{"id":194608,"date":"2016-03-01T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=194608"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:00:16","slug":"blakk-rasta-appointed-tourism-ambassador-for-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/blakk-rasta-appointed-tourism-ambassador-for-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Blakk Rasta appointed tourism ambassador for Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outspoken Ghanaian\u00a0radio personality and reggae artiste, Blakk Rasta, has been named a\u00a0tourism ambassador for Zimbabwe at the country&#8217;s Ministry of Tourism in Harare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blakk Rasta, whose real name is Abubakar Ahmed, took to Facebook to make this announcement in a post that read, \u201cTo Jahaviah be the glory, I have just been made tourism ambassador for Zimbabwe&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-194611\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160301020126.jpg\" alt=\"20160301020126\" width=\"600\" height=\"656\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This honor was conferred on him by Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, who celebrated his 92nd birthday over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blakk Rasta was one of the guests who performed at the latest edition of the Zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA) on February 25, and he\u00a0also featured alongside some of Zimbabwe\u2019s biggest artistes in a concert dubbed \u201cWell Done Bob\u201d in honor of Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reggae artiste also took time off performing to visit Zimbabwe\u2019s Heroes Acre, where national heroes and heroines are buried to pay homage to late Amai Sally Mugabe, the Ghanaian wife of President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p>Back home, Blakk Rasta has been nominated for Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for Reggae\/Dancehall song of the year for his song, &#8216;Serwaa Akoto&#8217; and also Reggae\/Dancehall artiste of the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken Ghanaian\u00a0radio personality and reggae artiste, Blakk Rasta, has been named a\u00a0tourism ambassador for Zimbabwe at the country&#8217;s Ministry of Tourism in Harare. 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