, Dora Why, Blackmail and many others. Ebo Whyte is also the author of the Rover Monthly Report, an inspirational magazine and has two novels: ''The Deal'' and ''The Perfect Couple'' written by him. He's acclaimed as Ghana's most successful playwright and also as the one who has revived theatre after its long dormancy due to political upheavals. Early life and education Uncle Ebo, a Fante, was born and raised in South Suntreso, Kumasi in Ghana to a feisty fishmonger mother, Baaba Esama and ex-boxer father, Mr. Whyte. He grew up the first of five boys in a competitive household and one in which his parents did not hide which of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akofa Edjeani Asiedu
Akofa Edjeani (born 20 February 1969) is a Ghanaian veteran film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ..., Film producer, producer and entrepreneur. Her short film, ''Not My Daughter'' (a film about female genital mutilation), won Best Short Film award at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in 2008, and ''I Sing of a Well'', the movie she starred in and co-produced, won three awards and the Best Jury Award from Africa Movie Academy Awards, African Movie Academy Awards in 2010. Early life and education Akofa was born on 20 February 1969 in Ghana. She had her secondary school education at Mawuli School where she started acting as a member of the school's drama club. She holds a bachelor's degree in arts from the University of Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuami Eugene
Eugene Kwame Marfo (born 1 February 1997), who goes by the stage name Kuami Eugene is a Ghanaian High-life and Afrobeat singer-songwriter. He is signed to Lynx Entertainment, and is known for several songs, including "Angela", "Wish Me Well", "Ohemaa" and many others. He won the New Artist awards in 2018 from the Ghana Music Awards and the Ghana Music Awards UK. He also received the Most Promising Artist in Africa award from AFRIMA. In 2019, Kwame Eugene received 7 nominations at the Ghana Music Awards and went on to win the awards for Album of the Year, Producer of the Year and Highlife Artist of the Year. He was crowned Artist of the Year and High-life Artist of the Year at the 2020 Ghana Music Awards. Early life Kuami Eugene was born to Alex and Juliana Marfo in Akim Oda, Ghana. His interest in music led him to sing in the church from a young age where he also learnt how to play the drum, keyboard and guitar. He attended Salvation Army Senior High school located at Akim-Wenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Shay
Wendy Asiamah Addo (born 20 February 1996), known by the stage name Wendy Shay, is a Ghanaian people, Ghanaian African popular music, Afropop and Afrobeats singer. In March 2021, she was among the Top 30 Most Influential Women in Music by the 3Music Awards Women's Brunch. Early childhood Wendy Shay was born to Mr & Mrs Addo on 20 February 1996 in Accra, a suburb of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. After the death of her father, she relocated to Stuttgart, Germany with her three siblings. Wendy's love of music grew after she lost her father when she was four years old. She attended Morning Star School and St Martin de Porres School (Ghana), St Martin de Porres in Accra before relocating to Stuttgart where she continued her education from grade 7 (JHS 1). She also attended a music school in Bernhausen in Germany. Career Wendy Shay is a trained Nursing, Nurse by profession, worked as a Midwife in the clinical field. She worked as a midwife until she moved to Ghana to pursu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samini
Emmanuel Andrews Sammini (born 22 December 1981 in Accra, Ghana), known by his stage name Samini (formerly as Batman Samini), is a Ghanaian Reggae and Dance hall recording artiste from Wa, Ghana. His genre of music is a melodious mixture of high life, dance hall, reggae and hip-hop. He terms his brand of music as the "African dance hall". He signed his first record deal with Ashanti International. Samini started his record label after he left the aforementioned label. Samini has released seven studio albums, with all being highly successful on the commercial market. Samini's success and recognition began when his first single, Linda, was released and subsequently appearing on other successful singles by other artists. On 13 December 2018, Samini was en-skinned as a Chief in his home town. The title given to him by the WaNaa (Paramount Chief of Wa) is `Pebilii Naa’, which means `King of the Rocks’ in Wa. Background information Sammini started singing in a church choir at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blakk Rasta
Blakk Rasta (born Abubakar Ahmed (born 2 September 1974) is a Ghanaian reggae / Kuchoko artiste, dub poet and a radio presenter of Zylofon FM. He is best known for the song "Barack Obama" sung in honor of the 44th U.S President. He was honored at a special dinner with President Obama on 11 July 2010. Musical style Blakk Rasta does "Kuchoko" which is predominantly reggae music fused with African rhythms and energies pouring out conscious lyrics about love, equal rights and justice, blackness, rasta and spiritual love. Blakk Rasta's current "Kuchoko" sound innovation came about after a long period of research into a new sound, which will ride on reggae music and establish a sound which will cut across indigenous African sights, sounds and spirituality and be accepted worldwide in these fast changing times of musical tastes and preferences. Indigenous African instruments such as the xylophone, talking drum (dondo), kette, flute, kologo, kora fused with animal and jungle sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana DJ Awards
The Ghana DJ Awards are an annual ceremony to recognize and honor disc jockeys and other individuals who have influenced electronic dance music in Ghana. Its purpose is to foster the development of the Ghana music industry by rewarding and celebrating radio, mobile and club DJs who have excelled in their profession. The annual event highlights contributions Ghana DJs have made to the music distribution and promotion industry by playing, endorsing and publishing songs. History The awards were founded in 2011. Conceived by Merqury Quaye, the first Ghana DJ Awards ceremony was held at the National Theatre on 15 February 2012. Notable disc jockeys who have performed at the awards ceremony include DJ Que, DJ Vyrusky, DJ Kofi, DJ Black and DJ Jimmy Jatt. Awards As of 2015, awards were presented in thirty-four categories. In September 2020, the organizers introduced a new category, "Lockdown DJ of the Year", to award DJs who entertained music fans during the COVID-19 lockdown period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
The Ghana Music Awards, currently known as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music awards event in Ghana established in 1999 by a local event organizer and planner company known as CharterHouse to originally and primarily celebrate the "outstanding contributions of Ghanaian musicians to the growth and expansion of its associated industry". Held each April, May or June, the event is broadcast locally on GHOne TV, GTV and/or TV3 and outside Ghana on Akwaaba Magic on satellite TV platform DStv and terrestrial TV platform GOtv. Prior to the launch of the Akwaaba Magic channel in 2021, the event was broadcast outside Ghana on channels 155 and 198 on DStv and on channel 110 on GOtv. In 2020, the event's precursor, the nominees jam, scheduled for April 4 at Jackson Park in Koforidua, was initially postponed and then cancelled to comply with a national directive on public gathering due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Trophy The Ghana Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efiewura
Efiewura also spelled Ofiwura, Ofiewura (meaning "Landlord" or “ruler/master of house” in Twi) is a popular Ghanaian television sitcom that airs on TV3 Ghana, in the Akan language. The series focused on how landlords treat tenants and the relationship that exist between tenant. It started in 2001, and is still in production, making it the longest running show in the country.Kusi, Tony (22 August 2017)Photos: 6 Efiewura TV Series Actors Who Have Passed Away ghpage.com, Retrieved 13 December 2018 It has won several local television awards.(18 September 2018) ''Modern Ghana'' Cast Cast members of the long-running show have included: *Bob Santo, John Evans Bosompi as Santo *Margret Quainoo as Araba Stamp *Micheal Moncar *Harriet Naa Akleh Okantey (Auntie B) *Lucky Azasoo-Nkornoo(5 May 2016)Efiewura star actor, Mc Flava Pounds is dead myjoyonline.com *Ebenezer Donkor (Katawere) *Abeiku Aggrey Santana *Kofi Agyiri(30 June 2017)Ghanaian actor Kofi Agyiri of Efiewura fame dead Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
