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Gertrude Ankrah, daughter of the late Ghanaian army general and head of state, General Ankrah, expressed her strong disapproval of the ChaleWote Festival, describing it as Rubbish.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n During an interview at the recently concluded festival at Independence Square, she criticized the event for promoting excessive drinking and inappropriate behavior.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance and performance out of the galleries and onto the streets of James Town, Accra. <\/p>\n The main vision of CHALE WOTE is to cultivate a wider audience for the arts in West Africa by breaking creative boundaries and using art as a viable form to rejuvenate public spaces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival challenges both artists and community-\u00adbased audiences to connect through art.<\/p>\n The festival includes street painting, graffiti murals, photo exhibitions, interactive installations, a food and fashion marketplace, live street performances, extreme sports, an African Cinema pavilion, street boxing, a fashion parade, a music block party, and design labs, and much more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n More than 200 Ghana-based and international artists take part in the event every year. In 2018, over 100,000 people attended CHALE WOTE.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s event commenced on the 20th August and its supposed to last till 29th of August 2023.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, it seems Gertrude Ankrah is not happy about how things turned out at the event. She condemned the youth drinking and engaging in immoral activities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Watch the interview below;<\/p>\n Gertrude Ankrah, daughter of the late Ghanaian army general and head of state, General Ankrah, expressed her strong disapproval of the ChaleWote Festival, describing it as Rubbish.<\/p>\n During an interview at the recently concluded festival at Independence Square, she criticized the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ckkfO9rl6H<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SIKAOFFICIAL\ud83e\udd8d (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
The first festival took place in July 2011, following a series of discussions about creating DIY [do-\u00adit\u2011yourself] community projects by participants at our Talk Party Series. Our partners for the festival include Redd Kat Pictures, Dandano, Mumble, Chaka Orleans Heritage and Gamashie Development Agency.<\/p>\n\n