Today, I went to the farm. I tried my fingers on the cow's breast and realised I'm still skilful in milking...
Are you still skilful in your former profession? Share a video/pic let's see.
#CowboyDiaries
Haven't done this, professionally since 2007.
@UmaruSanda
@Ghana
Been great tweeting with the face of
#Ghana
this week. It's a great experience and I hope you enjoyed me.
I'm packing out now but you can follow me
@UmaruSanda
Let's know if you want to tweet from here or know someone who should
Pls, be guided by the attached message always ✌
Every Ghanaian student knows her as Quiz Mistress of the televised National Science and Math Quiz. Our next curator on this account, Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana and founding Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Anthony “Reebop” Kwaku Baah, one of the world's acclaimed master drummers and a dexterous percussionist from Ghana who died from a brain haemorrhage whilst performing on stage to thousands of people in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983. Photo: Playing with Traffic, 29th March 1973.
As we celebrate
#InternationalYouthDay
, let's not forget that in
#Ghana
, you can't be President until you hit 40.
The sweet talk about giving youth a chance is pleasing but talk about this too.
There are great Under-40 Presidents elsewhere
#IYD2020
~
@UmaruSanda
@Ghana
Suit donned. Engine fired. Purpose determined: to serve you the best news and interviews you can have on radio and TV in
#Ghana
How's your week starting? Umaru Sanda
@Ghana
When E.T. first went to Nigeria in 1950, highlife was hardly known outside the boundaries of Ghana and even by 1953, Nigerian dance bands such as Sammy Akpabot's Band, the Empire Band and Bobby Benson's Band were still playing mostly swing and ballroom music.
Nii Noi Nortey is a sculptor, painter, instrument inventor & avant-garde instrumentalist from Accra, Ghana. John Coltrane is a big influence on his music. This inspired the invention of his "afrifone” instruments & a series of 20 Accra Trane Station sculptures & 4 CD recordings.
I'm a journalist. I trained for that. But I swim damn well too. That I didn't pay school fees for. If you disagree, I throw a challenge. Find the pool now
What's your side thing though...
Umaru Sanda
@Ghana
Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann will share her experiences in STEM, her work as a lecturer, as well as her interests. Don't worry, you (hopefully) will not be asked to solve equations on the spot! Let's welcome Elsie.
#WeAreGhana
Fellow Ghanaians and Friends of dear Ghana! I am extremely honoured to be asked to curate this week. No, nobody will be solving equations, but I hope you are ready to reminisce about our past, contemplate our present and reflect on our future!
#STEMeducation
#WomenInSTEM
When you sit with a Mosquito 🦟, you better wear long socks...
That's exactly what I'm doing ahead of my
#FaceToFace
encounter with Johnson Asiedu Nketia which is live on
@cititvgh
in 20 minutes...
Hope you're tuned in
#DidYouKnow
This Baobab tree grew right on top of the grave of the late Ibrahim Ayuba Al-Ansari, the founder of the
#Larabanga
Mosque in the early 1400s.
We stopped by on our way to the Upper West Region.
Ladies & gentlemen, It's been a pleasure to have curated this account for a week. I hope you all had a blast.. Signing off for the next curator to take over. My name is Kofi Boachie-Ansah. You can catch me on IG & Twitter
@iamBeatMenace
. Have a lovely week. Have a good night.
My organization
@okuafo
is on a mission to democratize
#AI
for rural farmers for precision agriculture.
We are doing this in a number of ways, I’ll be highlighting our journey so far and tools we’re adding to our workflow to ensure farmers are better informed.
Look what I found!
Any Ghanaian of a certain age who was a Science student worth his/her salt will remember these with fond or nightmarish memories. Do share your memories or post what you're using now.
@ghanascience
@ghana_science
@elsie_effah
On the 6th of March 1971, a concert dubbed ‘Soul to Soul’ was staged at the Independence Square, Accra to mark Ghana’s Independence Celebration that saw some of the best artists at the time from the USA perform on stage with their Ghanaian artists.
Pics: Ticket & Poster
Coffee Break!
#DidYouKnow
The active cultivation of coffee started in Ghana in the mid-eighteenth century when the early missionaries settled in Ghana. It is mostly cultivated by smallholder farmers and in a few plantations scattered in the cocoa growing regions of Ghana.
Hi everyone,
@Mdiyaolhaqq
here and I am very excited to start my week here as a curator. I will be sharing the interesting things I do on a daily basis as well as the beautiful things I come across everyday.
Ps: I am currently in Kumasi, so expect to see more of that! :D
We welcome our 4th Curator, Mustapha Diyaol Haqq. Mustapha is the Co-founder and AI Research Lead at Okuafo Foundation, an organization focused on providing smallholder farmers with AI powered tools and services for Precision Agriculture.
Rex Lawson and E.C. Arinze both split from the Empire Band to form their own bands; in fact Rex Lawson used one of E.T.'s numbers as his signature tune and Dan Acquaye, vocalist for the Tempos, was his idol.
Luminaries like the great jazz composer and musician John Coltrane have an enduring African legacy. I present to you Ghana’s very own: Accra Trane Station - The Music & Art of Nii Noi Nortey
Our first curator is a multimedia journalist from a leading media house in Accra.
He has produced several radio documentaries that have won him laurels such as the WASH Media Awards in 2014 and the UN Awards on SDG reporting in 2017.
Emmanuel Tettey Mensah, best known as E. T. Mensah (31 May 1919 – 19 July 1996), was a Ghanaian musician who was regarded as the "King of Highlife" music. He led The Tempos, a band that toured widely in West Africa. Mensah pioneered the development of the swing-jazz influenced
Spending time
@UnivofGh
. I'm in the School of
Engineering Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering(BME). It was the first BME programme in
#Ghana
, established in 2003. First batch of 8 (1 female) students arrived in Aug 2004 and graduated in Nov 2008.
@elsie_effah
Mustapha is also a student at a university in Accra. His areas of interest span Applied AI in Health, Agriculture, Education & Retail. He is involved with the Ghana Code Club, where he curates content for teaching the fundamentals of Computer Science to kids. Welcome Mustapha!
By the mid-50s, the Tempos' continual touring was having an influence, and Nigerian dance orchestras began to incorporate highlife into their repertoire. Victor Olaiya, originally a trumpeter with Bobby Benson, followed suit when he formed the Lido Band.
Here are a few more photos of veggies… Next up, herbs and spices. I love, love, love those as well (my wife loves them better… not sure though). May have to do that later though.
It’s 8am. Grind mode (*Cues Kwesi Arthur’s Grind day in my mind for the vim to face the day.)
Dear all, it's been a pleasure sharing my week with you. Thanks to all who followed and interacted with my posts. Thanks also to all who shared their amazing work in
#STEMeducation
in Ghana. With all you do, the future is bright indeed! Ayekoo!
Elsie Effah Kaufmann
@elsie_effah
Master Osei Korankye is a lecturer and instructor at the Music Department, University of Ghana, Legon. He recorded some musical ideas in my studio. The instrument he’s playing is called the ‘Seprewa’. The Seprewa is a harp-lute instrument among the Akans of Ghana
Nana Kwame Ampadu and his African Brothers Band brewing up a strom with those invigorating Highlife guitar melodies and enchanting drum rhythms. Circa 1970s, UK.
Kwamena Ray Ellis was born on 28th September, 1931. He grew up in Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. The legendary J.B. Amoah (late) of the Axim Trio Concert Party (1930s/40s) also repaired keyboards and other musical instruments.A young Kwamena will often
And what is a visit to Accra without the rites of passage that is shopping from Kantamanto, Accra Central Market?. Here are the Staple singers doing some fabric shopping in Accra Central, Accra.
Piano tuned, wrists & fingers exercised, microphones carefully selected & positioned… the warm up is about to start. Here’s a short video of the lovely Kawai baby grand piano we are about to record for an Ewe and Ga love ballad.
Speaking of Pianos… I have a lot to share.
Tempo Police auditioning different vintage drum kits for songs on what became
@Santrofimusic
international chart-topping debut “Alewa”. Nii Ayitey assisted on these sessions over the course of several months.
Buy, download & stream
@santrofimusic
’s Alewa:
Life was a lot easy. Here’s a random photo I just found - Trading chops on 2 drum machines with Legendary Siisi Frank, Fela’s drummer, mentor & dear friend at the
@TheRepublicGH
Osu, Accra. He insisted I wear those sunglasses. Sadly, we lost Siisi a few months ago. RIP Legend.
He has worked with many artists and is a founding member of the Audio Engineers and Producers Association of Ghana. Welcome Kofi Boachie-Ansah
@iambeatmenace
to share some interesting facts and thoughts on Ghanaian and contemporary art
… And now, back to pianos, I’ll love to start our morning by recommending Kwamena Ray Ellis’s ‘Keyboard Africa - Highlife & Piano’ album, originally released in 1975 as part of my ‘Essential listening’ and introduction to some amazing Pianists (and composers) among others.
Some mornings are best started with gardening. Growing up, eating vegetables was a chore. I’m much older & love them now… I even grow mine at home by repurposing plastic water dispenser bottles, cutting them in half to make pots. In the future, I plan on growing most of my food.
Back in 2019, I worked with
@ghanacodeclub
to launch the first AI Curriculum, curated to practically teach children fundamental concepts in Artificial Intelligence. The results? ObjectAI, an image recognition app and EmoAI, an emotion recognition app, both with speech synthesis.
Did you know...
The Late Mrs. Joyce Asibey was the first Ghanaian headmistress of Aburi Girls' Secondary School. She is revered for her contribution to education in
#Ghana
, especially girls education. She is my own personal inspiration.
Who inspires you?
#TBThursday
@elsie_effah
At the height of his master drumming artistry and performance, Rebop became the sole dependable drummer for Traffic, the United Kingdom (U.K)-based psychedelic rock and sonic parlette group, formed by
churned out hits. Reebop was noted for his driving hobby. In many instances he drove the buses that carried the band's crew he played with whilst touring Europe. Kari Bannerman, the famous Osibisa guitarist (co-founder/ member of Ibibio Sound Machine) noted
Kofi has extensive experiences in record production, musical arrangement, advertising campaigns and brand audits, print and digital design, still and motion-graphics, 2D and 3D animation, visual effects, painting, sculpture and film
Lamptey, the headmaster of a James Town elementary school, had been a member of one of the first dance orchestras in Ghana, the Jazz Kings, formed in the early 1920s.
The Tempos made many trips to Nigeria beginning in 1950 with Kelly and Warren. In 1953, with Spike Anyankor and Dan Acquaye new in the line up, the whole band drove to Lagos and stayed two weeks with the brother of the famous Nigerian dance band leader Bobby Benson.
highlife dance-bands that were so popular throughout West Africa in the 1950's and 60's. Indeed, these urban dance bands became the musical zeitgeist of the optimistic period of early independence. Their successful use of sophisticated western instruments
Did you know that, Blues & Jazz, like many other genres of music, have their roots in Africa?. Many African musicians & artists have in turn been inspired by many of the styles that originated from Africa, and evolved outside the continent, only to be brought back to ‘re-inspire’
metallic sounds of his sequencer, and in the middle of the track these sounds stand almost alone to create a kind of trance until the guitar comes in again.
E.T. Mensah invited Kwamena to join the band as their official pianist. He was also a member of the 7-piece resident band of the Kumasi Wilben Hotel which was led by guitarist, Scorpion Mensah. He served as chief composer and arranger for the sensational band,
Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason, and Can, a German-based experimental, avante-garde rock band. Reebop's involvement in these two bands transformed their rhythms and musical genres into highly sophisticated ones that
to play African tunes mirrored the fact that a western socio-political structure was also becoming rapidly Africanized.
While still a small boy, E.T. began playing flute in the Accra Orchestra, a youth band formed by Teacher Lamptey around 1930.