David Mawuli
| David Mawuli | |
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| Born | David Mawuli 10 August 1985 Hleve, Volta Region, Ghana |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Ghanaian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | American Institute of Business Studies |
| 💼 Occupation | Blogger, Freelance, Journalist, Reporter, Analyst[disambiguation needed], Music Critic |
| Known for | Journalism |
David Mawuli (born 1985) is a Ghanaian celebrity blogger, freelance journalist,reporter, music critic, analyst and promoter. He graduated from The American Institute of Business Studies in 2011. He is well known for his constructive critique and expert analysis on Ghanaian showbiz, and gained recognition[citation needed] with one of his features titled “Hypocritical, greedy and biased nature of our radio presenters and DJs”.[1] He founded Thinkghmusic.com, a music website and blog that is dedicated to promoting Ghanaian indigenous music and musicians. He is the founder of TGM Awards, an award scheme dedicated to rewarding up and coming Ghanaian artiste.[2]
He also founded Ghanafuo.Com, a blog dedicated to sharing success stories, breaking news, sarcastic and smashing comments, cries and woes of the ordinary Ghanaian on social media. In 2014, he joined Pulse.com.gh, a Ghanaian leading 24/7 online news portal as the Music and Movies category editor. Through his work, he has had the chance to interview politicians, musicians and actors including Hon. Nii Amasah Namoale, Shatta Wale, Rocky Dawuni, Pascal Aka, Ohemaa Mercy, David Oscar, Jay Ghartey, Wanlov the Kubolor, Mr.Eazi, Patience Nyarko, Shaker, Sonnie Badu , Ebaby Kobby and Ugandan multiple award winning songstress, Juliana Kanyomozi.
Life and career[edit]
David Mawuli was in born in a small village called Akyem Addonkwanta in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He is the 1st of 4 children born to Ghanaian mum, Mrs. Lydia Adorkorbidzi Mawuli and Togolese dad, Mr. Joshua Kwaku Mawuli (In loving memory).After High School, he moved to Accra to further his education where he had the opportunity to teach for 8 years and ended up heading two private schools in Ayawaso Constituency, Accra. In 2008, New York based multiple award winning musician, Jay Ghartey, introduced him to blogging and subsequently appointed him as the head of his fan club (Jay Ghartey Fan Club) in Accra. Jay Ghartey bought him his first domain, Thinkghmusic.com, and made him his official publicist. His passion for blogging grew more and he ended up writing articles that found themselves on the front pages of top Ghanaian news portals including Daily Guide, News One, Graphic Showbiz, Ghanaweb.com, Modernghana.com, Spyghana.com (now News.com.gh), Ameyawdebrah.com and Peacefmonline.com Between 2012 and 2013, he worked for Canadian news portal Ghanalinx.com before moving to Afroholic.com in 2014. He was also the editor and content manager for Ghanaiannews.ca In 2014, popular Ghanaian blogger, Ameyaw Debrah invited to work for Pulse.com.gh
Managing career[edit]
In 2015, Corna Rock Entertainment Record label appointed him to manage its artiste, AJ Nelson. After a few months, he asked the label to find his replacement due to his heavy responsibilities.
Publicity and PR career[edit]
He is currently the official publicist for Jay Ghartey, Kontihene, AJ Nelson, Kacey Moore and Shaker [3]
Works by David Mawuli[edit]
He has written many music/albums reviews since 2014. His ultimate review is Sarkodie’s most talked about Hip-hop song titled “New Guy” which features Ace Hood. Some of his top works include;
- VGMA 2016 nomination predictions [4]
- Sarkodie’s “New Guy” is a revolutionised African Hip-hop [5]
- Hypocritical, greedy and biased nature of our radio presenters and DJs
- Five (5) times Sarkodie dissed the media [6]
- 7 Reasons Why Shatta Wale Is Better Than Samini [7]
- 7 Reasons Why Samini Is Better Than Shatta Wale [8]
- Why ‘horrible’ Kumawood movies are still Ghana’s favourite [9]
- Album Review: Shaker’s “Captain Hook” crowns him king of hooks [10]
- Movie Review: 'Double Cross' Starring Ama K. Abebrese, John Dumelo, Adjetey Anang, Paulina Oduru and Samuel O. Mensah [11]
- 2016 VGMA Nominations List Is an Insult to Artistry [12]
- Modern music promo; social media made easy [13]
- 10 Ghanaian artistes who ruled 2015 [14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Hypocritical, greedy and biased nature of our radio presenters and DJs". NewsGhana.Com.Gh. News Ghana. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "New scheme for underground musicians, Think Ghana Music (TGM) Awards open for nominations". Ghanaweb.com. Ghanaweb. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "David Mawuli Named As Official Publicist For Lil Shaker". Asuma10Records.Com. Asuma10 Records. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "VGMA 2016 nomination predictions". PulseGhana. Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Sarkodie's "New Guy" is a revolutionised African Hip-hop". Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Five (5) times Sarkodie dissed the media". Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "7 Reasons Why Shatta Wale Is Better Than Samini". Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "7 reasons why Samini is better than Shatta Wale". Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Why 'horrible' Kumawood movies are still Ghana's favourite". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Album Review: Shaker's "Captain Hook" crowns him king of hooks". Ghanaweb. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "'Double Cross' Starring Ama K. Abebrese, John Dumelo, Adjetey Anang, Paulina Oduru And Samuel O. Mensah". Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "2016 VGMA nominations list is an insult to artistry". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Modern music promo; social media made easy". Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Top 10 songs of the year 2015". Pulse.Com.Gh. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
External links[edit]
- David Mawuli on Facebook
- David Mawuli on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- David Mawuli on Instagram
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