Boiler Room x Ballantine’s today announce Accra, Ghana as the next stop for True Music Africa, a tour that unearths pioneering True Music artists and their stories of doing it for themselves in the underground music scene. Ghana is a first for Boiler Room and Ballantine’s True Music Africa which has previously toured South Africa, Cameroon and Kenya and has …

Our 22nd issue cover star/award-winning artiste KiDi, has been shortlisted as part of the 15 musicians to perform at the upcoming MUSIGA Grand Ball scheduled for March 29 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). The night solely set for the celebration of GH music, whiles generating funds to aid the aged musicians and also support projects under the supervision …

Legendary Ghanaian actress Grace Omaboe and ace highlife musician Amandzeba, have been named among a selected few of Ghanaian legendary personalities to receive honorary awards at the 2019 UNESCO International Mother Language Day under the slogan ‘Sanegbaa!’. Known for the duo’s immense contribution in the fraternity of filmmaking and music, both stars will be honored for their separate roles in …

Glitz Africa is proud to celebrate one of its behind-the-scene team members who work tirelessly to bring out the best creative arts into our magazine issues, Henry Ghansah. He was declared winner of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) logo contest created in honour of its upcoming 20th edition. Under the art direction of our Publisher and CEO, Claudia Lumor, …

The Adinkra Group, an African Cultural Edutainment Resource and Consulting company based in Washington, DC, is set to launch the second annual Back2Africa Festival and Tour in partnership with The Ghana Tourism Authority and the Year of Return, from 26th of February to the 8th of March 2019 with a line-up of events that focuses on arts, performances, education and …

The Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Critics Choice Awards and SAG have all handed out their plaques of recognition in honor of leading filmmakers and actors across board. Popular names such as Glenn Close, Olivia Colman, Rami Malek, Mahershala Ali, have all had a fair run in the award season race, whiles the red carpet department have been eccentrically lit by the …

In reaction to the Academy of motion Pictures Arts and Sciences decision to present four Oscar nominated categories (cinematography, film editing, live-action shorts and makeup and hairstyling) during commercial breaks. A tall list of filmmakers in Hollywood have addressed the issue and called out the Academy’s move for the 91st show as nothing but ‘insult’ to the affected categories. The …

Nicki Minaj is canceling her appearance at the BET Experience Concert after the network tweeted about her and fellow rapper Cardi B. Minaj said Monday on social media that she won’t perform at the concert or BET Awards. It comes after BET tweeted Sunday that Minaj was “being dragged by her lacefront” following Cardi B’s Grammy win for best rap …

In August last year, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced that 4 out of the 24 categories of Oscar plaques presented live on the show will be presented to winners this year during commercial breaks. The change comes in as a result of the Academy’s attempt to reduce the viewing hours of the show to three hours, …

Academy award winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, is coming back to the small screen after a hiatus from television in the late 90s. Leonardo will team up with his 2002 ‘Gangs of New York’ film director Martin Scorsese to bring on screen an adaptation of Erik Larson’s New York Times bestselling nonfiction thriller ‘The Devil in the White City’. Hulu and …