Lydia Forson, Irene Logan, Edem and more talk pop culture today at Adventurers in the Diaspora series

Popular culture is like a virus that insinuates itself into every nook of society, overwriting what is there with its own program, replicating itself, corrupting existing files, and causing untold damage to the world” (Pronk, 2006). The world is a global village and through this, culture has transferred from one place to the other.

“Popular culture is generally familiar as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society at a point in time” (Delaney, 2012). Culture on the other hand is the accepted way of life of a society or a group of people, which has further been broken down into what some call highbrow culture (art, paintings, classical music, and literature) and lowbrow culture (television, soap operas, movies, popular music and novels) (Pronk, 2006). Popular culture as manifested in films, music, literary works and television tells us a lot about our ways of life and our culture, and our society as a whole (excerpted from UKEssays.com).

This month, AiD 14.9 presents three women, who through their work are resonating with the public in a most positive manner. Their output is professional, their outlook positive and inspired, and their reach global. They represent a new generation of ‘bling’ backed by POP context driven creativity.

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Thursday, 2nd October, 2014 at 7:30 pm

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LydiaForson

Lydia Forson is an award winning Ghanaian actress, writer and producer. Born in Mankessim, Lydia graduated from the University of Ghana earning a Bachelor’s degree in English. An actress who believes in quality scripts, she worked with Sparrow Productions on the movie Scorned in 2009. For Perfect Picture in 2010, she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 2012, she won a Ghana Movie Award for Best Screenplay for ‘In the Cupboard.’

IreneLogan

If music is the food of life then let it play on. Irene Logan was born to Liberian parents, but has lived her whole life in Ghana. She grew up surrounded by music, soul and gospel and held a microphone as early as age 3. Irene participated in the maiden edition of Stars of the Future in 2006 and was declared Ghana’s International Music Star. She won the Best Vocal Performance Award in the 2008 Ghana Music Awards and has been nominated for Channel O Music Video Awards among others. Her albums include In addition to musical accolades and success in record sales across the continent, she is Ambassador of Globacom and Goodwill Advocate for the UNHCR in Ghana.

Nana AkuaBirmeh

Akua is an architect and the design principal for ArchNexus Company. She studied at Holy Child Academy and later at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Architecture Department. Akua has designed for Kasapreko, Roman Ridge Apartments and Imperial Homes and represents a fresh and popular trend in Accra’s architectural style.

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AyigbeEDEM

Denning Edem Agbeviadey is a Ghanaian recording artist and entertainer who performs under the name Ayigbe Edem or Edem for short.

Edem rose to fame with the release of his maiden album, The Volta Regime in 2008, which has songs like the hit ‘U dey craze’, ‘Bra fremi fremi’, ’Nyornuviade’, ‘Give it up’, ‘Emmre Sesa’ and ‘Lorlortor’. This album was produced and executive produced by the music maker, Edward Nana Poku Osei, aka Hammer of The Last Two. He collaborated with other Ghanaian acts such as the sensational Samini, the tongue-twisting Sarkodie, Kwaw Kesse, Kwabena Kwabena, KK Fosu, Obrafour, Tinny, EL, and A.S.E.M Asem