Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Press Release: Black Box by Efo Kodjo Mawugbe



“Aren’t we all Blemazadonians?” Efo Kodjo Mawugbe, Blemazado, 2008 



BLACK BOX written by Efo Kodjo, scripted (scenography) by Arthur Lestrange with Shaji Karyat will feature on the stage of Alliance Francaise Accra on Tuesday 21st April, 2015 at 7:30 pm for a journey through the theatrics of life.



Four years after his untimely passing, Efo Kodjo Mawugbe; playwright extraordinaire, dramatist, and performer leads an awakening of one of his non-exhaustive repertoire of plays all the way from Blemazado.  Efo Kodjo who is widely known and appreciated for his contribution to education and development of arts in Ghana and hailed more recently for his play, In the chest of a Woman has another of his works seeing the light of day even after his sojourn to Tsiefe. 



In the play, Shaji Karyat performs as Papa Ayivi. In this newly devised piece, Papa Ayivi, who bears the name of the king's linguist and storyteller in Cinderama, is a hybrid of Bob (Sister), Bodza (The G-Yard People) and Kokosakyi (Blemazado). A fifty-year-old playwright, ICT expert, linguist and lunatic, Papa Ayivi rummages through the rubbish in a harrowing and hilarious attempt to scratch out an existence and build some form of shelter for his people and himself.


SYNOPSIS
The question in all its acuteness is as follows. “How can a human being find clothes and shelter in a poisoned and mutant world, how can one continue to live, to work, to create, for oneself and for others? Papa Ayivi, reject among rejects, is still standing, most of the time. His presence and his harrowing-hilarious actions in the versatile and dubious world where he lives reveal a maternal man who refuses to give up fighting. His delirious alienation will lead him perhaps not to save his entire people but at least to attempt to save a single being. But is there still time?”

This play is designed to shock, create a chain thought, provoke discourse, enlighten and above all, explore the 
human condition. 10% of ticket sales will be given to the Efo Kojo Mawugbe Foundation. 
The play is supported by Institut Francais Ghana

Saturday, 11 April 2015

Stonebwoy and crew graced the shores of Agbozume



Stonebwoy and his Bhimnation crew for the first time graced the shores of Agbozume and entertained them with good music. No doubt he cooked up some more hits in his kitchen of musical intellect. Huge respect and love to Elorm Beenie Network especially Elorm Beenie, Arnold Wailor and John Claude Tamakloe for coordinating the whole event from the onset to the end.
Initially the natives of the town didn’t believe the general will represent to grace the event, but the arrival of the general with the lion order brought out masses of fans to the Omega Hotel on the Easter Monday night. People arrived via cars, bikes, even buses just to see their favorite Voltarian artiste making waves all over the country and travelling across boarders to perform at the venue. Parking became so saturated that patrons began parking around.

It is safe to say that Omega Hotel was rammed up and over capacity. Inside was simply astonishing to see the sea of people in the general area, where horde of music lovers were anxiously awaiting the arrival Stonebowy. Patrons stepped out in their best attire, some paying appreciation to their Voltarian roots. Local celebrities also came to show the love to Arrrrbwoy that night. Agbeshie, Enamily, Ice Keeny, Fiamor, Good Life, Kush Elikem, Icon, Kosi Bone were all present, just to name a few.
 In front of a crowd estimated at around 2000, Stonebowy and his right hand son Ijudah went toe-to-toe during Easter Fiesta hosted by Airlly Eventz for the festive season, stop in the City of Agbozume in Volta Region on Monday night, April 7.


The excitement, energy, entertainment and music was on point from both the artist and fans. The crowd went into an uproar as Stonebowy hit the stage approximately at 1:30 a.m and entertained the crowd with all of his hits, as well as some new tunes that should have fans scoping the internet for their download links. His performance lasted for roughly a hour and a half where his beats and riddims were provided by DJ Justice, he was also backed with Beatz Dakay. It was an exhilarating performance all in all.



Story : John Claude Tamakloe