SANATU ZAMBANG STUDIOS (Podcast)

NKABOM LITERARY FESTIVAL 2016  is the first ever contemporary Ghanaian literary festival pooling young and culminated word crocheters who use ink, voice, music or mixed media to share stories that connect histories, consummate the present to rediscover the future.   DATES: August 13th Nubuke Foundation, behind Mensvic Hotel, East Legon 10am(registration)- 10:30am(starts) to 3pm – Writing + Alternative Publishing Workshop with Mariska Darko & Efo Dela, 2pm-4pm Photosentences Workshop (Make Poetry to Street Photography) with Fotombo 11am-3pm Paperbag Paint + Words Workshop with Betty Stuemer & Musa Swallah 4pm-6pm Music Set - DJ Vimtinz 6pm-7pm – Reading with Martin Egblewogbe. Hosted by Andy – 6: 45-7pm (Q & A) 7:30pm-9:30pm Storytelling Set ft Sir Black, Chief Moomen, Mutombo, Nana Asaase. Hosted by Andy [FREE. Storytelling Set - ghc10] August 14th Abelemkpe Taxi Rank 5 - 7pm Free Show (Music Installation + Lyric Projection) – Benjamin ...

Hopin presents the best educational content online, apps and tools and transforms it into a strong self-directed learning experience via coaching, P2P learning, mentoring, projects and experimental learning in a physical setting. The main goal of the Youth Speak Up is to develop competencies of youth reporters to support active citizenship and engagement of young people in communities. As part of the project . there is a section of it which needs us Hopin Academy(  https://www.facebook. com/hopinacademy/?ref=bookmark s  ). to develop a platform called Idea Platform.  The idea platform sets up challenges to users, on how to solve issues identified in the local community. The users then propose ideas to these challenges. The best suggestions are picked for media attention (radio programs and for CJ and Stakeholders to pressure decision-makers. Hopin Academy currently have designed 8 events to take place from now till November this year....

Wiyaala will perform in September for the Legends of Africa event, before playing with her compatriot Rocky Dawuni in Los Angeles, USA. Rocky Dawuni is a GRAMMY nominated Ghanaian singer and songwriter who performs his signature 'Afro Roots' sound which is a mixture of Reggae, Afrobeat, Highlife and soul music. The Ghanaian sensational singer  Wiyaala Nicknamed 'the Young Lioness of Africa', will in a few weeks play concerts in Europe and in the US. Wiyaala has been on tour over the last few months and has made an appearance at the WOMAD International Arts Festival in July. Straddles the boundaries between Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S. to create an appealing sound that unites generations and cultures. With an easy-going charisma and reputation as a dedicated champion of social causes, Dawuni's infectious grooves and dance-inducing anthems have consistently excited fans across the globe..Rocky Dawuni International music star and humanitarian ac...

George Brigars Williams Born on 8th January, 1929 in Sekondi. He attended Adisadel College in Cape Coast and then to the Balham & Tooting College of Commerce and also studied Acting at The Stage Craft Centre all in London, U.K. He performed in Julian Green’s South at the London’s Arts Theatre, soon after he joined the musical ballet Carribean Heatwave with Shirley Bassey as the lead singer and Ben Johnson as the lead dancer opening at the Little Theatre in Jersey. After a series of programmes on the BBC West African Service, he made several recordings with great jazz musicians in England such as Hurry Cline, Mike Makenzie, Shake Kean and Joe Harriot. In 1956 George B. Williams produced a pageant that featured five hundred dancers from all the regions of Ghana at the Accra Sports Stadium, as part of the Independence anniversary celebration of Ghana. He was hired as a senior producer in the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service and the seconded to the Nigeria...

The Acting Medical Superintendent of the Gushegu District Hospital, Dr Barihama Adam has disclosed that the hospital is working hard to ensure they record a zero percent maternal mortality rate by 2017.  According to him, the hospital recorded seven maternal deaths in 2012 but worked hard to reduce it to one death last year. Dr Adam disclosed this at an open day celebration held by the hospital to highlight the successes, challenges and projections of the hospital. Speaking to Justice News Dr Adam said they have been able to achieve the reduction because of the measures they have put in place to deal with emergency cases they receive. He catalogued the measures as stocking the blood bank with blood to deal with emergency cases during labour, a ready theater to handle complications, a standby team to deal with complications among others. He also attributed the achievement to the ultra modern health facility the district has. He noted that if a hospital lac...

Government has decided to foot the medical bills of Dr. David Abdulai, a medical doctor battling with thyroid cancer. Dr. David Abdulai has over the years dedicated his life to serving the poor in the Northern Region.  He runs 2 free health clinics in the region and serves a variety of populations including the mentally ill, HIV positive, homeless among others. In May this year, Dr Abdulai was diagnosed with stage-4 thyroid cancer which is reportedly quite aggressive and spreading.   Reports indicated that the doctor was in dire need of radiation therapy, which is not offered in Tamale. But a post from the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Victor Asare Bampoe today indicated that “the President directed the Ghana Air Force to evacuate Dr Abdulai to Accra three days ago and he is currently receiving the care.

Dr. David Abdulai is an amazing doctor who has dedicated his life to serving the poor. He runs 2 free health clinics in the Northern Region and serves a variety of populations including the mentally ill, HIV positive, homeless, etc. He is the only survivor of 11 children (all of whom died from po verty related illnesses) and had the opportunity to be educated; eventually finishing medical school with the assistance of the Catholic Church.  Dr. David Abdulai won the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Peace and Social Justice,     Dr. David Abdulai, is also a winner of Airtel’s flagship corporate social responsibility initiative “Touching Lives” and other awards and recognitions world wide.   Although he initially worked in government hospitals, he always realized the great need to return home to Tamale and provide medical assistance to the poor. He eventually returned, building 2 clinics and has seen thousands of patients sinc...

'' As president, I'll work to ensure every child from every ZIP code has access to a world-class education, including access to high-quality preschool. We need to strike the right balance on testing with fewer, fairer and better tests for elementary and secondary school students. And we must support teachers with the training and resources they need.'' Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton   is an American politician and the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States in the 2016 election . She served as the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, the junior United States Senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, First Lady of the United States during the presidency of Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001, and First Lady of Arkansas during his governorship from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1992. Born in Chicago and raised in the suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois , Clinton attended Wellesley College , graduating in...

Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26, 1947, at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.She was raised in a United Methodist family, first in Chicago and then, from the age of three, in suburban Park Ridge, Illinois . Her father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911–1993), was of Welsh and English descent; he managed a successful small business in the textile industry.Her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell (1919–2011), was a homemaker of English, Scottish, French-Canadian, and Welsh descent.Hillary has two younger brothers, Hugh and Tony . On May 28, 1994, Tony married Nicole Boxer, daughter of Senator Barbara Boxer , in a ceremony at the White House attended by 250 guests. Before the marriage ended in divorce, they had a child Zachary, born in 1995. Zachary held a unique distinction of being both the grandson and nephew of sitting U.S. senators.  As a child, Rodham was a favorite of her teachers at the public schools she attended in Park Ridge. She participated in sports, such ...