{"id":424269,"date":"2017-10-02T09:56:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/playwright-latif-abubakar-receives-tourism-and-cultural-awards\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T09:56:56","slug":"playwright-latif-abubakar-receives-tourism-and-cultural-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/playwright-latif-abubakar-receives-tourism-and-cultural-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Playwright Latif Abubakar receives Tourism and Cultural awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday,  2 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/96086499.295.jpg\" alt=\"Latif6\" title=\"Latif6\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Playwrights, Latif Abubakar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1506938216_566_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">One of Ghana\u2019s talented playwrights, Latif Abubakar has been honoured by the Ghana Tourism Authority for his immense contribution to the growth of creative arts in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He was part of some creative arts persons who were honoured for the diverse roles they have played in the growth of country\u2019s tourism and creative arts sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The playwright, who has thrilled Ghanaian to several exciting plays was, awarded the 2017 Tourism &amp; Cultural Innovators Awards (Creative Arts Category) at a ceremony at the Mariam Hotel in Tamale.<\/p>\n<p>He is known for exciting plays such as, \u2018Thank God for Idiots\u2019, \u2018Romantic Nonsense\u2019, \u2018You May Kiss the Corpse\u2019, \u2018Gallery of Comedies\u2019, \u2018The Second Coming of Nkrumah\u2019 and \u2018What Can Come Can Come\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dedicate this feat to God and all of you who have kept faith in my works,\u201d he told Myjoyonline.com.<\/p>\n<p>Latif Abubakar, who is the CEO of Globe Productions, has cemented himself as one of the country\u2019s best theatre playwrights.<\/p>\n<p>He has over the years worked with some of the country\u2019s best actors including Ecow Smith-Asante, Adjetey Anang (Pusher), Ofori Bismarck, Pearl Darkey, Paul Quarcoo and Alexandra Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>His play, \u2018The Second Coming of Nkrumah\u2019 was nominated in the \u2018Best Play\u2019 category at the 2014 Ghana Movie Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The playwright says the award will inspire him to work harder to produce more exciting plays for Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/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>Entertainment of Monday, 2 October 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-10-02 Playwrights, Latif Abubakar &#13; One of Ghana\u2019s talented playwrights, Latif Abubakar has been honoured by the Ghana Tourism Authority for his immense contribution to the growth of creative arts in Ghana. 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