Ghanaian celebrities showed up in their numbers for the ‘Beyond the Return’ masterclass held on Wednesday September 30, 2020.
The event organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Creative Arts Council, Beyond the Return Secretariat and the Bridge Zone Africa came off at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra.
The Theme for this masterclass was ‘Black Stories Matter: Forging Collaborations for the Development of Ghana’s Creative Industry’.
Personalities including Paulina Oduro, Kuami Eugene, Keche, Dada KD, Kaakyire Kwame Appiah, Bessa Simons, Krymi, Trigmatic, Martha Ankomah, Salinko, Gloria Sarfo, Majid Michel, Roselyn Ngissah, Bill Asamoah, Pascaline Edwards were present.
Also present were James Gardiner, Timothy Bentum, Elikem The Tailor, Fred Kyei Mensah, Abrantie the fashion designer.
Professor Eleanor Earl, a film lecturer at the Hampton University, Chris Roland, Vasall Benford, Lamann Rucker, Baron Davis, Etu Evans, Shelby Stone, Asante Bradford, RJ Bucaria and Philonese West were panelists for the event.
‘Beyond the Return’ is a 10-year initiative with the theme ‘A Decade of African Renaissance.’
The project builds on the success of the ‘Year of Return, Ghana 2019,’ which was a major landmark spiritual and birth-right journey inviting the Global African family home and abroad to Ghana to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first documented enslaved Africans in Jamestown, ‘Beyond The Return’ will grow Ghana’s tourism industry, showcase its investment potential, and solidify its global diaspora engagement programs.
