Winner of the Best African Act at this year’s 4syte TV MVA, Mafikizolo, have finally received their award in South Africa.
The award was presented to them by the 4syte TV crew at the plush Emperors Palace in South Africa.
The
khona hit makers beat other Africa acts such as Ice-prince, Wizkid,
Davido, Dbanj, Tiwa savage to win this year’s Best African act.
The
South African duo were very excited upon receiving the award and
thanked all Ghanaians for the support and recognition of their music.
Hiplife bigwigs, Obrafour and Reggie
Rockstone proved they were the undisputed authorities in the genre at
the second edition of the Back In the Day concert held last Friday at
the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
Their coming
onto the stage was splendid! The auditorium was dark for about three
minutes and people wondered what was going to happen.
Just as
the lights came back on, the audience saw the two men dressed in all-
white with crowns on their heads, seated on what looked like thrones.
With
applause from the audience, the two wasted no time in delivering what
was expected of them. Obrafour performed tunes like, Yaanom, Twe Wo Ho,
Heavy, Asem Sebe, Who Born You By Mistake, and Oye Ohene (remix).
Rockstone
also thrilled everyone around with Plan Ben, Keep Your Eyes On The
Road, Different You, Different Me and Ya Bounce Wo Visa.
Reggie and Obrafour invited Raquel and Efya on stage who backed them with their silky voices.
For the one hour that both artistes were on stage, the audience danced and sang along with them.
Organised
by Empire Entertainment, the show started around 10.00pm with T-Blaze.
He sang songs like Feeling No Ye Deep, Secretary and Wo Sisi Yewo Ya.
He
climaxed his performance by asking for a minute’s silence in honour of
the late Ronnie Coaches of Buk Bak who died last month. Hiplife duo, TH4Kwages came on after
T- Blaze. They spent about 10 minutes on stage and were able to move the
audience with songs like Nana Esi and Meye Aware.
As Nii Ayi
Tagoe of Joy FM, emcee and deejay on the night played good old hiphop, R
& B and hiplife stuff from the 1990s, a group called Short Clan
appeared from nowhere onto the stage and did their own thing. Though
their performance looked good, the audience did not respond much to
them.
After a short break and during which time the audience were
shown still pictures of celebrities that had passed on, the headline
act Naughty By Nature finally arrived on stage at about 1:30 am .
Regarded as one of the world's best hiphop groups of all time, Naughty by Nature did not disappoint the fans.
Performing
songs like O.P.P., Uptown', Dirt, Craziest, Everything, Jamboree, Feels
Good, and Feel Me Flow for an hour, the group was impressive on the
night
Though, the show had a nice stage setting and good quality sound, there were a lot of empty seats.
Ghollywood sensation Juliet Ibrahim
recently had a quick chat with Saturday Punch. She revealed among many
other things that being “half-caste” is truly a blessing.
Read Excerpts from the interview;
On
Growing Up: “I am a half-caste and as a child, there was no colour
difference – you are just happy with where you are and who you are with.
Then, Ghanaians accepted people for who they are. However, I am being
told now that I am receiving more favours because of my fair complexion.
It seems people now have issues with coloured people”.
On the
real Juliet Ibrahim: “I am just a very simple person. I am hardworking, a
businesswoman and a mother of a three-year-old son. I do charity work
too. I released two of my singles this year.”
On her relationship: “I am married to
a Ghanaian, who is a quarter-caste. His mother is half Lebanese and
half Ghanaian. We met several years ago when he was living in the United
States of America. I was attracted to his personality and intelligence.
We kept in touch and got married three years ago when he relocated to
Ghana.”
On her style: “I used to wear anything and walk around
with my flip flops. Now, I am conscious of the fact that style matters
and anything I do as a celebrity is a part of me. I always have to look
my best always.
Style, for me, is wearing what I am comfortable
in. I try my best to always play with my shape and make sure my figure
comes out. I can try any kind of dress. I am very dramatic with my
dressing.”
The
2013 Radio And TV Personality Awards held last Thursday, December 5 at
the Accra International Conference Center saw many radio and TV
presenters being awarded for their hard works.
Organisers of the
annual Radio and Television Personality (RTP) Awards have rendered an
unqualified apology to Ghanaians for giving them a poor show at this
year’s awards.
The event which to was award excellence in the
radio and television suffered lots of glitches with reports suggesting
that organizers managed to secure a venue just minutes before the awards
on Thursday, December 5.
Below is the FULL LIST of winners:
Over all Radio and TV Personality of the Year 2013
Kwame Sefa-Kayi, Peace FM
Radio Program of the Year 2013
Kokroko, Peace FM
Radio Female Presenter of the Year 2013
Jessica Opare Saforo, Citi FM
Radio Late Afternoon Host of the Year 2013
Okyeame Quophi, Rainbow Radio
Radio Mid Morning Show Host of the Year 2013
Jessica Opare Saforo, Citi FM
Radio Morning Show Host of the Year 2013
Kwame Sefa Kayi, Peace FM
Radio DJ of the Year 2013
DJ Black, Joy FM
Radio Newscaster of the Year 2013 (English Language)
Evans Mensah, Joy FM
Radio Newscaster of the Year 2013 (Local Language)
Nana Yaa Konadu, Peace FM
Radio News Program of the Year 2013
Eye Witness News, Citi FM
Radio Entertainment Talk Show Host of the Year 2013
Nii Ayi Tagoe, Joy FM
Reggae Show Host of the Year 2013
Blakk Rasta, Hitz FM
Radio Gospel Show Host of the Year 2013
Agyeman Prempeh, Rainbow Radio
Radio Sports Show Host of the Year 2013
Moses Antwi Obenefo (PJ Moses), Metro FM (K’si)
Radio Sports Show of the Year 2013
Peace Power Sports, Peace FM
Best Radio Personality of the Year 2013 – Eastern Region
Cardinal Yaw Adjei, Obuoba FM
Best Radio Personality of the Year 2013 – Central Region
Barrister Daniels, ATL
Best Radio Personality of the Year 2013 – Greater Accra Region
Kwame Nkrumah Tikesie, Okay FM
Best Radio Personality of the Year 2013 – Ashanti Region
Omanhene Yaw Abu Boakye, Kessben FM
Actress Yvonne Okoro has promised not
to disappoint Ghanaians at the 2014 edition of the Africa Magic Viewers
Choice Award (AMVCAs).
Her movie, 'Contract' has picked multiple nominations for the 2014 AMVCAs.
‘Contract’, directed by Shirley Frimpong Manso, picked nine nominations - beating other giant Ghanaian movies.
People
are wondering if this will not be a repetition of what happened earlier
in the year when the same movie picked six nominations at the Africa
Movie Academy Award (AMAA) but could not win a single award at the main
event.
However, Yvonne is optimistic that her movie would bag
some awards this time round: “Well, in every competition there’s a
victor, so it would be great if I win but in the end being nominated is a
great achievement. It’s my first movie and every time I submit to a
film festival it is received well. Do I have hope? (laugh) of course,
because what’s life without hope?” she told News-One at the AMVCs
nominees’ party which coincided with Africa Magic’s 10th anniversary
celebration at Land Mark Village Center Victoria Island, Lagos.
The
AMVCs is organizing by multichoice Africa to acknowledge and celebrate
the contribution made by Pan Africa filmmakers. The party was hosted by
Vimbai Mutinhiri, Lawrence Maleka and Big Brother Africa’s IK
Osakioduwa. Guests at the party included Majid Michel, Uche Jombo, OC
Ukeje, Linda Edjiofo, Sandra Ankobiah, Joselyn Dumas, Leonora Okine and
other personalities.
There were drama displays, comedy and music performances by artists including Efya.
Yvonne
got nominated for Best Actress in a comedy, while ‘Contract’ lead actor
Hlomia Dandala received two nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy and
Best Actor in a Drama. The rest of the nominations are Best Video
Editor, Best Art Director, Best Writer (Drama), Best Movie Director,
Best Movie 2013 and Best Movie (Comedy). Other Ghanaian nominees include
Frank Rajah Arase, Chris Attoh, Ken Attoh, Shirley Frimpong-Manso,
Pascal Amanfo, Jackie Appiah and Majid Michel.
News-One
