Entertainment
OB Black set to star in “Missing In Action” from Feb 8-10
Ghanaian stage and screen actor, OB Black is set to star in a hilarious play dubbed “Missing In Action”.
The stage play would take place at the ETS Drama Studio at the University of Ghana from February 8-10th, 2024.
“Missing In Action”, a Wiliam Kojo Agbeti play narrates a story: “In the throes of relentless war, Private Atswei, a seasoned and resilient female soldier is assigned a perilous lone mission to rescue her comrade, Lieutenant Sorkpor, behind enemy lines.”
Interestingly, a bond develops between them that transcends the battlefield. In the crucible of adversity, love blossoms, defying the harsh realities of war.
OB Black is a Ghanaian stage and screen Actor, who holds an M A. in Theatre Arts from the School of Performing Arts, Legon.
She has featured in stage plays, movies, series, and commercials.
Some of her stage works include Love Brewed In An African Pot (Stage Adaptation), Cinderella,The Trial of J.J. Rawlings,and Life is a Dream among others.
She also starred in To Have and To Hold, Accra Medics,Cocoa Brown, Coming to Africa, The Trial of Shatta Wale, Lucky and many others.
She hopes to use her talent to entertain, educate, and ultimately influence lives and society positively.
Entertainment
Ghana need industry bank to fund talents — Rocky Jigga
Ghanaian UK-based afrobeat singer, Emmanuel Rocky Gyeniaw Jnr known in entertainment circles as Rocky Jigga has expressed the need for an industry bank to fund talents.
According to him, this will help Ghanaian musicians to compete effectively with their foreign counterparts.
Rocky Jigga believes that many talented musicians have coiled back into their shells due to funding challenges.
“There’s more room for improvement. The industry needs more investors from both the government and private sector at large. We need an industry bank that funds talents, events and everything entertaining,” he said.
Rocky Jigga recently released ‘Slow Down,’ featuring Ball J.
The song which came with its video was produced by B Boat and it emphasised a man’s preference for an ideal woman irrespective of the size.
Entertainment
Israel Ofori releases ‘My Everything’ single
Gospel artist, Israel Ofori has released a new single titled ‘My Everything.’
The song is already making waves on various music platforms.
Speaking to The Spectator after the release, he said he was inspired by the words in Psalm 42 vs 1 “As the deer pants after water brooks, so pants my soul after thee, O God.”
He acknowledges God as his source, and everything, thereby encouraging all Christians and the human race to see God as their source.
In the song, Israel Ofori encourages Christians and lovers of gospel music to acknowledge God as their source of everything, saying “when you put God first, everything will align in favour.
“As 2025 unfolds it is important for people especially Christians to yearn for God and recognise Him as their source and everything,” adding that the song was timely and will help listeners in their daily walk with God and bring them to a point of surrender.”
The song is available on all digital platforms including Youtube, Boomplay, Spotify, Amazon and Apple music, Deezer and Tidal.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
