Afua Asantewaa visited the Royal House Chapel International headed by the Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah to give thanks to the lord for seeing her through the sing-a-thon challenge.
During the service, Afua Asantewaa opened up about the hurdles she had to overcome citing the fact that there were attacks on her on the second day. However, it took the intervention of God for her to overcome and continue.
Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah took the opportunity to appreciate Afua Asantewaa’s efforts and prophesied that she would prevail in her quest to break the longest singing marathon by an individual in the world.
A conversation panned between Afua Asantewaa and Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah during the Thanksgiving service.
The Reverend asked Afua the number of songs she did, adding what kept her going when she felt like giving up.
In her response, she disclosed that she did 120 songs and a few others that came along the way.
“It was Psalm 23. I had the Bible with me before the attempt. I had the zeal not to leave my Bible behind. On the second day, I lost my voice totally, I didn’t know what was happening and it was beyond medical treatment. We had an attack which was meant to shut the whole process down. So I opened Psalm 23 which reads, ‘the lord is my shepherd and I shall not want’,” Afua Asantewaa said.
Rev. Sam Korankye prophesied to Afua that doors would be opened to her in the international world.
“My spirit is telling me I should prophesy that for what you have done for black Africa, God is going to open a door for you in the international world. As we are waiting for the verdict from the Guinness Book of Records, the lord has already stirred their hearts and the result is in your favor,” Rev Sam Korankye Ankrah revealed.
It remains to be seen whether she will be adjudged as being able to break the record upon review by the Guinness World Records team.
Payment of Ghc 7,792 to Guinness World Records
Last Thursday, Afua Asantewaa Aduonum completed 126 hours and 52 minutes of the singing marathon she started on December 24, 2023, in her attempt to break the 11-year-old Guinness World Record set by the Indian, Sunil Waghmare.
Following her outstanding feat, a lot of Ghanaians are waiting for Guinness World Records to either disqualify or crown her as the new Sing-A-Thon world champion.
Unfortunately, everyone has to wait for at least 13 weeks unless Afua Aduonum pays Ghc 7,792 to Guinness World Records for Priority Evidence Review.
“Once you have completed the record attempt and submitted your evidence, you can purchase our Priority Evidence Review service. You will jump the queue and find out the outcome of your record attempt sooner. Applicants would have to pay £350, or $650 or €440 GHC 7,792 (plus VAT where applicable) for Priority Evidence Review service for existing titles,” they said on their platform.
“It’s fast: After we have received all your evidence, it will be reviewed within five working days (as opposed to the usual 12 weeks). It’s worth it if you can’t wait 12 weeks to find out if you are Officially Amazing,” they further added.
Initially, when Aduonum announced her attempt to break the individual Guinness World Record for the longest singing marathon, many assumed it was a joke.
As the attempt gathered momentum, and traditional and social media spread the news, interest in the attempt heightened and many trooped to the venue at the Akwaaba Village in Accra to see and hear her sing.
While her supporters are optimistic that she would break the record because she sang for many hours beyond the current record time, that decision is the sole preserve of the Guinness World Records review team after she has submitted her attempt.
The organization has an elaborate requirement for submitting attempts, and applicants would have to strictly follow the rules, failure to follow the step-by-step process of submission could result in a rejection.
According to Guinness World Records, standard reviews take 12 weeks to conclude, but applicants can choose priority review which takes five working days, but comes at a cost.
Meanwhile, as revealed by Afua, she’s yet to submit her attempt because her team is putting the evidence together.
Hopefully, she and her team will submit the attempt next week and they will be making a standard submission.
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