{"id":390887,"date":"2017-05-19T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/19\/okyeame-kwame-speaks-on-voice-of-america\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:42:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:42:06","slug":"okyeame-kwame-speaks-on-voice-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/19\/okyeame-kwame-speaks-on-voice-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Okyeame Kwame Speaks On Voice Of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDUxOTIwMTcxMTIyNDJfMTc3NjAxMTdfMTAxNTQyMzk2NDIxMjU4NTVfNjAzNjQwODQ4MzMyMzQxNzczMV9uLmpwZ3wzMDB8MTgwfDUvMTkvMjAxNw==.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location='\/newsphoto\/3\/1\/NDMyNzg=';\"\/><\/div>\n<p><strong>For some time now, the Voice of America (VOA) has been profiling Ghanaian artistes on their weekly music show, Music Time in Africa hosted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian artistes who has had the opportunity to be on the global platform to share their music journey with the world were <strong>Efya<\/strong>, <strong>Wiyaala<\/strong>, <strong>Reggie Rockstone<\/strong>, et al.<\/p>\n<p>Come this <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, another music acts from <strong>Ghana<\/strong> will be profiled on the show and it\u2019s no other person but veteran musician <strong>Okyeame Kwame<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning rapper is expected to share with the world how it all began for him vis-\u00e0-vis music. <strong>OK<\/strong>, as he\u2019s affectionately called, will also touch on his upcoming single with Grammy Award recipient <strong>Sizzla Kalonji<\/strong> from <strong>Jamaica<\/strong>, and also talk about his upcoming music projects and other music related issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Time in Africa<\/strong> is <strong>VOA<\/strong>\u2019s longest running radio program in <strong>English<\/strong>. Since 1965, it has been featuring <strong>Africa<\/strong>&#8216;s finest music with weekly interviews, music news, and audience engagement. The host of the show, <strong>Dr. Heather Maxwell, <\/strong>a preeminent American broadcaster, is an Africanist ethnomusicologist and musical artist who has lived and performed extensively throughout Africa for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The interview airs on the <strong>Music Time in Africa<\/strong> show, on <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, <strong>May 21<\/strong> at <strong><em>09:00 GMT<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>15:00 GMT<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>20:00 GMT<\/em><\/strong> on the <strong>VOA Radio<\/strong>, which can be accessed in <strong>Accra Ghana<\/strong> on <strong>98.1 FM<\/strong> and <strong>www.voanews.com<\/strong> across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>A repeat broadcast is on <strong>Friday<\/strong>, <strong>May 26<\/strong> at <strong><em>21:00 GMT<\/em><\/strong> and <strong>Saturday<\/strong>, <strong>May 27<\/strong> at <strong><em>09:00 GMT<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>15:00 GMT<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>20:00 GMT<\/em><\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some time now, the Voice of America (VOA) has been profiling Ghanaian artistes on their weekly music show, Music Time in Africa hosted. 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Come this Sunday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a0Okyeame Kwame Speaks On Voice Of America - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/19\/okyeame-kwame-speaks-on-voice-of-america\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u00a0Okyeame Kwame Speaks On Voice Of America - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"For some time now, the Voice of America (VOA) has been profiling Ghanaian artistes on their weekly music show, Music Time in Africa hosted. 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