Category archives for: Artcultainment

Ramblers’ Jerry Hansen, 85, passes away

The founder of the Ramblers International Band, Mr. Jerry Hansen, passed away this Saturday morning after battling with an ailment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Citifmonline.com gathers the renowned musician has been hospitalized for about a week at the nation’s premier hospital before his demise this morning. The music icon received an award at the […]

Senegal music icon Youssou Ndour appointed culture minister

DAKAR (AFP) – Senegalese superstar Youssou Ndour has been appointed the country’s new tourism and culture minister in President Macky Sall’s cabinet, according to a decree issued on Wednesday night. The Grammy-award winning singer, a fierce critic of former leader Abdoulaye Wade who hung up his microphone to campaign for Sall, forms part of a […]

Government to help transform NAFTI with a credit facility

Mr Fritz Baffour, Minister of Information, on Saturday reaffirmed government’s commitment to assisting the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) with the necessary credit facility in its restructuring, infrastructural and technological development. He said the credit facility would help transform the Institute’s into a sub-regional centre of excellence in training creative and media arts students […]

Airtel Ghana in collaboration to revive National Museum In Accra

Airtel Ghana has announced that it will join hands with Friends of the Museum, a not-for-profit organization interested in the promotion of the national museum and Ghana’s cultural heritage. This collaboration was announced at a discussion series with the theme for the month: “Why Heritage Matters” hosted by Adventurers of the Diaspora (AiD). Airtel’s support […]

Angola: Brazil’s Ambassador Considers Cultural Interchange Positive

Luanda — Brazil’s ambassador to Angola, Ana Cabral, on Monday here considered the cultural interchange among the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) positive, ANGOP has learnt. Speaking to ANGOP, on the fringe of the opening of the preparatory meeting of the culture ministers of the mentioned community, set for Tuesday, the ambassador said there is […]

Mali: Head of UN Cultural Agency Urges Warring Factions in Mali to Safeguard Timbuktu

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced concern about the risks posed by the latest fighting in Mali to the World Heritage site of Timbuktu and called on the parties to safeguard the country’s cultural heritage. “Timbuktu’s outstanding earthen architectural wonders that are the great mosques of Djingareyber, […]

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