{"id":239439,"date":"2016-08-15T12:06:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T12:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=239439"},"modified":"2016-08-15T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T12:06:38","slug":"chale-wote-thrived-because-people-wanted-something-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=239439","title":{"rendered":"Chale Wote thrived because people wanted something different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mantse Aryeequaye, a co-founder of the popular Chale Wote Street Art Festival, has opined that the festival has been a success because people want something different.<\/p>\n<p>He said this on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, in an interview with the\u00a0host, Bernard Koku Avle. Chale Wote commences today [Monday], and runs until the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mantse, \u201cChale Wote thrived because people want something different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that, the festival has the potential of creating a whole economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a form that does not disrupt the environment and it can create a whole economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival marks the fifth anniversary of Chale Wote\u2019s infusion of art, music and dance music in Accra\u2019s oldest urban fishing community.<\/p>\n<p>The motif for Chale Wote 2016 is \u2018Spirit Robot,\u2019 \u00a0and it is geared towards embracing the power rooted in humanity.<\/p>\n<p>It has been expanded to a full week of activities and will feature more than 20 artists, who will be exhibiting the fruits of their creativity.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the official brochure for Chale Wote 2016 below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"issuuembed\" style=\"width: 525px; height: 186px;\" data-configid=\"0\/37900436\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mantse Aryeequaye, a co-founder of the popular Chale Wote Street Art Festival, has opined that the festival has been a success because people want something different. He said this on the Citi Breakfast Show, in an interview with the\u00a0host, Bernard Koku Avle. Chale Wote commences today [Monday], and runs until the end of the week. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":236880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/236880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}