{"id":389813,"date":"2018-01-08T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=389813"},"modified":"2018-01-08T16:05:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:05:19","slug":"chief-moomen-talks-arts-cnns-african-voices-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/chief-moomen-talks-arts-cnns-african-voices-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Moomen talks arts on CNN\u2019s \u2018African Voices\u2019 [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian poet and playwright, Chief Moomen, was recently featured on CNN\u2019s \u2018African Voices,\u2019 talking about his work as artist.<\/p>\n<p>In the documentary, Wogbejeke producer mentions American poet Maya Angelou as the one who inspired him to start poetry and all the other art forms he is engaged in at present.<\/p>\n<p>He also pays tribute to satirist Kwaku Sintim Misa who also exposed him to the theatre space.<\/p>\n<p>Chief further touches on the need to make the creative arts more functional so as to help in national development.<\/p>\n<p>Moomen is currently a teaching assistant at the Theatre Arts Department of the University of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the documentary below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/fave.api.cnn.io\/v1\/fav\/?video=world\/2018\/01\/04\/african-voices-a-poet-playwright-and-ghanaian-storyteller-b.cnn&amp;customer=cnn&amp;edition=international&amp;env=prod\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian poet and playwright, Chief Moomen, was recently featured on CNN\u2019s \u2018African Voices,\u2019 talking about his work as artist. 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