The co-founder of Afrochella, Ken Agyapong Jnr, has revealed that although it was announced that the annual show had come to an end in 2022, the event will return in 2023.
Mr Agyapong Jnr said they have decided to rebrand and give the event a new name and identity, marking the end of the name ‘Afrochella’.
Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, the co-founder indicated that it will return in 2023 as ‘AfroFuture’.
“At the beginning of last year (2022) in February, when we dedicated that the theme for the year will be Afrofuturism, that is when we actually came up with the idea of changing names. Because, in the long run, we knew we were going to change the name,” Mr Agyapong told the host Andy Dosty.
This comes after organisers of Afrochella made a ‘shock’ announcement at the very end of the two-day festival in December 2022.
“This is the last Afrochella,” said co-founder Abdul Abdullah to the thousands of people still in the El-Wak stadium in the capital, Accra.
At the time, he did not give any reason.
There were speculations the event might not be making a return because they were facing a lawsuit from Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and its organizer, Goldenvoice for copyright infringement.
The lawsuit was filed in a California federal court on Wednesday, October 5.
