{"id":47951,"date":"2023-03-23T00:18:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/23\/m-anifest-warns-african-artistes-onemuzikgh\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T00:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:18:31","slug":"m-anifest-warns-african-artistes-onemuzikgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/23\/m-anifest-warns-african-artistes-onemuzikgh\/","title":{"rendered":"M.anifest Warns African Artistes &#8211; OneMuzikGh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"459\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/M.anifest-inspirational-words.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"M.anifest-inspirational-words\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">M.anifest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghanaian rapper Kwame Ametepee Tsikata, professionally called M.anifest, has advised his fellow African artistes to stay away from political and social commentary, especially during their international engagements unless they have done their research and have the capability to productively hold such conversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot every artiste is supposed to be a voice for you outside of their music,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining his point, he added that: \u201cThey might not even have the capability. They will fumble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He expressed wonder for why \u201cinternational media platforms\u201d question \u201cmost African artistes\u201d as though \u201call of them are Nigeria\u2019s afrobeat pioneer and activist Fela Kuti.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that it should not be so, and it is \u201cone of the things I absolutely do not enjoy,\u201d he posited that \u201cyou don\u2019t develop that capability overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be able to have clarity of thought about social issues, your political views, ideology, it is very different from being able to put a song together that\u2019s a rallying cry,\u201d he told his University of Ghana (UG), Legon audience in a video posted to Twitter and sighted by Class News\u2018 Prince Benjamin.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning rapper encouraged \u201cpeople who are around a lot of African artistes to protect them in these situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On what he meant by that, he said: \u201cTell your people [artistes] that, \u2018Yo, when you get there and they\u2019re asking you these questions rephrase it and tell them what it is that you do and your part and roles in these things\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning his focus to his fellow artistes, he admonished: \u201cDon\u2019t let anybody turn you into a historian when you\u2019re not. 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