Ghanaian music producer Mark Okraku-Mantey has been nominated by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, for the position of the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.
When approved by Parliament, he will deputise for Awal Mohammed, the substantive Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.
Mark Okraku-Mantey, who is the interim President of the Creative Arts Agency, is also the Head of Programme at Hitz FM.
About Okraku Mantey
Mark Okraku Mantey started music production in 1996 as the Chief Executive Officer of Slip Music.
He worked with artistes such as Kojo Ashakan, Felix Bell, Ohene Kissi, Lord Kenya, Daasebre Gyamena, Adane Best, Akyeame, Okuraseni Samuel, Bless, and Kumi Guitar.
Gerardo Osio weaves chair into weeping willow tree on the Dommel river
Designer Gerardo Osio has woven the living branches of a weeping willow tree together to form a living seat along the Dommel river in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Osio developed the project, called Weeping Seat, as a student on the GEO-Design Master s course at Design Academy Eindhoven.
Weeping Seat is a swing woven into a willow tree
Weeping Seat explores ideas of how design can be improved and used in order to form a closer and more responsible relationship with nature.
Osio embarked on the project under the guidance of design duo Formafantasma and Lenneke Langenhuijsen, co-founder of Dutch studio Buro Belén.