Top Ghanaian musicians including Kuami Eugene, Kidi, Gyakie, Darkovibes, and Kwabena Kwabena will partake in a series of activities to mark Ghana’s Independence Day celebrations in the United Kingdom (UK).
The activities lined up by ‘Akwaaba’ UK, a Ghanaian event management company based in London, are geared towards celebrating Ghana’s 65th Independence anniversary in the diaspora in March 2022.
The celebrations will kick start on Saturday, March 5, 2022, with a welcome party at the Revolution Bar in London where the Ghanaian community would converge to enjoy some amazing Ghanaian local dishes.
Lynx Entertainment in collaboration with ‘Akwaaba’ UK will hold a musical concert at the famous 02 Arena in London where two of Ghana’s finests artistes Kidi and Kuami Eugene are expected to thrill audiences with a memorable musical performance.
The next show would be at the Oval Space London in Bethnal Green on March 11, 2022, where there would be exhibitions of Ghanaian culture with the aim of building strong acquaintances with people from other countries.
Gyakie, Darkovibes, Optional King, Ayokor and Kwabena Kwabena are also expected to thrill music lovers in series of musical concerts to be held at Luxurious Porchester Hall in Bayswater, West London on March 12 and at the Babylon Lounge in the heart of Birmingham on March 19, 2022.
The last show of the month would be held at the Regency Hall in East London on Saturday March 26, 2022. According to sources, all these concerts and exhibitions would be sponsored by WorldRemit, DMA Investments and TropicalSun.
Meanwhile, in the gospel arena, the International Praise Centre and Aldersbrook Baptist Church led by The Rev. Dr. Claude Halm-Adjepong, have put together a community gospel concert dubbed the “One Love Concert” to mark the 65th anniversary.
The event is aimed at bringing together Ghanaians in London for an evening of hope, community spirit, and inspiring musical presentations from UK-based Ghanaian gospel musicians.
In an interview, Rev. Dr. Claude Halm-Adjepong, lead pastor for IPC and Aldersbrook Baptist church, he said: “It is important to get together as a community for important occasions as Ghana’s Independence to celebrate God’s goodness that has kept our nation and preserved our community”.
The Event Coordinator for the ‘One Love Concert’, Daniel Dadson, commented on the gospel artistes who have been invited to ignite the evening with electrifying ministrations.
“We are excited that we have a good blend of established and emerging UK-based gospel musicians who gladly accepted to be on the bill for this concert”.
Daniel Dadson
The evening will see performances from the evergreen gospel lyricist OJ of ‘Adom Ne Odo’ fame, the sensational Emmanuel Smith of THE VOICE UK, gospel songbird Alice Mckenzie, prolific worship leader Checko Ankrah in addition to UK-based Ghana gospel new entrants KK Mensah and Ruth Appiagyei. There will be other surprise ministrations for the night.
The One Love Concert will be hosted at the multi-purpose Wakefield Hall in East London, 72 Katherine Road, Eastham E6 1 EN on Saturday 5th March 2022 from 5 pm.
The Independence Day of Ghana is a national day celebrated by Ghanaians at home and in the diaspora to remember the Heroes of Ghana who led the country to attain its independence on the 6th of March 1957. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, community activities have stalled for more than two years, leading to social disengagement, however, now social activities seem to be back.
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