Monday, November 16, 2020
Ghana’s Politics Has Strong Ties with Performing Arts: This is How it Started
The Theatre Times: Towards the end of the Kwame Nkrumah era in 1966, a number of highlife artists wrote songs critical of Nkrumah as Ghana’s president; but, during the period leading up to independence in 1957 and the early years of independence, most Ghanaian popular artists and entertainers wholeheartedly backed Nkrumah and his Convention People’s Party.
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It was after watching the Netflix original "The Crown" that I realized that that the Republic of Ghana has been a country of visual and performing arts. They have dance, music, art, theater, one can name it, and they fail to disappoint anyone.
Ghana's performing arts have roots in the their early folklore and legends, with emphasis put on the energy of the piece, the setting, the costumes etc. With this in mind, it felt really good reading an article about Ghana's beginnings as a nation of performing art, because for one, there are not a lot of articles written about the country in general. I personally feel that with this pandemic, people have had the time to look into new things and be appreciative of those things.
In addition, Ghana's connection between politics and its performing arts was a fascinating thing to read about, because that, at least for me, is the first time I have heard of.
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