It was a marathon of music performances at the just ended African Culture Week Festival which came off at the Aburi Botanical Gardens when an array of music artistes thrilled the audience to a great show.
The artistes included traditional artiste, Elivava, Jon Germain, Reggae Rising Crew consisting of Dr. Knii Lante, Osagyefo, Jahwi, Yasmeen Helwani and Fiifi Selah.
Renowned guitarist, Opoku Mensah, who recently won two awards at the MIA Awards held in Cotonou also delighted the audience with his mastery of the Black and White keys much to their admiration.
One of the highlights of the evening’s performance was an act by the 25 piece “Odada” band from Elmina in the Central region. Their rich old school 70’s style soul and liberation sound was right on point as it got the audience on their feet throughout their performance.
But it wasn’t an all music affair at the climax of the third edition of the annual event sponsored by new Body Products as renowned Pan African poet, Mutabaruka, delivered some poetry recitals.
Though music and poetry were highlights of the day, it didn’t take the purpose of the event which was to showcase and promote healthy African dishes.
Apart from it serving the platform to promote African culture through its variety of meals, it was also to highlight the importance of vegetarian meals.
Some of the vegetarian dishes ranged from broccolli “spare the ribs” coated with marinara sauce, Egusi cauliflower nuggets with onion rings, cashew cheese and Okro stew.
The African Culture and Wellness Festival (ACAWF) was created by Dr. Sharita Yazid, Chief Operating Officer of New Body Products in Ghana.
She said, “I am grateful that two international titans in their respective fields could come to Ghana to support the initiative. ACAWF has taken the lead in creating a platform that will help educate, empower, and heal Africans on the continent and the Diasporas”.
Empress Lomo of Radio Gold and Edwin Baffour of Drum & Gong steered affairs on the night as the MCs.
