Amakye Dede, Rex Omar, Efya, Samini Headline African Legends Night Tenth Anniversary Concert In December | general-entertainment

It's all going to be a full Ghanaian line-up as Amakye Dede, Rex Omar, Efya and Samini have been introduced as headliners for the Tenth-anniversary live performance of African Legends Night.

Happening on Farmers Day Friday December 2nd, 2022, African Legends Night will happen on the Grand Arena - Accra International Conference Centre, introduced by occasion organizers Global Media Alliance.

The African Legends Night is a high-profile live performance which acknowledges and celebrates African musicians who're thought of dwelling legends.

Over the ten-year interval, the occasion has witnessed over 20 headliners and near 50 performances by genuine African musicians from quite a lot of African nations equivalent to Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR. Congo, Namibia, and South Africa amongst others.

In marking the Tenth anniversary, the live performance will for the primary time be hosted in December, providing a brand new “December In Ghana” occasion expertise for Ghanaians and the Diaspora.

New additions to this yr's celebrations are the creation of the African Legends Hall of Fame and the establishing of the African Legends Digital Museum to doc the popularity of African music legends.

“With our legendary headline line-up for the concert coupled with these new initiatives, what African Legends Night promises this year is something that will certainly push the show to greater heights,” stated Ernest Boateng, CEO of Global Media Alliance.

“Ten years of building a pan-African concert like African Legends Night goes to the core of our organization's brand purpose of “Talk to Us, Talk to Africa”. When the thought of ​​African Legends Night was birthed, we had a plan of making a premium Pan-African live performance that actually celebrates music legends throughout the African Continent.”

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Speaking on the media launch, CEO of Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Mr. Akwasi Agyeman stated music tourism has turn into a serious international pattern the place individuals transfer round nations to expertise leisure and cultural actions together with musical live shows.

Mr. Agyeman stated the Ghana Tourism Authority has taken a deliberate coverage to place Ghana as the most effective vacation spot for music tourism, particularly in December, and counseled Global Media Alliance for internet hosting the African Legends Night in December which has been endorsed by the GTA underneath the Beyond The Return initiative.

Since its inception, the occasion has celebrated music legends on the African continent together with Hugh Masekela, Daddy Lumba, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Kojo Antwi, Femi Kuti, Amakye Dede, Kanda Bongoman, Awilo Longomba, George Darko, Ofie Kudjo, Freddie Meiway, Ben Brako, Gyedu Blay Ambulley, Samini, Nana Tuffuor, Akosua Adjepong, Amandzeba 2Face Idibia, Nat Brew, Aka Blay amongst many others.

These legends along with different superb abilities equivalent to Wiyaala, Steve Bedi, Yaa Yaa (Bertha), Lady May, Trigmatic, Becca, eShun, Efya, Dela Hayes and her all-female band and others have thrilled tens of hundreds of bosses.

“These legends have played major shows, won multiple awards – both local and international and they have given a night masterpiece of performances that have created indelible marks in the hearts and minds of the audience,” stated Jerry Ofori, Head of Events at Global Media Alliance.

Hugh Masekela was the primary headline artist for African Legends Night. He was additionally the primary act to do a back-to-back efficiency the next yr.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka was the primary Female Headline Performer for the African Legends Night in 2016. That yr was a female-dominated live performance with Akosua Agyapong, Wiyaala, Becca and eShun.

The present for the primary time had an all-Ghanaian lined-up in 2018. Headliners had been Kojo Antwi, Daddy Lumba and Samini. That occasion offered out. This was the primary time in a few years that Kojo Antwi and Daddy Lumba carried out on the identical stage in Ghana.

In 2019, the live performance witnessed for the primary time two-foreign African music greats as a part of the Headliners - Awilo Longomba and 2Face additionally identified publicly as 2Baba.

African Legends Night is supported by the Ghana Tourism Authority - Beyond The Return with media help from YFM, MX24, eTV, Happy FM, Citi FM, Ghanaweb, AmeyawDebrah, NYDJ Live, Daily Guide and BFT newspaper.