“The agenda of awaking Africa up has never stopped and has thus, become a mantra. This is why the need for another ‘Africa Rise Concert’ has become imperative because the musical revolution is eternal.“ And with these words, Ghanaian singer-rapper AJ Nelson informed TheAfricanDream.net Ghana-based reporter Lim Joe Akaba about the second edition of his Africa Rise Concert the first …

It was a cool weekend April night with just the perfect alignment of stars shining upon AJ Nelson when the Ghanaian rapper welcomed a legend and other budding stars-in-the-making to formally usher the Africa Rise album to Ghana and the world. The concert held at the Zen Garden inside Labone at Accra Ghana went down as a great one. Audiences were left …

“Yes it too is an award, in fact, the biggest of them all and I cannot begin to tell you how I so much appreciate it very dearly,” says rapper AJ Nelson to TheAfricanDream.net in a phone interview. AJ Nelson Photo courtesy of Fizzels Platinum He spoke from his base in Ghana in response to how he felt about not …

Afrocentric Musician from Ghana AJ Nelson after releasing his Africa Rise album in November 2018 is performing at this year’s ‘Asa Baako‘ (one dance) festival in the company of other established music acts. ‘Asa Baako‘ raised its 2019 curtain on March 6 — the 62nd independence anniversary of Ghana. As part of kicking ‘Asa Baako‘ off to celebrate Ghana’s attainment …

Ghanaian Hip-hop, Soul and Afrobeat musician AJ Nelson has a new album — it is called ‘Africa Rise‘. From the pre-release opportunity we got here at TheAfricanDream.net to listen to parts of it, we can confidently conclude that it’s sure to excite eardrums of the woke and lovers of positive music. This new work of art is definitely here to help …

Power to The People by AJ Nelson; a Ghanaian Hiphop, Soul and Afrobeat musician has been making waves on radio stations​ and music charts in Ghana following ​the song’s​ release late in 2015. The single which features award winning female performer​ Wiyaala ​is off AJ Nelson’s debut compilation titled Soul Food​ which was released October 10, 2015​.​ ​iTunes ranked ​Power to The …

2019 has been an amazing year for TheAfricanDream.net which is also the same as OralOfori.com and TheAfricanDream LLC. I started storytelling online almost a decade and a half ago as OralOfori.com and less than half a decade ago I started TheAfricanDream LLC in Washington DC as a communication and research consultancy to tell Africa’s stories under the hashtag #TheAfricanDreamLLC I …

African filmmakers are creating more quality movies with relevant themes and international appeal than ever before. Finding an audience is the issue, and that’s where Freda Frimpong hopes to help. The native of Ghana, who grew up in North Texas, started Kuumba Media as a distribution vessel for African films to gain exposure in the United States through festivals, video-on-demand, …

Martin Kwabena Opare of Ghana, popularly known by the stage name K. Lighte, has a new 2017 single titled ‘Black Dreams ‘ released January 20, 2017. The rapper is a young up and coming performer who’s chosen genre is Hip hop. K. Lighte tells TheAfricanDream.net that his ‘Black Dreams’ song talks about how some young upcoming artists tend to want all the …

“I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were drafting a Constitution … I might look at the Constitution of South Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, and had an independent judiciary … It really is, I think, a great piece of work.” — Supreme Court …