How Ghana Party in the Park became a launchpad for Ghanaian artists abroad

For much of the global conversation around African music, attention tends to settle on Nigeria and South Africa, yet Ghanaian music has also long nurtured its own international foothold.

This has largely been sustained by diaspora audiences that supported the scene abroad long before streaming began to shape the continent’s global visibility. But this infrastructure is also led by Ghana Party in the Park, the London festival organised by Akwaaba UK that has quietly operated as an annual live ritual…

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