SANATU ZAMBANG STUDIOS (Podcast)

Before you praise Beast of the Nation as a Ghanaian Movie you have to first of all know the origin of the film, writer and director and language adopted in the film. The just ended Ghana Movie Awards has been heavily criticised by the large number of nominations Beast of the Nations has received and apparently winning almost all the awards last night, 30 December 2015. Beast of the Nation has starred some Ghanaians actors and actresses but that does not make it a Ghanaian Movie, the likes of Prince David Osei, Akosua Busia have also starred in Hollywood Movies and these movies have been shot in other African countries but that does not make it a African Movie. Here is what you should know about Beast Of the Nation. Cary Joji Fukunage is the Director, Writer, Producer and Cinematographer of Beast of the Nation. Beasts of No Nation is a 2015 American war drama film written, shot, and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, about a young boy who survives as his country goes through a horri...

Zulom Alfred Aka AmaziN hailS from the Upper Eastern part of Ghana, Pwalugu to be precise. Frafra by tribe. Started his elementary education at Golden Child Preparatory and then completed JHS at Englebert International all in Accra. Senior high school at St.Pauls in Kwahu. Currently a third year student pursuing a degree in Management and Computer Studies at the Wisconsin International University College. " I took music serious in High School when I teamed up with some of my house mates( Dalvin Abeiku Crankson of CitiFilms and Kwasi Penyah of Yungers_Gh fame) and formed a group called Wantryb..Music for me has always been my life..Music really saved me when all was get rough in my life..I see my self not only as an Entertainer but also a Preacher..I want to use my music to liberate he Youth..Keep them in a Positive Posture always,Encourage then to always work hard and make sure money is made in a Positive way.." " Well apprently am preparing to launch my fir...

That’s how hip-hop and R&B artist and producer Akon described using solar energy to bring power to hundreds of millions of Africans. The Missouri-born Senegalese American had just trekked to Mali from an inaugural meeting in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) with top West African leaders to talk about renewable energy solutions. “Africa needs to be sustainable for a long time and be a crutch for the rest of world instead of the other way around,” Akon told ThinkProgress in a phone interview. “A stable Africa helps the world.” Akon joined five prime ministers representing Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, and Togo who gathered in the Ivory Coast’s economic capital of Abidjan for the West African Energy Leaders Group — a conference for business and political leaders working to develop strategies to address the region’s energy crisis. “Because of the [lack of infrastructure] in Africa, we need more financial institutions to be a part of it, and partner with people who have a vision for A...

Ghana Water Company Lim­ited (GWCL), Volta River Au­thority (VRA), Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) are seeking tariff in­creases that amount to over 200%. This Morning,the King of comedy in Ghana, woke up this morning as King Kong, sharing his anger on social media, " Ok so I am up this early, haven't even brushed my teeth or taken my bath. Headed to ECG depo for them to explain why I recharged my meter with 20gh at 2am and by 7am all the credits run out. Only to be told that the increment was effective 14th Dec. So I am paying for lights I havent used. Came to My car,pick up my voters ID, smiled and bought another 20gh." When the increases being sought by ECG, VRA and GRIDCo are computed together; it will increase electricity tar­iff from 44,50 -pesewas per kWh to 102-99 pesewas per kWh, representing over 100% increase in tariff. For electricity, ECG is seeking 101% increase; VRA wants 108% in­crease while GRIDCo seek...

Golden Globes Nominations 2016 - Saoirse Ronan, Caitriona Balfe, and Lenny Abrahamson's Room in the running for awards. The nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes are being announced at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and among the nominees is Irish author Emma Donoghue how has been nominated for the screenplay for Room, based on her best-selling novel. Donoghue is counted in the category among names including Aaron Sorkin (for Steve Jobs) and Quentin Tarantino (for The Hateful Eight) as well as Charles Randolph and Adam McKay (The Big Short), and Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight). Room, directed by Irish director Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson, has also been nominated for the coveted Best Motion Picture - drama award alongside Carol, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant and Spotlight. Bria Larson has also landed a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a MOtion Picture opposite Irish actress Saoirse Ronan who has been nominated for Brooklyn. They're up ...

Reggie (31) and Bollie (29) both originally hail from Ghana but have been living in the UK with their families for the past five years. They are no strangers to the music business, with the pair both separately releasing material in their native Ghana. The duo think Cheryl is the “perfect mentor” as “she’s been in a band for longer than us and has won The X Factor multiple times”. Fascinating Fact: In Ghana, Reggie released three songs in 2006 called Virgin, For Sale and Adoma. In 2004, Bollie also had a hit called You May Kiss The Bride. Reggie N' Bollie closed The X Factor semi-finals on a high note with an energetic mash-up of 'I Gotta Feeling' and 'I Like To Move It' by Black Eyed Peas and Reel 2 Rea. The duo brought the party and got a lot of love from the judges and the audience Simon Cowell compared it to their less-well-received first performance: "You made me believe that this would be a terrible semi-final with the first song, but you had that up...

20 Years Ago Today, Milli Vanilli Lost Their Grammy For Lip Syncing Someone Else's Songs Lip sync fails are not uncommon these days. But November 19, 1990 saw the culminating moment of one of the most shameful not-actually-singing debacles in pop music history: it was the day Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy. Milli Vanilli started as the brainchild of German producer and songwriter Frank Farian. In early 1988, Farian recorded a group album with a slew of vocalists, but, finding them unmarketable, recruited dancer/models Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan to front the group when the album was released in the summer of that year. Note that singing is not, at this point, on their resume. If the European record didn't necessarily state that the handsome frontmen were the ones actually singing the songs, by the time the American album, reworked extensively by Arista Records, was released in early 1989, all trace of the original vocalists had vanished. After a string of ...

In separate attacks last week, ISIS terrorists killed 39 tourists at a beach resort in Tunisia, and close to 30 worshipers at a Shia Mosque in Kuwait. The onslaught came shortly after the group called on its militant Jihadi sympathizers to expand operations in the month of Ramadan. ISIS has demonstrated an unflinching determination to take out anyone who dares to disagree with it. Its members have slaughtered Yazidis and Christians, but the vast majority of its victims have been Muslims who resist it and refuse to acknowledge its authority. ISIS has even executed Sunni clerics who refused to swear allegiance to it, and Muslim women who did not submit to its worldview. This feature is shared across all terrorist groups operating in the name of Islam. The vast majority of the victims of the Taliban, for instance, are also Muslims. Hundreds of Shia Muslims have been killed just in the last few years. And I have lost many close friends in similar attacks on the Ahmadi Muslims in Paki...