Alliance Française Accra launches the first edition of Live in Accra Festival, from 25th April to 3rd May
Live in Accra, from Friday 25th April to Saturday 3rd May 2014, Alliance Française Accra will launch the first and highly expected edition of Jazz and Fusion Festival: Live in Accra! A ten day festival with live music and workshops, master classes, visual art exhibitions, movie screening and literary events taking place in different venues in Accra. A closely-knitted collaboration among embassies, as well as foreign and Ghanaian artists has been developed to make this event an international one.
Guests such as Nicolas Genest, a famous French trumpeter who collaborated with Femi Kuti, Alpha Blondy, Jacques Higelin, the award winning Ghanaian poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes, the talented flutist Dela Botri, the Franco-Congolese quintet Franco Na Bisso and many other artists will be part of this festival to spread the good vibes of Jazz in Accra.
In the 60?s, Ghana was bustling with live music and Jazz tunes all over the city almost every night. The idea of this jazz festival was born with the wish to rekindle a small part of this and bring Jazz back to Accra!
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