Pilolo African Diaspora Festival set for August 23rd

Entertainment of Saturday, 15 August 2020

Resource: Gabriel Amoakoh, Contributor

2020-08-15

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The Pilolo African Diaspora festival 2020 will be held from August 21st to August 23rd, 2020. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world, the organizers of the Pilolo Competition have adopted a hybrid product with virtual displays on Zoom and Facebook Dwell, and a Traditional Ghanaian Durbar and food stuff-tasting event in Rochester, NY.

The Pilolo Pan- African competition was launched in Christiansborg Accra – Ghana in August 2018. The festival’s most important aim and vision are to make a platform to reunite the African Diaspora and the motherland. A single of the missed places of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade is X’borg Osu- Accra.

Professor Dr H. Nii-Adziri Wellington, in his Guide Stones Notify Tales at Osu, He sheds gentle on 3 United Nations Earth Heritage Properties in Osu linked to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. In addition to Danish Slave trading things to do in Osu, Professor Wellington portrays European heritage households (Engmann, Wulff, Briandt, Lokko, Bannerman Swaniker, Steiner, Richter, Clerk, and so forth.) and Households in Osu, which have roots in Denmark, Portugal, Germany, England, and even Jamaica. He brings to light the alternatives that heritage tourism might convey to OSU. The clarion simply call led to the Pilolo Festival’s creation, with a tag line “Our roots, Our pleasure.” This means, realizing our record & society aids us build our id and construct a perception of pride.

The title Pilolo, a conventional Ghanaian activity played like disguise and seek out, which was chosen as the festival’s title as a metaphor to explain that Africans in the Diaspora are concealed from the Africans on the motherland. It is time for Africans to search for each other out. Given that the inception of the competition, members have attended from several pieces of the Diaspora such as Brazil, United states of america, St Croix St Thomas, and so on.

To enable us to achieve a wider viewers, this year’s Pilolo festival is partnered by Kempinski Lodge Gold Coast Metropolis – Accra, Alpha Afrique Garments and Redmouse Notion.

Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast, Ghana’s best 5-star luxurious hotel presenting the major conference services, magnificent rooms and suites. The hotel is conveniently located in the downtown company district and close proximity to Accra Intercontinental Convention Centre and the National Theatre.

Alpha Afrique Clothes, obtaining partnered with the Pilolo Competition given that its inception, when yet again is partnering with the pageant this calendar year, Alpha Afrique Outfits is a brand name for the complete spouse and children. The trend property symbolizes creative imagination and magnificence that is inexpensive. Their models typically have potent Afrocentric elements yet manage a globally charm.

Redmouse Strategy creates a brand name by developing the principle to start with, just before putting it into the style and design. Making the most complicating models look basic and unique in the eye of the consumer, Redmouse Thought delivers out your creative imagination into truth although higher-high quality print and layout at very affordable price ranges.

Redmouse Idea has partnered with the Pilolo Festival in the past two (2) several years creating a powerful manufacturer with them.

The Theme, “Return to Mothership,” is in response to the Ministry of Tourism eyesight of attracting the African Diaspora again household to Ghana as a abide by up to last years “Yr of Return” and as a reaction to the Black Life Make any difference functions that are likely on around the Entire world.

This year’s Pilolo Pageant will be opened with a Virtual Town Hall conference by the Hon: Minister of Tourism, Hon. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi on the Subject matter Return to Mothership, with other presentations which will consist of Professor Wellington Nii Adjei Tawiah – Mayor for the Korley Klottey Municipality Abraham Steiner on a panel presentation on the subject matter: Osu, a Host community in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Nii Kwabotswe, the Dzazetse of the Teshie Regular area, and formerly of the Ministry of Tourism and Society, will make the final presentation on Rites of Passage. The Standard Durbar in Rochester will include the Womba cultural Troupe and several Black suppliers.

The Pilolo African Diaspora 2020 will carry collectively excellent and vivid minds to give talks that are concept-concentrated, and on a extensive variety of topics, to foster studying, inspiration and ignite conversations that make a difference about men and women of African descent equally in the diaspora and on the motherland. In addition, a wealth of cultural expertise will be shared via presentations choreography and dance performances to expose academics, youngsters mother and father, etcetera. to a vast variety of African cultural methods that will support folks of African descent embrace their society and Roots.

To take part in the Zoom presentations remember to ship e-mail to
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