{"id":1272032,"date":"2022-12-31T09:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T09:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/afrochella-will-not-return-to-ghana-again\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T09:59:35","slug":"afrochella-will-not-return-to-ghana-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/afrochella-will-not-return-to-ghana-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Afrochella will not return to Ghana again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-organizers-of-the-ghanaian-music-and-cultural-festival-afrochella-have-disclosed-the-end-of-the-festival-in-ghana\">The organizers of the Ghanaian music and cultural festival, Afrochella have disclosed the end of the festival in Ghana. <\/h2>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Afrochella<\/strong> is a celebration of Africa\u2019s diverse culture and the vibrant work of African creatives &amp; entrepreneurs. African art, cuisine, music, and food are popular culture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Don\u2019t arrest anyone because of my phone \u2013 Meek Mill tells Ghana Police\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Afrochella festival has been in Ghana for five years but organizers have disclosed the end of the festival. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>The shocking announcement was made at the very end of the two-day festival, in the early hours of Friday morning. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"365\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305792\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1672480775_245_afrochella-bbc.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1672480775_245_afrochella-bbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305792\"  \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the last Afrochella,\u201d said co-founder Abdul Abdullah to the gathered crowd who attended the musical concert at El Wak sports stadium.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>A lot of patrons reacted to the sad news. <em>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when they said Afrochella is over,\u201d<\/em> said one woman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Let\u2019s do this \u2013 Meek Mill says after Shatta Wale nominated 3 artists for future collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m shocked \u2013 this is what a lot of us in the diaspora look forward to at the end of the year,\u201d said one African American man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was something special about Afrochella that meant so much to African Americans like me \u2013 I think it\u2019s gonna be hard to fill the void that they\u2019ll leave,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>Source: www.ghbase.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; The organizers of the Ghanaian music and cultural festival, Afrochella have disclosed the end of the festival in Ghana. \u201cAfrochella is a celebration of Africa\u2019s diverse culture and the vibrant work of African creatives &amp; entrepreneurs. 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