DJ Edu in Ghana part 3
Akwaba (welcome) once again to my Ghanaian adventure.
On Monday I took another 4 hour road trip to Kumasi, the football capital of Ghana and home to the top team in the land, Ashanti Kotoko. I met up with fans from both teams who were all hyped and expecting a good performance from Egypt who hosted the cup 2006 and are the current champions vs their opponents Angola who are the 2010 Africa Cup hosts.
I got great seats - second tier, bang on the half line. Egypt won 2-1 but Angola did themselves proud with the best goal I have seen so far in the tournament scored by Manchester United-bound Manucho. Egypt go on to face Ivory Coast in the semis.
On the the long and dark journey back I kept myself occupied by listening to the Tunisia vs Cameroon match on radio which took place in Tamale. Cameroon won 3-2 after extra time and will meet the hosts Ghana in the semis.
On Wednesday night from midnight til 2am we recorded DNA (DestiNation Africa), at an intimate local open air pub. We had friends, local celebrities and some punters in the audience. Check out the show and all the pictures from the show online bbc.co.uk/1xtra. We spoke to the legendary Reggie Rockstone who invented Hip-Life, one of the most popular music genres in Ghana. We also talked to the biggest artist in Ghana right now, Batman Samini who gave us an insight into his career and linked up with DJ Black a popular and influencial DJ in Ghana. After the show came the afterparty where we treated the audience to music in the mix from Bob Marley to Sean Paul, 2Face to AC-DC which went on later into the night, courtesy of your boy brup brup.
The next day we went down to the Black Stars team hotel where we caught up with Essien and shared some jokes, spotted Jnr Ogogo getting his hair cut as well as Muntari, check the pictures check the pictures online. The top scorer at the Africa gets a bike which was on display at the hotel - you know I had to jump on it check the pictures as well.
Later that night we went down to one of the local stations () where I linked up with local DJs Kwabena and former guest on the show Kweku Ananse. I threw down some mashups live on air that went down quite well.
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Today I'm happy coz im going to the Ghana vs Cameroon semi-final game but also gutted coz i have to leave for the UK straight after the match. I've loved it out here and am coming back for sure. Ace & Treble T take over from here on out - good luck to all...
Peace
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