{"id":769123,"date":"2019-12-20T22:13:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T22:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/20\/afro-nation-concert-in-limbo-as-venue-owners-seek-injunction-to-stop-event\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T22:13:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T22:13:09","slug":"afro-nation-concert-in-limbo-as-venue-owners-seek-injunction-to-stop-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/20\/afro-nation-concert-in-limbo-as-venue-owners-seek-injunction-to-stop-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro Nation concert in limbo as venue owners seek injunction to stop event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Afro Nation, the much-anticipated urban music beach concert, is in limbo as the venue owners, Labone Maabii Association (LABOMA) have sought an injunction to prevent the concert from being held at Laboma Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Information reaching citinewsroom.com indicates that organisers of Afro Nation have allegedly not officially notified the owners of their interest to hold the event on the said piece of land.<\/p>\n<p>The owners are unhappy with the development and have cautioned their\u00a0 staff against opening their doors to the organizers.<\/p>\n<p>In tandem with this, a writ, sighted by citinewsroom.com has been served to prevent the organisers from \u201cdealing with or having anything to do with the land in dispute until the dispute is finally determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show scheduled for 27th to 30th December, 2019 at the Laboma Beach in Accra has billed artistes such a Stonebwoy, Burnaboy, Kofi Kinaata, Wendy Shay and other acts from the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>Afro Nation was founded by Adesegun Adeosun aka SMADE of Smade Entertainment and his partner Obi Asika.<\/p>\n<p>It started in May 2018 in Portugal to sell African culture to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s edition of the concert, is the first time it is being held in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>See writ of summons below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-579061\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG-20191220-WA0036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-579062\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG-20191220-WA0035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"867\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afro Nation, the much-anticipated urban music beach concert, is in limbo as the venue owners, Labone Maabii Association (LABOMA) have sought an injunction to prevent the concert from being held at Laboma Beach. 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