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I asked my friends to name their  top 5 songs  ever, from  South Africa . My South African alter-ego,  Siyabonga Andile Mthimkhulu , also contributed, thanks to all he has learnt around  Museke . I also asked  Google  Gemini (yes, not Meta AI, Chat GPT, Grok, Deepseek, or POE - because, I asked it through Google Sheets). You know it is my friend these days right? I also contributed my top 5, while reminiscing this  list from 2009 . My first time in  South Africa  was in 2011. But prior to that, I had been hearing a lot of South African music (not like circa 2011 though) on Ghanaian TV. I did not meet that many South Africans at  MIT . I got to know much more about South African music when me,  Phelele Fakudze,  and others started  Museke  in 2006. It was great to see some of my friends suggest songs that we were jamming to back in the day. I wanted to do a list of top 5, but there are too many song...

I asked my Nigerian  friends to name their  top 5 songs  ever, from  Nigeria . My Nigerian alter-ego,  Ayooluwaato Eze , also contributed, thanks to all he has learnt around  Museke . I also asked  Google  Gemini (yes, not Meta AI, Chat GPT, Grok, Deepseek, or POE - because, I asked it through Google Sheets). You know it is my friend these days right? I also contributed my top 5, while reminiscing this  list from 2009 . My first time in  Nigeria  was in 2011. But prior to that, I had been hearing a lot of Nigerian music (not like circa 2011 though) on Ghanaian TV. I did not even have to learn too much from my  Nigerian friends  at  MIT . I got to know much more about Nigerian music when me,  Edward Mabonga  and others started  Museke  in 2006. It was great to see some of my friends suggest songs that we were jamming to back in the day. I wanted to do a list of top 5, but there are too many son...

I asked my Senegalese friends to name their  top 5 songs  ever, from Senegal . I do not have a Senegalese alter-ego yet, but I have met Gelongal and Youssou Ndour and I led  Museke . I also asked  Google  Gemini (yes, not Meta AI, Chat GPT, Grok, Deepseek, or POE - because, I asked it through Google Sheets). You know it is my friend these days right? I also contributed my top 5. My first time in  Senegal  was in 2016. But prior to that, since 2002, I had been learning about Senegalese music from my  African friends , all around the USA, while at  MIT . I got to know more about this when me,  Edward Mabonga, Phelele Fakudze  and others started  Museke  in 2006. It was great to see some of my friends suggest songs that we were jamming to back in the day. I wanted to do a list of top 5, but there are too many songs. So I have aggregated  11 , to represent Senegal in the World Cup of  #MusicWeDeyFeel ...

I asked my Kenyan friends to name their top 5 songs ever, from Kenya . My Kenyan alter-ego, David Ochieng Mwangi , also contributed, thanks to all he has learnt around Museke . I also asked Google Gemini (yes, not Meta AI, Chat GPT, Grok, Deepseek, or POE - because, I asked it through Google Sheets). You know it is my friend these days right? I also contributed my top 5, while reminiscing this list from 2009 . My first time in Kenya was in 2011. But prior to that, since 2002, I had been learning about Kenyan music from my Kenyan friends at MIT . I got to know more about this when me, Edward Mabonga and others started Museke in 2006. It was great to see some of my friends suggest songs that we were jamming to back in the day. I wanted to do a list of top 5, but there are too many songs. So I have aggregated 11 , to represent Kenya in the World Cup of #MusicWeDeyFeel . The starting eleven . Drop your opinions, props, suggestions in the comments section . Here we go, in no part...

If someone asked me the top 5 European countries to visit, I would not have added Northern Ireland. Oh, but wait, Northern Ireland is not really a country, it is part of the UK. But it's still not England. And from being there earlier this year, it doesn't have many black people walking around. Except in the clubs :-) Aww, yeah. Well, mostly. I have hardly seen young people in  #Belfast . Noticed this earlier. And oh yeah, ain't seen no black people yet hehe. — Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco)  February 19, 2014 Why shouldn't I say so? I am a young person.  I shouldn't say so ? I'm a black person. I live in Ghana. 2:33pm in  #Belfast , Northern Ireland. Thinking of  #Ghanaian  music & hearing it everywhere. Check  #Music4Tourism   #GMWFestival .  #233moments — Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco)  February 20, 2014 Ghanaian music should have really traveled. We've not done a great job with this. Music for tourism is fine, music for export ...

M.Anifest came to do " some way bi " things. Footprintz paved the way for Bisa Kdei as they joined to do ' Jackie Appiah '. Bisa then showed us Azonto would live even after it dies with Azonto Ghost, notwithstanding Metanfo and that everywhere he is, it's an Azonto Fiesta , so just ' Give it to Baba '. The international fisherman , Gasmilla, came in with a canoe to do Aboodatoi and take his 3 points . Guru came and put on a show without DJ LiWin , performing Lapaz Toyota , Mmaakuo, etc and doing the Alkhayida dance and all. Boys abrɛ ! Yea, I had missed some great performances. But I wasn't going to miss the whole December to Remember concert organized by +Citi97.3FM . It was around this time, that I settled into my seat and then started tweeting and dancing away. Enjoy reliving the experience. So you made to December to Remember #d2r2013 , well done. If you're lost for where else to go this xmas, follow @PartyCrewGH . #partycrewgh — Ato Ulz...

I was supposed to be singing " Obi nka s ɛ  24th k ɔ  wo kurom " on December 24th as I made my way towards Kumasi to spend the holidays. However, I spent a little too much time working earlier that day that by the time I was going to head to Kumasi, it was a bit too late. That's when I made the decision to go to  +Citi97.3FM 's December to Remember concert - #D2R2013 . I sought a ticket and then got one. I was exhausted for reasons I can't remember that evening so I took a nap. I woke up and spent more time blogging. It wasn't until I heard  +M.anifest  had gotten onto the stage that I proceeded to go to the Accra International Conference Centre more seriously. I picked up a friend of  +Seyram Freddy Ahiabor 's, himself and some short bread for  +yorm ackuaku  and we were headed to #D2R. We arrived and were welcomed by +Mawuli Tsikata  who handed me a ticket and  +Donald Ward  who handed Seyram one. "Tweet plenty and write a ...

Life is short. My time in this African country is shorter. This is a mantra I developed with my Google colleague +Ayite Gaba  and one I live by when visiting African countries. Thanks to +Wilfried Toussiné , I was able to discover Lome by night yesterday. Here is my then real-time account :-) La Villa is a club for most of #Togo 's expat community. Another popular club is Privilege in #Lome . It has a namesake in #Accra . — Mighty African (@mightyafrican) December 15, 2013 These two clubs were the places I'd been told to visit. Wilfried ensured those were the stops for tonight. Was looking forward to going to Privilege , which is the name for another club in Accra. I found out later that the two have no proper relation. At La Villa lounge in #Lome , #Togo . A lot of expats here- Europeans & Asians, a lot of foreign music too. — Mighty African (@mightyafrican) December 15, 2013 La Villa had as many expats as advertised. Lebanese, Chinese, French people, etc. A mix...

I wasn't going to come to Koforidua for  +Barcamp Koforidua  and not spend a night there. Well, I got an epic night! Serious +Party Crew  type stuff with  +Bubune Sorkpor ,  +Victor Ofoegbu  & Beatrice. We had some interesting conversations about  Koforidua  &  Koforidua flowers . Some Koforidua Poly friends, +duncan qwame  &  +Jemima Abochie  had informed us about a party at K-Poly. We were looking for places to go hang out, the special occasions, as opposed to the regular Koftown nightlife. We were informed of a show at Eredec Hotel . Yeap, that hotel that traditionally hosts Miss Eastern Region as part of Miss Ghana.  +Jane Arkorful , where you at? At Eredec Hotel in  #Koftown  for a show for  #Koforidua  Poly students. Eduwoji (Tsotso Volta) is performing.  #partycrewgh — Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco)  November 23, 2013 Hanging out with  @abocco   @kbubune ...