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Night of musical and visual protest at Alliance Française

Genre : Society news
Principal country concerned : Column : Music
Release/publication date : 2014
Published on : 16/05/2014
Source : artsghana

The Nigerian Afro Fusion music group Villy and the Xtreme Volumes alongside King Ayisoba and Ofie Kodjoe will on Saturday May 24 perform at the Alliance Française in Accra.
 
Progressive, energetic and thought-provoking, music from Villy and the Xtreme Volumes is a stomping fusion of traditional Afrobeat, highlife, afro-folk, soul and rock that asks pointed questions to African leaders and confronts Africa's present issues head on.  
 
The performance, which is titled "Uncolonized" promises to be an evening of energy, expression, confrontation and education that will ignite the senses. It will feature original graphic art onstage to add visual punch to the music and its meaning.
 
Kologo virtuoso, King Ayisoba from the Upper East Region of Ghana, will hypnotize melodic and percussive kologo sounds. Fresh from a performance tour of Europe, Ayisoba is expected to mesmerize fans with new compositions.
 
Ofie Kodjo has performed around the world for the past thirty years on such shows BETs "Walk of the Fame" and "Celebration Gospel, will dazzle the crowd with her stage craft that has endeared her to the hearts of music lovers.
 
Institut  Français (Ghana) and Alliance Française in Accra are sponsoring the concert.
 
 
 

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