PANAFEST 2023 Launched In Accra | Music

The 2023 version of the PANAFEST/Emancipation Day Celebration slated for July 19 to August 1, 2023 has been launched in Accra.

The Pan African Historical Theater Festival Foundation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and Ghana Tourism Authority, launched the occasion on the theme: “Re-Claiming the African Family: Confronting the past to face the challenges of the 21st century.”

Activities for the celebration embrace wreath laying ceremonies, Return Journey, Traditional Akwaaba ceremonies, bazaar and expo, colloquium, reverential evening and emancipation vigil, exhibitions, performances, excursions to vital websites, and could be lastly climaxed with a grand durbar of chiefs and queen moms at Assin Manso within the Central Region.

Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, in a speech, stated PANAFEST which was conceived and developed in Ghana was the longest constantly celebrated Pan African pageant on this planet.

He stated it had been in existence since 1992 and its forte was to make use of the highly effective medium of the humanities and mental interplay to talk the unspeakable, increase consciousness, construct bridges, and generate therapeutic.

Dr. Awal stated PANAFEST originated as a state-led pageant in 1992 and had turn out to be a strong Ghanaian initiative of which Ghana might be justifiably pleased with, and guaranteed of the ministry's dedication to proceed to collaborate with the Foundation and different actors concerned within the initiative .

“Additionally, I expect that building up participation by different communities and that of the Ghanaian public in general will be taken up seriously. I also expect that participants will be able to have the experience of both iconic features and innovations to keep them coming back to the festival and to Ghana,” he added.

Professor Esi Sutherland-Addy, Chairperson, PANAFEST Foundation, stated PANAFEST 2023 rode on the numerous insights gained from 2021, nonetheless, during the last two years, a number of essential developments appeared to mark the existence of African individuals internationally.

She said that the challenges of the twenty first century should be confronted to make approach for transformational alternatives. Teacher. Sutherland-Addy referred to as on the African household to take its destiny into its personal fingers and level out the challenges to re-unite and illuminate new paths in the direction of transformational unity.

Mr. Akwasi Agyeman, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Tourism Authority, stated the 2023 version of PANAFEST could be thrilling and totally different from the earlier ones, which might present hope and unity among the many African descent. He promised his outfit's dedication to maintain the connection between the worldwide African household and Ghana's position because the beacon of Pan-Africanism.

PANAFEST is widely known yearly to mark the abolition of slavery within the British colonies in 1862, and its annual observance launched in Ghana in 1992 beneath the management of late former President Jerry John Rawlings.