{"id":276061,"date":"2011-02-15T12:05:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T12:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=52309"},"modified":"2011-02-15T12:05:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T12:05:53","slug":"the-dissappointing-progress-in-ghana-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/15\/the-dissappointing-progress-in-ghana-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dissappointing Progress In Ghana Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-30020\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/03\/kwaw-keses-new-look\/kwaw-kesse12\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30020\" title=\"Kwaw Kesse12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Kwaw-Kesse12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>Our music industry has shown a  significant progress specifically the area of hiplife. This has been  possible when pioneers like Reggie Rockstone, Nananom, etc devoted their  creativity and energy for the sustainability of the then new born  music, hiplife.<\/p>\n<p>One peculiar thing about the then hiplife was the  Ghanaian identity in their lyrics which made most of us proud as  Ghanaians. I thumb up for such artists. This helped pave a way for Ghana  music reaching international scenes and marketing Ghana in the area of  entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the quest of the current artists  trying to reach out to the international community, they have sought to  the Nigerian style (accent) of music to the extent of using Yoruba words  in their music. It is either 4X4 mention \u201cCHINEKE\u201d in their song or  KECHE mention \u201cOMOGOMI\u201d in their song. Where is our sense of culture?  Are these good songs not promoting Nigerian music instead?<\/p>\n<p>Where  is our own? Rebecca of South Africa sings in Swahili but she gets  international applause of her style of music. Angelique Cudjoe of Benin  was loved by most music fans including those of us in the Anglophone  corridor though she sings in French.<\/p>\n<p>Enya of Ireland has  marketed her country in the area of music though she sings in Gaelic  (Irish). Okyeame Kwame was a nominee in three categories in the 2010  Channel O awards although he doesn\u2019t sing in pidgin or Yoruba. The same  can be said about Sarkodie who was nominated in the MTV Africa Music  Awards (MAMA). A common feature of these musicians is the quality of  their music and the passion they attach to it.<\/p>\n<p>Our artists should  know that to go international, it doesn\u2019t matter the dialect one use  but the quality of the music and the passion attached to it. The likes  of Ayigbe Edem and Tinny should be encouraged for using their dialects  in marketing Ghana music.<\/p>\n<p>Let us infuse our cultures and dialects  in our music as we attempt brand Ghana. Let us wake up and make Ghana  music our own for we cannot afford to loose our identity.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Kingsley Ofosu Ntiri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our music industry has shown a significant progress specifically the area of hiplife. This has been possible when pioneers like Reggie Rockstone, Nananom, etc devoted their creativity and energy for the sustainability of the then new born music, hiplife. 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