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Popular Bouyon artiste Asa Bantan has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Dominica.<\/p>\n
A Goodwill Ambassador is a prominent individual in his\/her community or profession who serves as an “Honorary Diplomat” between entities, like organizations, institutions, towns, cities, or nations.<\/p>\n
In fact, a Goodwill Ambassador generally delivers goodwill by promoting ideals from one entity to another, or to a population.<\/p>\n
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Kenneth Darroux said from a \u201cgovernment\u2019s point of view we have been very impressed with Asa\u2019s representation over the years,\u201d<\/p>\n
Adding, \u201cI know that he will do well in his official capacity as a Goodwill Ambassador.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Dr Darroux, Asa Bantan is seen as being undeniably patriotic, \u201ceven in his presentation, his dressing, he never fails to mention his home community or hometown of Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asa, who is a favourite to many, hails from Grand Bay.<\/p>\n
He has said that as a young man, he was influenced by\u00a0artistes\u00a0such as Vybez Kartel, Twins of Twins and Spragga Benz.<\/p>\n
He is known for hits like \u201cMove\u201d, \u2018Macaroni\u2019, \u2018Prime Minister\u2019, \u2018Make a Mess\u2019, \u2018Tip of the Top\u2019 and much more.<\/p>\n
Asa also pens his music and they are usually based on social issues.<\/p>\n
He became State-owned Radio, DBS Brand Ambassador in January 2019.<\/p>\n
He is also the Brand Ambassador for Trois Piton Water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popular Bouyon artiste Asa Bantan has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Dominica. A Goodwill Ambassador is a prominent individual in his\/her community or profession who serves as an “Honorary Diplomat” between entities, like organizations, institutions, towns, cities, or nations….","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":243929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,8,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-entertainment","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n