Country Profile: Ghana
From its grassroots in highlife music and local church bands to becoming a central stage and tourist attraction for international acts, Ghana has done well to insert itself as a key destination for live music in Africa, especially with global festivals like Afro Nation.
“We elevated a venue everybody had written off,” says Ruddy Kwakye, whose company, The Rave Group, is responsible for bringing the festival to life. Kwakye says the past five years in Ghana’s live music scene have been pivotal “in shaping our current form, but infrastructure remains a concern.
“We elevated a venue everybody had written off,” says Ruddy Kwakye, whose company, The Rave Group, is responsible for bringing the festival to life.
Kwakye says the past five years in Ghana’s live music scene have been pivotal “in shaping our current form, but infrastructure remains a concern. We still don’t have an arena or a 15,000-capacity venue that is purpose-built for live music. The biggest indoor venue is a 25,000-seater church in Kumasi, but it’s…
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