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The Jaded Renegade

Ameyaw Debrah "The Jaded Renegade" says it as it is!!!

Ghana Fashion Weekend kicks offJuly 2

The much anticipated Ghana Fashion Weekend 2009 has opened in Accra. The opening day saw an elaborate runway show featuring the works 8 young up and coming designers as well as a teaser from some of the ace African designers in the world such as Kofi Ansah, Modela of Nigeria, and Papita of Benin

The up and coming designers like were Eliments Kollektion, Salimi Akill, Doreen Lartey, Dzidzienyo Klekleli, Rowena Adjivon, Kwame Gyamfi Wiafe and Bern Mensah. There was also music from the fastest rapper in Ghana, Sarkodie, Kwaw Kesse and

Ghana hold auditions for Big Brother Africa season 4June 29

Several dozens of hopefuls turned out to audition for a chance to represent Ghana in the upcoming fourth season of the hit cross-continental reality TV series, Big Brother Africa.

From Saturday 27-Sunday 28, the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel played host to these hopeful who were subjected to a series of test on personality, fitness etc.There was evident disappointment on the faces of those who could not make it to the second round of auditions, and while many were quiet about it, some people just had to throw in their 2 cents; doubting the selection process. For some they just couldn't understand why some people who did not deserve it sailed through while they did not. Nonetheless the selection process went on without any major incidence. The turn out may have been a bit disappointing as organizers expected huge numbers with the first come first serve open auditions this year.

The selection process is still ongoing and we hope that the right person would be chosen for Ghana.

Beautiful Jennifer Koranteng crowned Miss Universe GhanaJune 27

The elegant and articulate 22 year old graduate of the University of Ghana (Psychology Major), Jennifer Victoria Koranteng has been chosen as Miss Universe Ghana 2009 in a closed-selection in Accra. The beautiful and intelligent young lady will represent Ghana at the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant to be held in the beautiful Paradise Island in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, on August 23 2009.

After several rounds of tests on individual presentation, personality, physical fitness, composure and grace, as well general intelligence, Je

Hakeem Kae-Kazim honoured by Nollywood FoundationJune 25

Actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim was recently joined by Hollywood celebrities as he was honoured by the Nollywood Foundation in Westwood, California at the “4th Annual Nollywood Convention’s VIP Banquet”. Nigerian actors Caroline Chikezie and Raz Adoti together with Ghanaian/British actress and model Amanda Annan joined Hakeem to support this red carpet event for one of the biggest film industries in the world.

Patrons enjoyed Nigerian delicacies, a crowd stopping performance by soul singer “Sammie Jay”, as well as Nollywood Films followed and Nigerian music. Also enjoying the evening were Alice Amter (The Big Bang Theory), Treva Etienne (Terminator Salvation), Ed Gale (Howard The Duck) and Julio Hanson (Angels and De

A celebration of JH NketiaJune 23

Famous Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer, Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia’s music will come alive in New York City on June 26 at the Poet’s Den Theatre, when the NIA Theatrical Productions and Sankusem Foundation present a must-see celebration of his music.

Professor Nketia has achieved international fame as a musicologist, educator, author and composer. He uses African idioms such as scales, harmonic vocabulary, rhythms, folk tunes and games used by various tribal groups as source material for his contemporary music, thus creating a unique synthesis of Western and African ideas.

He studied at the University of London from 1944 to 1949, beginning with two years of study in linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. In 1949 he began three years' study at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Trinity College of Music, London, obtaining a B.A. degree. In 1958 a Rockefeller Fellowship allowed him to come to the United States, where he attended Columbia University (studying with Henry Cowell), the Juilliard School, and Northwestern University, studying musicology and composition. He is an emeritus