{"id":771,"date":"2023-12-27T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2024-05-16T22:19:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T22:19:33","slug":"sing-a-thon-afuas-tenacity-worth-celebrating-john-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"Sing-a-thon: Afua&#8217;s tenacity worth celebrating &#8211; John Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 15px; order: -2; position: relative;\">\n<h1 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 2.25rem; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bolder; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 400ms ease 0s, background-color 400ms ease 0s;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asantewaa.afua?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXGCUafImpxiVOF3AAoxEyO7-NGSTsOHpoBRDxcLpM0C6l6xCvl3S89hO1cvC-CixgUyPyXgtxEZo_pfe99J2QqiGSZp101NtSXxK_1O1j8TroRVecc5v01tIxDZScOQEOcKL1z5HrDU6awXdaOUQosuaL3yNLG6IUKFaQrygndtzspPRxRikP7yS2Or9BuXMI&amp;__tn__=-%5DK-R\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Afua Asantewaa O Aduonum&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bolder;\">, tenacity and effort in bringing global attention to Ghana is worth celebrating, former President John Dramani Mahama has said.\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">Afua has some 24 hours left to break the existing Guinness World Record on the longest individual singing marathon &#8211; sing-a-thon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">Former President Mahama in a Facebook post on Wednesday said Afua has provided an opportunity to showcase the strength, agency, and industry of Ghanaian women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">Asantewaa, a mother of three children started the marathon on the eve of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\"><iframe style=\"border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; width: 635px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FJDMahama%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02W9rEimumrrhVhPzCsDhJR6xuHneDwSWzvyUftFFh5rdeJLQRNujs2NbQ9GNqXznQl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e6e6e6; border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important; justify-content: center !important; margin: 10px 0px; min-height: 250px; min-width: 336px; padding: 10px 0px;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 250px; min-width: 300px;\" data-google-query-id=\"CIWPprjMsIMDFb9P9ggdj5EOkg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 250px; min-width: 300px;\" data-google-query-id=\"CIWPprjMsIMDFb9P9ggdj5EOkg\">Source: graphic.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Afua Asantewaa O Aduonum&#8217;s, tenacity and effort in bringing global attention to Ghana is worth celebrating, former President John Dramani Mahama has said.\u00a0 Afua has some 24 hours left to break the existing Guinness World Record on the longest individual singing marathon &#8211; sing-a-thon. 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