{"id":1264765,"date":"2022-12-13T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/13\/some-northerners-still-hold-the-notion-that-women-belong-to-the-kitchen-abbi-ima-alapta-wan\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T17:27:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:27:54","slug":"some-northerners-still-hold-the-notion-that-women-belong-to-the-kitchen-abbi-ima-alapta-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/13\/some-northerners-still-hold-the-notion-that-women-belong-to-the-kitchen-abbi-ima-alapta-wan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Some Northerners still hold the notion that women belong to the kitchen\u2019 \u2013 Abbi Ima & Alapta Wan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Northern-Ghana-based female musicians, Abbi Ima and Alapta Wan have revealed that some Northerners still hold the perception that a woman\u2019s place is the kitchen.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Doreen Avio<\/strong> on Daybreak Hitz<\/strong>, Abbi Ima said some people have even discouraged her from pursuing music due to the number of years it takes for some musicians to find their breakthrough.<\/p>\n

She also disclosed that others told her that doing music is not meant for women.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou get people telling you that music is something that will take long for you to make it\u2026 Some of them will even tell you music is for men,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n

In support of Abbi Ima\u2019s remark, Alapta Wan added: \u201cThey want us to stay in the kitchen. They claim that\u2019s where we belong.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cBut we have a voice \u2014and we want to change the narrative,\u201d she said on Hitz FM.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alapta Wan further touched on using music to address societal issues \u2013 like teenage pregnancy \u2013 especially when it became prevalent in the Northern Region sometime back.<\/p>\n

Her song \u2013 Poore<\/em> \u2013 addresses the effects of teenage pregnancy on the girl child.<\/p>\n

According to Alapta Wan, the song gained traction in the Northern Region, which eventually contributed to curbing the rise of teenage pregnancy in the region.<\/p>\n

Alapta Wan noted that she wouldn\u2019t have been able to address such pertinent issues, and made an impact if she was always in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

The Baaya <\/em>singer added that the \u201ca woman\u2019s place is in the kitchen\u201d narrative has shattered the dreams of many young women who aspire to pursue a higher level of education, get a decent job or use their talents to make a living.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding, Abbi Ima and Alapta Wan say they are poised on changing the narrative and gradually wiping off the stereotypes that plague the Northern sector of Ghana, preventing women from achieving their goals.<\/p>\n

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