{"id":2174,"date":"2012-02-21T15:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2015-08-12T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:05:49","slug":"introducing-nneka-internationally-acclaimed-musician-and-activist-as-awdfs-ambassador-for-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/introducing-nneka-internationally-acclaimed-musician-and-activist-as-awdfs-ambassador-for-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Nneka, Internationally Acclaimed Musician and Activist as AWDF\u2019s Ambassador for the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<span lang=\"en\">On Thursday 16<sup>th<\/sup> February 2012, the African Women&#8217;s Development Fund, (AWDF) formally introduced Nneka Egbuna, internationally acclaimed musician and activist, as AWDF\u2019s Ambassador for the Arts during a short ceremony at AWDF House in Accra, Ghana. Speakers at the event included renowned feminist writer and professor, Ama Ata Aidoo and Kinna Likimani of the organisation, Mbaasem (Women\u2019s Affairs). In attendance were representatives of women\u2019s rights organisations including Mawuse Awity of the Network for Women in Growth (NEWIG), Adwoa Bame of Women\u2019s Initiative for Self Empowerment (WISE), and Lucy Mensah of Women United Against Aids in Ghana (WUAGG). The event also attracted a number of African women artists including Sherifa Gunu, Yasmeen Helwani-Nsiah and Pauline Oduro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Speaking during the ceremony, Theo Sowa, AWDF\u2019s Interim CEO explained why AWDF\u2019s new strategic plan included \u2018Arts, Culture and Sports\u2019 as a new grant making thematic area, \u201c<em>Art can touch the souls as well as the minds of countless people, inspiring passion, anger, joy and other emotions that can catalyse action in ways that court cases and academic lectures and even protest marches may never achieve&#8230; Arts \u2013 traditional or modern &#8211; are integral to our cultural lives\u2026 and changes in social, economic and political arenas will never truly take root without parallel changes in our cultural norms, beliefs and practices\u2026we can and must leverage the transformational power of the arts if we are to achieve and to accelerate real social change<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Speaking on her role as AWDF\u2019s Ambassador for the Arts, Nneka stated, \u201c<em>Being AWDF\u2019s Ambassador for the Arts is another way for me to get my message out. Being AWDF\u2019s Ambassador compliments my music. This is also a way of sharing my music and raising awareness of issues affecting women. My music raises awareness about critical social issues, which are the same issues that AWDF works on<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">ENDS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Press Enquiries<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (AWDF Programme Officer for Communications)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:nana@africlub.net\/awdf\">nana@africlub.net\/awdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Website: <a href=\"..\/\">www.africlub.net\/awdf<\/a><\/span>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[958,65,145],"class_list":["post-2174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","tag-arts-ambassador","tag-awdf","tag-nneka"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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