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 ...

Pete Edochie 'Rawlings Look Alike' Has Reacted To The Former President's Death

Veteran Nigerian actor Pete Edochie has likened himself to Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings, whom he says he resembles in terms of looks and stature.Pete Edochie and Ex- President Jerry John Rawlings were born in the same year.



The actor who was disturbed by the news of his friend’s demise took to social media to bid him farewell. He shared a beautiful photo of him and the late Jerry John Rawlings shaking hands in a ‘Nigerian style’ and having a good time.

In his farewell message to the late Ghana’s political icon. Pete Edochie stated that the legacy that late former president of Ghana has lived will forever be part of African history.

Captioning his post, Pete Edochie wrote; “Rest in Peace & Power, my dear friend Jerry Rawlings. Your legacy is forever part of African history”



The unfortunate loss of the founder of the National Democratic Congress happened yesterday on November 12, 2020, at the Korle Bu Teaching hospital.