The headline performance will run from 7 pm to 8.30 pm and will introduce the formal closing ceremony to 21st edition of the games.

The biggest sporting event to be staged in Australia this decade, The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) will feature the largest integrated sports program in Commonwealth Games history, comprising 18 sports and seven para-sports and will welcome more than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 Commonwealth nations and territories to the Gold Coast and event cities Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville, to share in the celebration of sport, entertainment and culture.

A thrilled Wiyaala said, “working with GRRRL the last two years has been a real journey for me; we are a fusion of international cultures and have created a very unique and dynamic energy. The crowd is going to be international and massive. I used to dream of such things in the village. And now it’s really happening!”

GRRRL is a bespoke electronic music collaboration between independent, revolutionary women artists from around the world, coming together to tell their collective stories of life, conflict, inequality and change through music.

Fusing together sounds of dark techno, ghetto bass, hip hop, dancehall, reggae, soul and electronica and directed by Brazil’s Laima Leyton (Mixhell/Soulwax), GRRRL features an eclectic mix of influential artists including Mercury Prize winning rapper Speech Debelle, Queen of Brazilian Dancehall Lei Di Dai, Zimbabwe’s Rap Queen AWA African Women Arise, The Young Lioness of Africa Wiyaala, Original Nu-Jazz and folk singer from Cape Town Nono Nkoane, British Bangladeshi singer Sohini Alam and electronic artist/synth player from UK/Ghana Afrodeutsche.

Ghana will be represented by a total of 72 athletes from 12 disciplines at GC2018 which is slated for Gold Coast, Australia, from April 4 to 15 this year.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana/Ghana

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She urged citizens to religiously guard the country’s cultural heritage, since it was a bedrock that could build a strong economy.

Ms Gomashie was speaking at a press soiree organised by management of the Peduase Valley Resort at Peduase in the Eastern Region.

The event was on the theme: “Arts and Culture for a more Sustainable Social Economic Environment.”

She said, Ghanaians needed to take a second look at the way they preserve their cultural heritage, because it was an important part of the tradition of the country.

The Deputy Minister said: “We have lost our rich cultural heritage all in the name of modernity and development.”

She said Ghanaians needed to have a paradigm shift that would ensure them concentrate on home grown development and called on Africans to come together to reclaim the rich heritage that had existed for years.

She said government had ratified the seven United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation conventions to create opportunities to assess funding to promote activities in the sector and share what the country has with the world.

She said Ghana had a culture policy, and “l do not know whether we have made enough of what is in the policy but it will be a sad story if we do not embrace and all other things that reflect who we are that can sustain and promote our heritage”.

She commended the Ambassador of Columbia for her support in the promotion of culture and arts in the country.

Mr Hussien Fakhry, the Managing Director of the Peduase Valley Resort commended the Ministry for the support it had given to industry players in the country.

Ghanaian Afro pop singer-songwriter, Noella Wiyaala thrilled the gathering with some of her songs.

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Source: GNA

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