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The President of the Ghana Journalists Affiliation (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has urged Ghanaians and different Africans within the Diaspora to challenge the wealthy African tradition to the skin world.
The GJA president made the decision on the launch of the 2023 version of the African Most Lovely USA on Saturday on the Palmyra Harbour Banquet Corridor, New Jersey within the USA. Mr. Dwmfour was the Particular Visitor of Honour for the event, which was organised by Abofrem Space Basis
The African Most Lovely USA is a magnificence pageant that’s geared toward showcasing and selling African Tradition by Africans to the remainder of the world. It additionally goals at celebrating the range and fantastic thing about younger girls from all elements of the African continent in america of America.
“It is a worthy trigger that everybody should assist, which is likely one of the main causes I accepted this invitation. As Africans within the Diaspora, it’s our foremost accountability to convey to the world the true African Story. This may be achieved in quite a few strategies, together with by way of literature, music, movies, documentaries, politics, and this night’s occasion which is being championed by Abofrem,” Mr Dwumfour mentioned.
“As Africans, we’ve a various tradition that we should share wherever we go,” he added
Based on him, illustration of Africa, Africans, and African points within the worldwide media has all the time been problematic, due to the stream of reports and the truth that worldwide media experiences are influenced by Western concepts, ideology, and political positions.
“It’s a well-established proven fact that media frames that seem in information are influenced by stereotypes and prejudices that form the manufacturing of editorial content material. Proof abounds of the unfavorable portrayal of the African continent within the elite world press, suggesting a socially constructed view of Africa, which some individuals have termed ‘Afro-pessimism” he mentioned.
“So the purpose I’m driving at is that as Africans let’s start to imagine in our wealthy tradition, educate our youngsters about our wealthy tradition and prevail on them to let the African tradition be a cynosure of their on a regular basis life,” Mr Dwumfour mentioned.
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