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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019
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Is Castro back?
BY ERICA ARTHUR
ON JULY 6, 2014
Ghanaian famous
hip life
artiste,
Theophilus
Tagoe, known in the music space
as Castro Under Fire but popularly
Castro, disappeared with his
supposed girlfriend Janet Bandu
after reports of the two drowning
in the Volta Lake.
But currently in the voice of
budding Ghanaian afro beats/
hip life artiste, Kobina Richiz,
born Ahmed Amin, one feels
Castro is strongly back.
Kobina Richiz, who describes
himself as humble, determined
and a go-getter, says he does not
lose focus “and always get my
eyes on the prize which I go for.
And I am allergic to negativity.”
In an interview with Kobina
Richiz, he said had the passion
for music at an early age and took
inspiration from Sas Squad, Castro
and other good artistes. He
said started music professionally
in 2011, when he gathered confidence
to begin writing his own
songs.
According to the artiste, who
sings like and takes his inspiration
from Castro, said he is in the
music scene to add up to what
has already been created by creating
more platforms for the upcoming
artistes to shine so that
they will not go through more
stress.
Richiz has seven songs on his
current EP, which were produced
by Jaynim Beat, Konfen, DoB
Music and Jay Wyse. His current
single, ‘Higher’, is an inspirational
song, which talks about realities
of life.
“I chose the title because I always
derive positive from negative.
It talks about love,
inspirations and the realities of
life,” he said.
He also revealed that he is
musically related to top Ghanaian
artiste Sarkodie and will soon feature
him on a song. Richiz also
boasted that he had no competitor
in the music scene because he
was on a mission to take African’s
music to the global stage.
He encouraged his fellow
artistes to stay humble, determined
and just focus on whatever
they do and never think of
giving up because nothing good
comes easily.
• Kobina Richiz, artiste
Give us hope
• Adjetey Anang tells President
GHANAIAN ACTOR, AdjeteyAnang, popularly
known as Pusher, has reacted to creative arts issues
contained in President Akufo-Addo’s State of the
Nation Address delivered on February 21, 2019.
The award-winning actor, who said he was dissatisfied
with the state of the Creative Arts in the
country and what the President said regarding the
theatres, told Kojo Preko Dankwa, host of
Kasapa Entertainment, the Government
should do more for the arts
industry.
According to him, if
the Government has
shown a keen interest
in the Arts industry,
the evidence of its
passion for the industry
must evidently
show in the
infrastructure
projects they
promised.
“Let’s do
something concrete.
The talk is
just too much. With
all the passion or desire
for the Government
to help build the
arts industry, we want to
see something concrete to
give us the hope that what we’re
• Adjetey
Anang
doing will give us the ground to move
forward. We need the ultra-modern theatres
to facilitate our work as film stakeholders.
“We’re putting in our bit as film stakeholders so
we’re pleading with Government to also do its best
to push the arts industry,” Anang said.
Commenting on lack of support from Government
for Ghanian movies honoured or nominated
in International Awards scheme projecting the
country, Anang said he gets irritated when the government
refuses to assist in such great achievements.
“I get pissed off when people, especially from
Government, criticise filmmakers for the film they
produce without facts. It’s sometimes discouraging
for some of us who struggle to invest
our own resources without support
from Government.
“If we’ve gotten this
FESPACO platform to
project the country,
the government
must see the
need to support
the filmmaker
of that project
because it
opens up the
film market,”
he said.
Talking
about ‘Keteke’
Movie, Anang
expressed excitement
featuring in
the movie.
Keteke, a Ghanaian
drama movie released in
2017, portrays the Ghanaian
train transportation system and
was nominated for the Gold standard of
Yennenga, which is the overall best film category at
the festival.
Peter Sedufia becomes the second Ghanaian director
after the legendary Kwaw Ansah of Heritage
Africa fame to be nominated in that category in the
50-year history of FESPACO.
RELATIONSHIP
TIPS
IF YOU'RE in a place where you
need to be gathering up people to
befriend, then here's a quick list of
my best advice for creating new
friendships!
• Own the Opportunity: Value
friendship enough to do something
about it! Be proud of yourself.
• Use Your Resources: Offer to
help someone local host a dinner
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your friends from across the country
and ask them if they know any
fun women in your area they can
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Look through your friends' local
friends on Facebook and introduce
yourself. Follow locals on Twitter
and see what events they're inviting
people to attend. (For more ideas,
read chapter 5 of my book.)
• Practice Friendliness: Even if
you're shy, you simply have to decide
what places feel authentic for
you to be practicing friendliness:
association meetings, lectures, networking
events, the dog park,
church, poetry readings, cafes,
classes, and so on.
• Affirm Her: No need to talk
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with the things you noticed
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their confidence, their laugh. We
like people who like us.
• Invite: Just making small talk
The 10 Steps to
starting friendships
with someone in the locker room
after yoga is hardly the same as
making a friend. As you meet
women that you want to get to
know better, you have to take the
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this: "Want to get a drink after class
sometime next week?"
• Be Specific about your Availability:
The disease of "we should
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try, "I'm usually available for happy
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• Ask Personal Questions: By
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make sure conversation is about
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evening wasted on celebrity gossip,
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These subjects feel temporarily
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• Share the Positive: It's a
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not to bring us down. We haven't
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other's shoulders.