Ghana: Lauryn Hill Brings Down the Coast in Ghana
January 8, 2015
By Eromo Egbejule*
[caption id="attachment_15270" align="alignleft" width="290"] Photo: Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill[/caption]
There are a million ways to end a year on a good note and attending a Lauryn Hill concert has to be in the top bracket of that list.
Long before Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea began to dominate the rap scene and our TV screens with their butt-flavoured hiphop videos, there was Ms. Hill. A pioneer of today’s feminist movement, she was the complete Hollywood package as she could sing, rap, dance and act. Her flow is still hailed as one of the best around and her Miseducation of Lauryn Hill album is one of the best hiphop albums of all time.
It was from this album and her projects with The Fugees that she dished out greatness at Independence Square, Accra, venue of the second annual Afrobeats Big Weekend Festival. Her first ever performace in the sub-region of West Africa, it was quite a blast.
The festival was three days of sparks, running from Friday, December 12 to Sunday, December 14. A host of local performers including Sarkodie, E.L., Efya, Samini and more performed in the days preceding the grand finale. On the D-day itself, the show started late, beginning well after midnight but the beautiful performances thereafter from Stonebwouy, Miz Vee and the eccentric Wanlov the Kubolor more than made up for the delay. They kept the crowd singing, dancing and gyrating without so much as a moment for rest.
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