Winneba Masquerade Festival : The First Party Of The Year In Ghana

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If you want to start your New Year with colour, celebration, and pure energy, there is only one place to be on 1st January, Winneba . While everybody is still sleeping after 31st Night, Winneba is already awake. Drums, brass band, costumes, masks. This is the Winneba Masquerade Festival, locally called Fancy Dress. It is the first major festival in Ghana every year. And it is the second biggest festival in Winneba after Aboakyer. There is a morning in Winneba that does not feel like any other morning in Ghana. By 7am, you can hear it. The brass band far away. The drum, shouting and the crowd. If you are in Winneba on that day, you cannot stay in your room. The sound will drag you out. I remember the first time I followed the sound. I thought something had happened. I thought maybe there was a funeral. But when I reached the road, I saw something I had never seen before. Men wearing masks. Big, colourful, scary, beautiful masks. Some looked like animals. Some looked like old white men ...

Yvonne Nelson Has Shocked Fans With Her Dollars

 Yvonne Nelson , a Ghanaian actress, model, film producer and entrepreneur has shocked her fans with a picture of herself lying on $200,000.


In the caption of the photo, she revealed that she’ll be giving $10,000 each to 20 people who’ll meet her in Casa Trasacco showroom around the Accra Mall at 9AM sharp!


“First 20 people will get $10,000 each. Meet me at the @casatrasacco show room around the accra mall at 9am sharp! (You can buy the cute table in my hand when you come😉)”, she wrote.