The music legend said few years ago, the music landscape was flooded with rappers but he is happy the trend has changed.

“It’s so refreshing to hear young artistes like Kuami Eugene, Kidi, Adina, Nana Yaa and others sing and that is a good thing. I am happy because few years ago we had most of them doing rap,” he told Osei Kwame on Citi FM’s ‘Brunch in the Citi.’

He also advised that the artistes should ‘come home to roost’ and do songs that will project the Ghanaian culture and values.

“I’d love to see that the huge chunk of what they do come from home,” he noted.

Amandzeba is one of the Ghanaian artistes who has resolved to portray Ghanaian culture in his compositions and appearance.

Amandzeba is one of the artistes slated for this year’s Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) slated for Saturday, 24^th March, 2018 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra.

Other artistes performing are Adane Best, Ga ensemble Dromo Naa and master keyboardist Isaac Aryee.

Citi FM’s 2018 MOGO concert is sponsored by Freight Consult, Special Ice Mineral Water with support from La Palm Royal Beach Hotel.

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The event which has been scheduled for March 24, 2018 will be held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra.

The programme, organized by Citi 97.3 FM, is part of activities to mark the station’s Heritage Month initiative which seeks to project the culture and heritage of Ghana.

Amandzeba is one of Ghana’s finest highlife artistes who since his Nakorex days, has proven his mettle in the music space as a consummate musician and great performer. Music fans will be thrilled with songs like ‘Dede,’ ‘Wogbe’ ‘Biako,’ among others from his repertoire.

The ‘Gyata Bi’ singer, Adane Best, will also have his turn to serve patrons with his fantastic stagecraft.

Dromo Naa is a Ga cultural ensemble that performs traditional Ga music ranging from kpalongo, gome to kolomashie. They will also be at this year’s MOGO to add a traditional touch to the programme.

One artiste whose inclusion tinges the show with a different taste is master keyboardist Isaac Aryee whose dexterity on the keyboard and profound knowledge in music has earned him international recognition. After his lustrous performance at ‘Kaleidoscope,’ he is girded up for the real action at MOGO.

MOGO, for the past years has been a platform to extol music brewed in Ghana by Ghanaian artistes; and it has featured a lot of Ghana’s music giants.

Last year, the event featured highlife greats like Nana Kwame Ampadu, A.B. Crentsil, the late Paapa Yankson and Amandzeba.

Others were Adane Best, Kwabena Kwabena and the ‘Rap Doctor,’ Okyeame Kwame.

Poet and literary coach, Philip Dua Oyinka, known in art circles as Nana Asaase interspersed his proverb-laden poetry with his awesome singing prowess.

There was also performance by Chief Moomen and his Wogbejeke crew who told the history of Ghanaian music through drama.

This year, MOGO is expected to be more enthralling than the previous years. The artistes on the bill promise to give out unique performances on the night.

Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) started in 2007. It was initially an annual one-day event but in 2015 was extended into a one-week festival and named MOGO Festival. An awards show was also instituted as part of the celebration.

The 2018 edition of MOGO is being sponsored by Freight Consult, Special Ice and supported by La Palm Royal Beach Hotel.

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The money, according to the prosecution, is part of some GHs150,000 cedis donated by Ghana’s late President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, to Mr. Kwame Wadaada, the founder of Africa Awake, an event organizing company to organize the Africa Champions League Concert.

According to the Presiding Judge, Afi Agbanu Kudomor, the prosecution had established a prima facie evidence against the accused hence the order.

She said “In the instance case, there is prima facie evidence that both accused persons by their actions on the said occasions conspired to commit the offence as charged.”

Mrs. Kudomor added that, after analyzing the evidence adduced by the prosecution witnesses, the court finds that “accused persons conspired to steal and stole the said amount”.

It is the prosecution’s case that David Dontoh, and Nat Brew Amandzebah, being signatories to an Ecobank account belonging to Africa Awake, withdrew monies from the account totaling GHs93,000 cedis without the consent of the founder.

The prosecution invited two witnesses to testify against the accused, after which the defence led by William Bannerman made a submission of no case in 2015.

While the prosecution claimed the donation was made for Mr. Wadaada’s organisation to launch and operate the African Music Champions’ League during the 2010 World Cup hosted by South Africa, the defence suggested that it was meant to promote Ghanaian culture at the event.

In ruling on the submission of no case, the court held that the burden of producing evidence in criminal trials lies on the prosecution.

Mrs. Kudomor said the prosecution invited two witnesses at the end of which defence lawyers filed a submission of no case.

The judge said it was the court’s mandate to acquit the accused if at the end of the prosecution’s case; the evidence given does not sustain the charge against the accused.

She said counsel’s submission that the absence of an auditor’s report absolves his clients of the responsibility of rendering accounts to “the power(s) that be” cannot stand because, in the absence of such a report, other means could be used to detect such discrepancies in the accounts.

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Amandzeba will be performing at the MOGO dinner dance, which will be held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra.

He will be sharing the stage with the likes of AB Crentsil, Nana Ampadu, Adane Best, Paapa Yankson, Kwabena Kwabena, and Okyeame Kwame.

Chief Moomen and his Wogbejeke crew will also be there to tell the story of Ghanaian music over the years.

“This programme will be an opportunity to make a statement for Ghanaian and highlife music,” he said in an inspiring and deep conversation with the host of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Koku Avle.

In the conversation, he spoke on an array of issues, including the need to respect artistic products of Ghana. He also explained that his name ‘Amandzeba’ literally means a son of culture.

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