{"id":428119,"date":"2017-10-12T23:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T23:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/we-hold-the-key-to-representing-africa-okyeame-kwame\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T23:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T23:05:46","slug":"we-hold-the-key-to-representing-africa-okyeame-kwame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/we-hold-the-key-to-representing-africa-okyeame-kwame\/","title":{"rendered":"We hold the key to representing Africa &#8211; Okyeame Kwame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday, 12 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-12<\/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\/83769938.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwame 33\" title=\"Kwame 33\" width=\"295\" height=\"237\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Musician Okyeame Kwame<\/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\/1507849546_750_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Sensational highlife artiste, Okyeame Kwame has reiterated the important role of Ghanaian celebrities in showcasing Ghana and Africa to the rest of the world<\/p>\n<p>According to him, celebrities with huge following on social media hold the key in representing Ghana and Africa to the rest of the world<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hold the key in representing Africa and Ghana to the rest of the world, so if we do a music video that shows cast the beautiful Ghanaian Adinkra symbols and kente, what it does is that, it immediately sends a signal to all the millions of people that follow us to say that Ghana is not a place with broke hungry children\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Okyeame Kwame admonished celebrities to use their influence to change perceptions which will eventually change attitudes and that will lead to more people coming to Africa and  Ghana to spend money.<\/p>\n<p>Watch video below<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8kNLPdkat98\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 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 Thursday, 12 October 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-10-12 play videoMusician Okyeame Kwame &#13; 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