{"id":1210041,"date":"2022-09-23T22:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T22:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/23\/usher-and-sza-tour-accra-ahead-of-global-citizen-festival\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T22:45:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T22:45:33","slug":"usher-and-sza-tour-accra-ahead-of-global-citizen-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/23\/usher-and-sza-tour-accra-ahead-of-global-citizen-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The headliners for the 2022 Global Festival, R&#038;B superstars Usher and SZA have arrived in Ghana ahead of the event on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, videos and pictures of the two musicians went viral on social media as they toured some parts of the Greater Accra region where the festival will be held.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Instagram, the Ghana Tourism Authority revealed that Usher and SZA visited schools and toured the Chorkor community.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/50191517.jpg\" alt=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\" class=\"wp-image-10032176188 lazy\"  data- title=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The school which is an education-focused NGO in Chorkor is one of Global Citizen\u2019s regional response partners for the End Extreme Poverty NOW campaign chosen for the 2022 festival.<\/p>\n<p>The school is engaged in making education and childcare accessible in vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p>Usher and SZA were seen engaging some students and authorities of the school, inside and outside the classroom.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nah but really tho GHANA SLAPS \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded \ud83e\udd79 everyone should come here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GlobalCitizenFestival?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#GlobalCitizenFestival<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/run9G0yqfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/run9G0yqfs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SZA (@sza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sza\/status\/1573266126020411394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FdUVsAtX0AEa7FS.jpg\" alt=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\" class=\"wp-image-10032176183 lazy\"  data- title=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/58152207.jpg\" alt=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\" class=\"wp-image-10032176185 lazy\"  data- title=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/44561511.jpg\" alt=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\" class=\"wp-image-10032176186 lazy\"  data- title=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/72107299.jpg\" alt=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\" class=\"wp-image-10032176187 lazy\"  data- title=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FdVkWqcXgAAqa_P.jpg\" alt=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\" class=\"wp-image-10032176184 lazy\"  data- title=\"Usher and SZA tour Accra ahead of Global Citizen Festival\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the\u00a0<strong>2022 Global Citizen Festival\u00a0<\/strong>returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on Saturday, September 24, 2022, to call on world leaders and major corporations to take urgent action for girls, for the planet, and to end extreme poverty NOW.<\/p>\n<p>With two stages in international cultural capitals, the\u00a0<strong>2022 Global Citizen Festival<\/strong>\u00a0will be broadcast globally from New York City\u2019s Central Park and Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, at the Accra Tourist Information Centre, the Festival of Cultures was held to welcome the Global Citizen Festival.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fghanatourismauthority%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0ATFiNvvoN9fQP9ypZES6yzAAgXQcV8BnUowuqehdbgAFsEVbxrceqmmNB9oXmc7gl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"691\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The festival will air on Joy Prime and Joy FM on Saturday, September 24 at 9 pm GMT. It will also stream on TV3, Onua TV and TimesLive in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>It will be hosted by award-winning actor, playwright and activist Danai Gurira. Other presenters joining her include Berla Mundi, Joselyn Dumas, Michaela Coel, Nomzamo Mbatha, and Sabrina Dhowre Elba.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Global Citizen Festival: NYC\u00a0will also feature performances by Metallica, Charlie Puth, Jonas Brothers, M\u00c5NESKIN, Mariah Carey, Mickey Guyton, and Rosal\u00eda with special guest performances by Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo and Billy Porter.<\/p>\n<p>It will be hosted by actor, producer, author, and Global Citizen Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Other presenters will include Amber Ruffin, Antoni Porowski, Bill Nye, Chris Redd, Connie Britton, Folake Olowofoyeku, Jay Shetty, Katie Couric, Katie Holmes, Misty Copeland, Rachel Brosnahan, Scott Evans, Sofia Carson, Tamron Hall, and Van Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, activists including recipients of the 2022 Global Citizen Prize will take the stage alongside other international changemakers to inspire urgent action from the festival audience.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Global Citizen Festival\u00a0<\/strong>will be broadcast and streamed worldwide on YouTube, Twitter, Amazon , the Amazon  channel on Twitch, and Apple .<\/p>\n<p>The festival will also air on ABC, ABC News Live, iHeartRadio, Hulu, FX and Veeps in the United States, Albavision in Latin America, Canal+ in Africa, Bis in Brazil, Nine Network (9Now) in Australia, TimesLive in Africa and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/usher-and-sza-tour-accra-ahead-of-global-citizen-festival\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The headliners for the 2022 Global Festival, R&#038;B superstars Usher and SZA have arrived in Ghana ahead of the event on Saturday. 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