In celebration of Ghana’s 68th Independence Day on 6th March 2025, aftown has teamed up with Church of Stories, to announce the global release of Goodbye, Gold Coast—an audio drama directed by Joewackle J. Kusi and written by Joewackle J. Kusi & Fui Can-Tamakloe.

Synopsis

A few hours to the emancipation of the Gold Coast, excitement and uncertainty about the future are rife. While some believe in the new Ghana, others hold reservations.

Goodbye, Gold Coast explores the different emotions of a city at the edge of freedom, depicted through the lives of Rose, a young teacher and her European lover, as they face a decision as important to them as the birth of a new nation.

About the Director: JOEWACKLE J. KUSI 

Joewackle J. Kusi is a multidisciplinary artist who uses eccentric visual storytelling, audio experimentation and unconventional writing to investigate how culture, history and social politics contribute to our lived identity. 

His unique perspective is particularly evident in his body of work, which includes thought – provoking  films on boyhood [Lucky  & Boys No Dey Cry], an evocative audio drama exploring Ghana’s independence [Goodbye Gold, Coast]. and a groundbreaking film [Nyame Mma]. The award winning short film has been selected and won awards at multiple international film festivals including; Cannes, BFI Flare,  Iris Prize, Film Africa, Xposed Film Festival,  Pan African Film Festival, FAME, Accra Indie Film Festival,  and is still in festival run.

Joewackle is a fellow of the 2024 International Sound Documentary Summer Program at Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière in France where he created L’avenir Est Deja Ici – a sound documentary about the rise of the far-right movement in Brest, France. 

He is the Founder of Church Of Stories – a production house telling nuanced, impactful and inclusive human stories. Beyond storytelling, he actively contributes to cultivating a thriving local cinema culture with Reel Fellowship. Reel Fellowship is a

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MTN Pulse Hangout, which is the only interactive music show in Ghana, is being organised by MTN to entertain its subscribers as well as Ghanaian music fans.

The event is expected to provide the platform for Sarkodie to interact with his fans.

It promises to be a mega one as Sarkodie will be entertaining music fans with hit songs like Pain Killer, U Go Kill Me, Happy Day, Ofeetso, Saa Okodie No, All Die Be Die, Fire Works, Don’t Cry, Bogga, Can’t Let It Go, Gboza, Almighty, Far Away, Overdose among others.

The event, BEATWAVES gathered, will be a warm-up for Sarkodie’s upcoming Rapperholic Concert slated for December 25.

Music lovers can enjoy the show by downloading the MTN Pulse App and streaming on all MTN social media platforms.

The previous editions of the Pulse Hangout have witnessed performances from Adina, Yaw Tog, Eno Barony, DopeNation, Kweku Flick, Kweku Darlington among others who shared some music secrets and how they rose to stardom.

Sarkodie’s contributions to the Ghanaian music industry have earned him numerous accolades, including the Vodafone Ghana Music Award for ‘Artiste of the Decade’.

Sarkodie is considered one of the major proponents of the Azonto genre and dance.

He is often named as one of Africa’s greatest hip hop artistes. MTV Base ranked him 6th on its list of the Hottest African MC’s in 2014.

In 2015, Sarkodie was ranked the 19th ‘Most Influential Ghanaian’ by e.tv Ghana and AfricaRanking.com ranked him 3rd on its list of the ‘Top 10 African Rappers of 2015’.

In the same year, The Guardian listed him as one of its top five hip hop acts on the African continent.

He was announced the first winner of BET’s Best International Flow Artiste at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards.

Having performed commendably on the Ghanaian music scene for the past decade, Sarkodie is recognised as one of Ghana’s successful music icons who has been consistent in his musical career.

The song was inspired by the harmful effects that rumours can have on people’s lives. Gossiping keeps you from your purpose, and when people spread false rumours about you, it can stop you from being successful, so it is
harmful both to the spreader of rumours and the subject of them.

With the song Konkonsa, SAJ encourages his listeners to use their voices to positively impact and give encouraging words to others instead of making harsh judgments.

Follow the artiste on aftown music and wait on the release here: Konkonsa

“Saa Ara, saa ara,  saa ara ,ade akye oo” which simply translates in to the Ghanaian local tongue “just like that,just like that, it’s morning”!  An afro beats single from Juls ft Kwesi Arthur, has some sort of lyrical identification most people in the Ghanaian community resonate to, vividly creating a picture of people going about their daily jobs when one takes a listen ,basically on the hustle. With the beat of thudding drums and playing of traditional instruments Juls’ “Saa ara” reeks of a pure African sound with the  seal of hip hop beat for its chorus. The lyrical  content of the song talks of the daily struggles people go through, but “saa ara” (just like that ) without breaking the monotonym of life, there comes another another morning.  A sound that has a little  semblance with that of femi kutis’,but fresh enough to make anyone heed back to their roots with appreciation of language and origin!

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aftown exists not only to help artistes make money, but also for music lovers to have a one stop shop to download and stream all their favorite songs from artists they love. So far, artists like Akan, Worlasi, Stonebwoy, EL and more have benefited from the marketing and sales opportunities that aftown has to offer; selling their singles and albums to thousands of their fans across the country, and across the world.

So when word came in from Echo of the Afromusicon initiative, it was only right that aftown came on board to help push the grand agenda; The Business Of Music.

We believe every artist should be able to make a living from their art, and conferences like afromusicon play a major role in enlightening the artists with respect to opportunities available and measures they need to put in place to secure revenue from their music. Aftown, along with its partners DGN, BBNZ LIVE and Sound Effects, will be playing a major roll in maiden afromusicon conference. Look out for the aftown music workshop, concerts and panel discussions. Sign up to aftown and get all the info first hand!

To Echo we say Thank you for such an initiative, and to potential conference participants, you couldn’t have made a better decision. We look forward to seeing you!

‘3nity’, his 2nd studio album, is a mix of 3 genres on 21 tracks. With this album, you get to experience a new side of Epixode’s music. 3NITY’s production features a list newbies like Craig Bone, Angeo Pablo & Fizzi, as well as some of the OG’s like Ephraim, Dat Beat God & Mix Master Garzy.

The features on the album reflect his desire to cut across Africa with his music. He’s enlisted the likes of Tneeya (Cameroon), Young L (Nigeria), Ammara Brown (Zimbabwe) amongst his Ghanaian hit-makers like Stonebwoy, Medikal, Kwame Legacy & Kurl Songx. Two features to look out for are ‘Faith’ featuring Junior X of Jamaica, and Dear Mama where he features his own mother.

This album is evidently a new chapter for Epixode. One in which he seeks to tap into his love for different genres of music but at the same time cement his name in the books of Reggae & Dancehall.

Check out the album on aftown. It’s available for download on aftown.com & streaming on aftownmusic.com. Remember, whenever you sign up you get to stream a whole month for free. We’d love to hear what you think about the album, so do drop a comment, tweet or post when you get to it.

Download 3NITY by clicking here – https://bit.ly/2HLOylL

“Nobody” was one of the singles on his recently released “Hunger and Thirst Mixtape” which boasts equally compelling songs featuring Kuami Eugene, Sarkodie, Mayorkun, Ycee, Darko Vibes and more.

The Black Avenue Muzik boss features Ghana’s fastest rising star King Promise who drops his melodious voice on this tune to make an instant smash hit. “Nobody” was directed by Gyo of Phamous Philms and produced by Rony Turn Me Up for Black Avenue Muzik.

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