Afua at a press conference explained that, while her team has made adequate preparations, including securing a backup generator, she would be grateful if ECG held power for her.
“I am between two giants so I’m not scared of what I’m about to say. Preparations are advanced and we are making standby generators available. I’m even told there’s something called UPS to enable smooth change in case the light go out but ECG, please, during this time, please spare me.
“Let’s pile it up to at least second week of January. So I’m pleading, ECG from 23rd to the end of December, because we don’t know when we are stopping this because we can just get carried away, please hold the power for us,” Afua said,
The press conference allowed Asantewaa to brief the media and the larger Ghanaian community on her preparations for her Guinness World Record-breaking contest, which will take place from Sunday, December 24 to Wednesday, December 27 at Akwaaba Village, near Hajj Village.
Afua Asantewaa plans to sing about 2,300 Ghanaian songs for 117 hours or more in order to break the Guinness World Record for the longest singing marathon.
Sunil Waghmare (India) completed the longest singing marathon by an individual, lasting 105 hours, from March 3 to 7, 2012, in Nagpur, India. The record attempt began at 11:06 a.m. on March 3rd, with a variety of popular Indian songs sung. Within a four-hour period, no song was repeated.
