Use PANAFEST to market Ghana- Boniface
Use PANAFEST to market Ghana- Boniface
Elmina (Central Region)
PANAFEST is a cultural event organised annually in
More than 5,000 international participants from 40 countries are expected to attend this year's festival. Activities lined up for the festival include, colloquium, conference of traditional African rulers, bazaars/trade exposition, musical concert and youth and women forums.
Launching the festival, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City, Abubakar Siddique Boniface, commended the organisers of the festival that had already been launched in the USA, South Africa and yet to be launched in the UK, Nigeria and Cuba.
Abubakar said the festival was an
opportunity for
He said since there was the tendency for other Africans and
blacks in the Diaspora to organise similar festivals, it was imperative for
Ghanaians to resolve to do all they could to maintain whatever unique
advantages they had over the others to keep and develop PANAFEST in
"We can only face the challenge if the PANAFEST FOUNDATION remains resolute and stay steadfastly committed to the ideals of the originators of the festival."
Kojo Yankah, Chairman of the International Board of the PANAFEST Foundation, announced that all was set for the smooth take off of the festival. He said arrangement has been made with the Ghana Airways to offer six flights on a 30 percent discount for people attending the festival.
He appealed to the government to sponsor groups in the country that would be performing during festival, saying that, PANAFEST 'is not a profit-making venture'.
Rabbi Kohain Nhalevi, Executive Secretary of PANAFEST, said the festival was more than an event but a movement that was bringing people from the African descent to showcase their traditional wealth.
He said this year's festival would be taken to most regions in the country and urged the public to show interest and participate.
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He said this would support the youth to develop their creative enterprises and reduce the strenuous effort of soliciting for sponsors. Prof Hagan was addressing a press briefing to showcase the activities of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Theatre
He urged the workers to work hard to create an audience that would constantly patronise the activities showcased at the Theatre. Prof Komla Amoaku, Executive Director of the National Theatre, said an exercise was underway to convert the Theatre into a self-supporting institution in 2006.
The exercise, which was under the National Institutional Renewal Programme, intends to commercialise the use of the Theatre. Prof. Amoaku said the Management had lifted it from its doldrums to a very high standard through the introduction of unique and viable customer oriented programmes in the contemporary and traditional arts and other special events.
He said the Theatre through specialised training and manpower development and links with international Theatre groups could boast of some of the best-trained cadres of Theatre Professionals on the continent.
Prof. Amoaku noted that through international linkages and initiatives the Theatre had succeeded in the promotion of educational exchange programmes to expose Ghanaian cultural values. It has also established training opportunities through artistic collaboration. He commended the media for their tremendous support in communicating the programmes of the Theatre to its audience.
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