{"id":416697,"date":"2017-09-09T23:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T23:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/09\/the-slaves-return-to-cape-coast\/"},"modified":"2017-09-09T23:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T23:30:29","slug":"the-slaves-return-to-cape-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/09\/the-slaves-return-to-cape-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTHE SLAVES\u201d return to Cape Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>  <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe Slaves\u201d a play written by Mohammed Ben Abdallah would be stagd at the Main Auditorium of the Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The play is being directed by Richardson Commey Fio and is on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1460753542\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Friday 29th and Saturday 30th September, 2017<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson Commey Fio in an interview\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kasapafmonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/kasapafmonline.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504963087895000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1gLZbgq6ZHlafUOT6-eIEuD4xew\">kasapafmonline.com\u00a0said, \u201d The play which is a total African theatre presentation encompassing music, dance and drama, adopts the concept of abibigoro to craftily tell the stories of captured slaves in the dungeons of the Elmina Castle. These slaves, though from different parts of Africa, agree to unite and escape to wage a war against the white man and their own people involved in this heinous crime,\u201d Mr. Fio revealed.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-117085\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/slave-1-600x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\"\/><br \/>Mr. Fio noted that the play is still relevant today as Africa is presently battling different forms of slavery unleashed on her people by the West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>African countries with mineral resources do not possess the bargaining power to name their prices for their own goods. Many do not even understand the democracy and governance systems we have adopted to practice. Amidst all these are the poisonous and impudent expression of selfishness, betrayals and greediness that have engulfed African leaders and it\u2019s people. Many have become bootlickers and are ready to do the bidding of the West for their selfish interest as against that total well-being of the masses<\/em>,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the residents of Cape Coast and its environs to come and watch the play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Theatre has proven to be therapeutic. It\u2019s creates a unique and serene atmosphere for relaxation and release of stress. The audience will be informed and educated on the other side of the slavery story that is hardly told or shared. The betrayal within the black people ;chiefs and warriors,<\/em>\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The time for programme is\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1460753543\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:00pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0prompt each night at the cost of Gh 15.00 for single and Gh 25.00 double.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Slaves\u201d a play written by Mohammed Ben Abdallah would be stagd at the Main Auditorium of the Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast in the coming weeks. The play is being directed by Richardson Commey Fio and is on\u00a0Friday 29th and Saturday 30th September, 2017. Richardson Commey Fio in an interview\u00a0kasapafmonline.com\u00a0said, \u201d The play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cTHE SLAVES\u201d return to Cape Coast - 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\/09\/09\/the-slaves-return-to-cape-coast\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u201cTHE SLAVES\u201d return to Cape Coast - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u201cThe Slaves\u201d a play written by Mohammed Ben Abdallah would be stagd at the Main Auditorium of the Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast in the coming weeks. 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