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Museke.com, together with its many partners, announced the launch of the annual Museke Online Music Awards (MOAMA’s) on April 6. The response from African musicians, music fans, and supporters of African music has been encouraging as people from all over Africa are embracing musicians they had previously never heard of and learning more about various African music styles and artistes.

With the 2010 FIFA World Cup putting the entire African continent on the international map, the

MOAMA’s winners will be seen as the best African musicians currently. Through the annual MOAMA’s, Museke aims to encourage the unity of Africans through our music. The MOAMA’s will honour the best African musicians over the course of 2009.

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Vodafone Ghana is going to hit Accra and Ghana with an extraordinary musical concert featuring some great contemporary African artiste as part of its 1^st anniversary events.

The extraordinary musical extravaganza will feature live performances from P-Square and D’Banj as well as a number of Ghanaian stars for one huge unforgettable night of celebrations on Saturday, 22 May 2010 in Accra.

P-Square is one of the biggest touring artist duos in Africa today; and D’Banj is one of the greatest contemporary African musicians, who undisputedly rocks shows. The pairing of these two acts spiced by Ghanaian stars including Sarkodie, Eazzy and Ruff ‘n Smooth, is one that will set a standard to be beaten.  This musical blast is happening live at the Dome at the International Conference Centre, Accra.

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Jimmy Jean-Louis, the male lead in award-winning Ghanaian film maker, Leila Djansi’s upcoming movie, ‘Sinking Sands’ is to be presented with a humanitarian award. The Haitian born actor and founder of Hollywood Unites for Haiti, will receive the Humanitarian Award from Academy Award winning actor Sean Penn during International Luxury Media’s 3rd Annual Better World Awards’ (BWA) Glitter and Glam Ball. The invitation-only black-tie gala, cocktail reception and dinner will take place at The Lotus VIP Club On Le Goeland Beach during the Cannes Film Festival on May 19.

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Folks, I have been busy preparing for an examination and as such could not bring you the celebrity spy in video. Several questions have come in and I  have decided to answer them briefly as to keep the column going in the midst of my temporal busy life. I will put the questions, names and locations of the submitted individuals in red and my answers in black.

From Lynn, Chicago: Chris, Who do you think recorded the Confidence Haugen & Ayibe Edem Conversation?

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Osei Bonsu, Counsel for Ghanaian Football superstar and Chelsea midfielder, has categorically denied media reports that his client, Michael Essien, has shirked his responsibility by not supporting the father financially, stressing that his client has been playing his role as a son accordingly.

Lawyer Osei Bonsu has therefore called on Opanyin James Kwaku Asiedu (Essien’s father) to be “grateful to his son” for “his benevolence”.

A couple of weeks ago, PEACEFM had an exclusive interview with the Chelsea midfielder’s father, where he accused the son, among other things, of neglecting him and also refusing to cater for his up-keep.

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‘Ayalem loo, ayalemaa,

Ayalem loo, ayalemaa,

Nyedeka mechi agbedome, ayalem loo,

Nyehola lenyeyome

Menya be elavanyo

In English it means…

‘Am suffering, am suffering

Am suffering, am suffering

Left alone to face daring challenges of life

Am suffering

But behold my redeemer liveth

I know therefore it shall be well

How soon this motivational lyric has found its way onto the lips of Ghanaians, young and old, both Ewes and non- Ewes. On the lips of many, the track Elavanyo is currently rated Ghana’s number 1 traditional Ewe song. Tigo color ring subscribers can now also download the track as color ring by simply texting d0003010210 to short code 555.

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The recent news item in the daily guide about Ghanaian actor just returning from Hollywood has kept me wondering – DID WE SEE THIS COMING THIS SOON?

The Ghanaian actor David Osei who is said not to have anticipated going to Hollywood didn’t take the audition seriously. When told he was shortlisted he was more than gobsmacked. David who is pretty new on the Ghanaian movie scenes has to his acted in ‘Heartz of Men’, ‘Kiss Me If You Can’ and ‘The Supremo.’

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On Saturday, 15th May, 2010 at exactly 2 o’clock all roads leading to the Silver Bird Lifestyle Stores for the launch of Richie’s second album titled “U.K.N.R. – U Know the Name Right” from the stables of Lynx Entertainment.

U Know the Name Right, shorten U.K.N.R. is Richie’s signature tune. It identifies his works, Richie; the brain behind ‘It’s a hit’ is coming out as a singer for the second time.

Already, four songs on the album are in the public domain and the responses are quite encouraging. The tracks are ‘Yaaro’, ‘Ma Nim Tonn’, ‘Intoxicated’, and ‘Asa Fofro’.

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Renowned American- Ghanaian film director, Leila Djansi, is working on another blockbuster movie as part of her credentials- her latest film work in the pipeline  ‘Sinking Sands’, is set to be released in 2011, and already, critics are acclaiming it would be one of her most successful movies.

Miss Djansi made the transition into film after winning a regional beauty pageant. With the realisation that being a director was what she wanted to do, she enrolled at Ghana’s National Film and Television School, and from here, she continued her film education at Manifold College. She left Ghana in the late 1990s, in order to complete her ‘Film and Television’ degree at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, USA.

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The Ewe Rapper Ayigbe Edem has issued an official statement to state what necessitated him to record his telephone conversation with his ex-lover Confidence Haugen of Aphrodisiac Night Club.

The rapper who won the Hip Hop Song of the Year with his track ‘You Dey Craze’ apologizes to his fans, observers and Ghanaians as a whole for contributing to the chaos going on now. He is therefore pleading for his carelessness and hopes he is forgiven.

He finally has this to whoever has the recordings “I am therefore pleading with the person responsible to please desist from publishing anymore of these.  If the person thinks he or she is doing it in favor of me, I’d like to tell him/her that they are mistaken, as it is rather hurting both parties.  I apologize to the music industry, my loved ones, my fans and Ghanaians as a whole, for being careless with my private affairs, resulting in this chaos”.

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After starving his fans and the world in general of a new album due to academic commitments, Ghana’s rap doctor, Nana Kwame Nsiah Apau popularly known as Okyeame Kwame will be releasing a new album soon. Yes I mean pretty soon.
According to Mrs. Annica Nsiah Apau, the beautiful wife of Okyeame Kwame and the product and brands development manager of 1 Mic Entertainment, the ace rapper will be releasing a new album after releasing “M’anwensen” about two years ago.

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