British Council to mount Remembrance 2000
exhibition
Ho (Volta Region) 21 November 2000
A three-hour choral night in memory of the late Dr Ephraim Amu, the renowned musicologist, featuring 13 groups from all over the country, on Sunday thrilled the audience at the on-going National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC) at Ho.
The groups rendered compositions by Dr Amu in the non-competitive singing session dubbed "Tata Amu Choral Night".
Dr Alexander A. Agordoh, a Research Fellow of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, described "Tata" Amu's songs as a "reflection of his sensitivity to morality, feeling of nothingness before God, service to mankind and contribution to nation building".
He said he single-handedly incorporated indigenous traditional music into church worship especially in the Protestant denominations like the E. P Church, Ghana and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. He said Dr Amu's songs are "philosophical, sacred, secular and patriotic, which depicted his quest for ultimate serenity of heart and mind".
"Tata" Amu wrote more than 150 songs mainly in Akwapim Twi and Ewe, among which are the famous 'Yen Ara Asase Ni', 'Asem Yi Di Ka', 'Adikanfo Mo', 'Esrom Miele' and 'Bonwere Kente'.
The groups that featured were, Tanokrom Philharmonic from the Brong Ahafo, Binyipo Eye from the Northern region, Western Fortes of Musama Disco Christo Church from the Western region, Abugbire's Solma Group from the Upper East and Koforidua Presby Choir from the Eastern region.
The rest were Zuuri Naawninzume from the Upper West region, Great Christian Singers from the Central region, Dumedefo and Kadjebi from the Volta region and GBC Staff Choir, Voices of Lotto and Chocolate Voices from Greater Accra.
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British Council to mount Remembrance 2000
exhibition
Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 21 November 2000
The British Council is to mount a week's photographic exhibition dubbed "Remembrance Day 2000 in Kumasi from November 24 to December 1 in celebration of the involvement of West African men and women in the second World Wars.
According to a release from the Kumasi office of the British Council, the exhibition aims at demonstrating the breadth of contribution of West Africans to all aspects of civic, political, commercial and cultural British life in the past and today.
The exhibition, which has already been shown in London and in Accra, will feature photographs of West African servicemen in the First and Second World Wars from the archives of the Imperial War Museum in London.
The release said the exhibition, which was conceived by Terence Humphreys of the British Council in Ghana and commissioned by the British Council in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Cameroon, will also be accompanied by six individual stories of modern Britons of West African origin who have settled in the United Kingdom but maintain links with Africa.
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