TheAfricanDream.net founder Oral Ofori was in late August 2020 recognized by GEMEINSAM FÜR AFRIKA in Germany for the ‘Heroes of COVID-19’ initiative he started in April 2020 to highlight the works of volunteers and individuals fighting the novel coronavirus. GEMEINSAM FÜR AFRIKA (GFA), a nonprofit alliance based in Berlin, Germany that is an association of numerous aid and development organizations …

A documentary-short by Ghanaian film director Kwame Asante Ofori titled ‘Walk With Me‘, recently screened at the November 2018 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in Nigeria where TheAfricanDram.net caught up with the producer to learn more about it. AFRIFF has annually held in Nigeria since 2010 and is a film festival that features award shows and film training classes. This year …

‘Going To School In The Middle East And North Africa‘ is a book authored by Dr. Kwabena Dei Ofori-Attah of Ghana. According to Dr. Ofori-Attah, he wrote the book to show the world that apart from the violence we read in newspapers, from social media, and other media, the Middle East and North Africa region is home to a good …

Choirs of the Ghana Wesley United Methodist Church (GWUMC) of Woodbridge, and Alfred Street Baptist Church Trinity Choir (ASBCTC) of Alexandria, both respectively in Virginia, United States (US), treated music enthusiasts and members of the public to beautiful choral performances on March 3, 2018 at the Saint Paul Methodist United Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. Dubbed the ‘Choral Extravaganza For Ghana’s …

New music video — Ajoa — according to Cojo Tee, is a “lyrical satire about some young women who indulge in short cuts to make a living by solely depending on their beauty to entice men with their physique and bodily curves.” The US based Ghanaian musician says such women risk getting impregnated without husbands, diseases or hopelessness. “My video Ajoa …

Howard University Provost Dr. Anthony K. Wutoh received the Edward Bouchet Legacy Award at Howard University Graduate School’s twelfth annual Bouchet Forum at on October 12, 2017. The honor was bestowed on the Provost at the University’s Interdisciplinary Research Building in Washington DC, United States (US). Dr. Wutoh who becomes the seventh recipient of the Edward Bouchet Legacy Award has led …

Isaac Okyerema Asante, the Ghanaian master percussionist was born in Koforidua, the eastern regional capital of Ghana on June 16, 1949. He started drumming at the tender age of three and many times found himself hitting on the tops of cooking utensils that his mother and sisters were cleaning in the kitchen during the evenings. He will arrange three or …

Teresa Mabel Kyei-Mensah or Abena as I affectionately called her when we were growing up has worked as a Project Manager in the past with her engineering background. She is currently a Business Support Services Manager for a Salt Mining Company in Ghana’s capital city Accra. The BSc Civil Engineering graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology …

As the consumerization of camera drones for videography and photography continues to rise, more and more high quality aerial footages from Africa are shared. Many, like Rexford (aka KhoPhi), a content creator from Ghana who’s been capturing the beauty of Ghana’s infrastructure, landscapes and tourist sites for the past 2 years, have enhanced the opportunity to make such footages available …

Seven Xavier has suggested that the Chairman for the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) Mr. Rex Omar, be made to step down from running the affairs of the Organization together with Diana Hopeson and Agya Abraham.  Mr. Xavier, President of the Alliance for Change in Ghana Music (AFGHAM) stated that they were not working in the interest of musicians in …