Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Simigwa-Do

https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simigwa-do/

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, the versatile, irrepressible singer, songwriter, producer and Ghanean “musical- life-force” exploded on the music scene in 1973, with a jazzy Highlife sound he called “Simigwa-Do”. Simigwa-Do – version d’origine (1973) Ambolley taught himself to play the flute as a first instrument in his early years of musical interest dating back to the…

Guy One – #1

https://amf.didiermary.fr/guy-one-1/

Guy One performing traditional Frafra music from Ghana (now remixed in Germany). Guy One is an utterly unique artist who writes and performs Frafra music, a style that originates from a small area in the north of Ghana (a more city-styled approach to this music can also be heard in the sounds of King Ayisoba).Whilst […] …

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Criminalizing poverty in Nigeria

With thousands jailed without trial, Nigeria’s justice system punishes the poor while the powerful walk free. Can real reform break this cycle of injustice?

https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/criminalizing-poverty-in-nigeria

From Nkrumah to neoliberalism

How did Ghana go from Nkrumah’s radical vision to neoliberal entrenchment? Gyekye Tanoh unpacks the forces behind its political stability, deepening inequality, and the fractures shaping its future.

https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/from-nkrumah-to-neoliberalism

" [...] today, there is no progress before the decline even begins."

Schüler und Schülerinnen des St. Hildegardis-Gymnasium Duisburg besuchten diese Jahr wieder das Hope College in Gomoa Fetteh, Ghana.
Dabei wurden 14 Laptops an die Schule überreicht und die SchülerInnen geschult. Jeder Laptop verfügt über 300 freie Lern- und Office-Programme sowie eine riesige Offline-Bibliothek in Englisch. Vielen Dank.
https://platform.labdoo.org/edoovillage?e=85764
#Labdoo #duisburg #ghana #gomoafetteh #flugpate #reisen #hopecollege #laptop #teilhabe #lernen
— in Gomoa Fetteh.

Meanwhile in Maastricht.

At The European Fine Art Foundation fair a long lost Gustav Klimt portrait of an African prince, a representative of the Osu (Ga) from Ghana, has after half-a-century resurfaced. 'Lost' during WW2 it has now been restored and is (after legal issues had been settled) for sale. Yours for €15m... no doubt museums in Vienna are scrabbling for funds.

#art #Ghana #GustavKlimt

https://www.artdependence.com/articles/15-million-euro-klimt-find-from-austria-for-sale-at-tefaf-maastricht/

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