{"id":138521,"date":"2024-01-12T20:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/12\/yemi-alade-set-to-perform-at-afcon-opening-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T20:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:47:46","slug":"yemi-alade-set-to-perform-at-afcon-opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/12\/yemi-alade-set-to-perform-at-afcon-opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemi Alade Set To Perform At AFCON Opening Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yemi Alade, a well-known Nigerian highlife and afropop artist, will perform at the AFCON 2023 opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>On January 11, 2023, the singer announced it on her official Twitter account, calling it a \u201cdream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-906401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2073.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"553\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2023 AFCON competition, which will be held in Cote d\u2019Ivoire, begins on Saturday, January 13, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Alade revealed that she had always wished to perform in front of a large audience in a football stadium while stressing the importance of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Alade wrote; <strong><em>\u201cI can\u2019t buttress the importance of prayer and speaking into existence your heart desires. Since 2016, I have desired to perform at the stadium for football ceremonies surrounded by 100\u2019s of dancers and millions of people.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: Actress Bimbo Thomas Mourns As She Loses Her Mother<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A lot of calls came in almost every year when football championship preparations were made, but none was favourable. I never said this, but at some point I started feeling like my team was chasing them away \ud83e\udd23, but something told me to let them do their job.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>7 years after, I\u2019m performing at AFCON. It\u2019s indeed and honour, a dream come true \u2764\ufe0f and it\u2019s just the beginning!!God bless my team and most especially Jehovah ;the captain of my ship that never fails.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keep praying &amp; working towards your goal. NA WHO STOP E DEY STOP FOR!! 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