{"id":1270918,"date":"2022-12-28T16:21:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/28\/africas-diverse-culture-to-be-celebrated-through-music-at-afrochella-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T16:21:48","slug":"africas-diverse-culture-to-be-celebrated-through-music-at-afrochella-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/28\/africas-diverse-culture-to-be-celebrated-through-music-at-afrochella-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa&#8217;s diverse culture to be celebrated through music at Afrochella 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Afrochella-1024x682.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Africa\u2019s diverse and Ghana\u2019s unique culture will be celebrated through music at the 2022 Afrochella festival from December 28 to 29, 2022 at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two-day festival also celebrates the vibrant work of African creatives and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>The festival is designed to elevate and highlight the thrilling and thriving millennial talent in Africa by introducing an interactive event that teaches, explains, and explores various cultures through a pioneering approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patrons will experience art and creative activations from the continent, celebrate African music, and taste premium and cultured cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>The star-studded event, an annual festival, among others, highlights, and exports Africa\u2019s diverse and Ghanaian culture to the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival is on the theme:\u00a0\u201cAfrofuturism\u201d and seeks to explore the developing intersection of cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of history as it relates to the African Diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the event ground, El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana, has been fitted out to host different artists from across Africa on one stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Accra will come alive as the experiential concert comes to life within hours with reverberating music, rhythmic dances, taste of African food, among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It envisages to express, profoundly, Africa\u2019s rich diversity through music, fashion, cuisine, and artistic expression on which the continent\u2019s identities are built.<\/p>\n<p>Co-founder and <a>CEO of Afrochella, Abdul Karim Abdullah, in a media interview, says music, arts, fashion and cuisine, are simple connectors that many Africans <a>greatly care about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officially, the festival started with the Afrochella Expo and  Museum, which had a series of panel discussions with focus on the future of African  and its emerging markets among other\u00a0topical issues on culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two-day concert will have big music names like Nigeria\u2019s international star, Burna Boy and Ghanaian reggae and dancehall great, Stonebwoy, as headliners.<\/p>\n<p>Fireboy DML, AyraStarr, King Promise, Medikal, Kofi Kinaata, Kwesi Arthur, Kwami Eugene, Gyakie and Elaine Tobi are expected to also perform on the first day of the concert.<\/p>\n<p>The second day will have; Fally Ipupa, Asake, dancehall showstopper Shatta Wale, Pheelz, Kidi, Albi-X, Young Stunna and Daliwonga, performing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some other Ghanaian artists, including Mzbel, Kwakese, Praye, Tinny, Tic Tac, will take patrons back into time with throwback hiplife records.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Culture Management Group, the parent company of Afrochella has announced its ground-breaking partnership with Ronor Motors, a <a>Ghanaian owned automobile company.<\/p>\n<p>Through the partnership, Ronor Motors will provide a dedicated fleet of luxury cars for the Afrochella Festival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa\u2019s diverse and Ghana\u2019s unique culture will be celebrated through music at the 2022 Afrochella festival from December 28 to 29, 2022 at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra.\u00a0 The two-day festival also celebrates the vibrant work of African creatives and entrepreneurs. 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