{"id":442770,"date":"2017-12-01T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/wiyaalas-djimba-world-music-festival-returns-on-december-23\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:22:56","slug":"wiyaalas-djimba-world-music-festival-returns-on-december-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/wiyaalas-djimba-world-music-festival-returns-on-december-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiyaala\u2019s Djimba World Music Festival returns on December 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Friday,  1 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20858494.295.jpg\" alt=\"Wiyaala Redefines\" title=\"Wiyaala Redefines\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Wiyaala\u2019s Djimba World Music Festival is slated for 23rd December, 2017<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512141776_608_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The second edition of the Wiyaala\u2019s Djimba World Music Festival will take place at InService, Wa in the Upper West Region on 23rd December, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>After a massive turn-out at last year\u2019s event, the dynamic singer promised an annual opportunity for Upper West artists to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the festival will feature \u2018Koliko\u2019 playing Atongo Zimba, one of Ghana\u2019s biggest music exports, and Prince Kareem aka Jah Bone, who is popular for his fusion of melodic traditional and reggae rhythms.<\/p>\n<p>Also performing is the evergreen Taarza Tailor (reputed to have a wife in every village), a mesmerising dancer and singing story teller. They will be joined by HadgiMuzik Wachiebine an award-winning dancehall artist from Tumu.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the ladies will be the lovely songstress Sumtaana Shee Rap from Nandom who is known for her hit song \u201cDisco\u201d, an intriguing pot-pourri of Afropop and rap.<\/p>\n<p>Wiyaala, now a veteran of international stages and \u201clocal girl made good\u201d, will headline and MC the entire show with all musicians performing \u201clive\u201d with the Djimba World Band.<\/p>\n<p>Wiyaala says it\u2019s always been her dream to organise an annual festival in her own region and she is delighted that other musicians, such as Edem and Kofi Kinaata have also started festivals this year in their home towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this is the way to go. We are building a music scene in each region in order to encourage creativity and diversity amongst our musicians\u201d, the singer said.<\/p>\n<p>Wiyaala who gained international prominence with her afro-centric songs and artistry has songs like \u2018Rock My Body,\u2019 \u2018Make Me Dance,\u2019 \u2018Sun &amp; Moon,\u2019 \u2018You got the Power\u2019 and \u2018Tuma.\u2019<\/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>Music of Friday, 1 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-01 Wiyaala\u2019s Djimba World Music Festival is slated for 23rd December, 2017 The second edition of the Wiyaala\u2019s Djimba World Music Festival will take place at InService, Wa in the Upper West Region on 23rd December, 2017. 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