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I grew up without mother and father love – Shugatiti reveals

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  Ghanaian model and socialite Shugatiti known in private life as Abena Serwaa Frimpong has explained why she feels unconcern all the time about social media insults and attacks on her personality. According to her, the lack of love she suffered from her mother and father when growing up made her be able to have tough skin towards insults and abuse. “It is because I grew up without love so I’m used to it. I grew up alone, without mum and dad. Even though I was living with people, there was no genuine love. I was living with my stepmother so the kind of words and insults that will descend on you each day – these social media insults and attacks are small” she revealed. Asked by the host if she will seek for medical attention from experts and professional counsellors to enable her manage the situation better and not affect her mental state someday to come, Shugatiti said there’s no need. “It’s not necessary. I’m okay. It has built me in some way so it’s fine. It’s very difficult for ...

What you need to know about Fantacee Wiz Camara.

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Fantacee Wiz is a multiple award winning traditional folk singer from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Fantacee began music as a member of the Voice of Children on UN Radio. She later joined a music group called Freetong Players International. Fantacee was appointed UNDP peace Ambassador during the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections and the 2008 local government elections. In 2011 she founded a music group called Sierra Unity Playas while in college studying ICT at SiliconPro. Fantacee has done a couple of campaigns such as 'Say No To Rape' and 'stop Violence Against Women'. Fanta Kamara aka Fantacee Wiz is  a Sierra Leonean multiple award winning traditional folk singer born in Kabala and raised in Freetown . She has a background in ICT(IT) with a  passion for the performing arts . Fantacee is the only traditional folk singer among the new school of recording artists in Sierra Leone. An actor, dancer, designer, poet, radio presenter, children, civic and women ambassa...

The journey of the Bethel Revival Choir

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  Public Relations (PR) expert and soprano singer for Bethel Revival Choir, Adelaide Ama Datsomor, has shared their journey of humble beginnings. According to her, choir has been around since the 1980’s beginning with their uncles and aunties who later handed over to them. Talking about how the choir suddenly went viral to Eunice Tornyi on  e.tv  Ghana’s ‘African Women’s Voices Show’, she said, “Bethel revival choir is actually the praise and worship choir of the Global Evangelical Church-Kotobaabi, and we were just into praise and worship in church but along the line, we realized that most of the songs we were singing in church was either Twi, Ga or English with very little Ewe songs in the system. So, we decided to revamp some of the old Ewe songs and share with others.”  She furthered that along the line the group started a monthly worship session, every first Sunday of the month because they realized people do not get enough dancing time in ch...

It’s a pity to be doing music in Ghana – Backup vocalist cries out

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Ghanaian award winning backup vocalist and composer, Nana Ama Dadzi, has stated that doing music in Ghana will only end in regrets. According to her, the Ghanaian system is bad with only a few musicians benefiting from it. In an interview with Mercy Bee the Ekumfi Princess on  e.tv Ghana’s ‘Girl Vibes Show’, she said, “I don’t know if things will change or when it will change but, what I know is that if you what to live on music in Ghana you won’t survive.”  She blames the MUSIGA board but, also some musicians and believes if things will change then, musicians need to change their attitudes as well. “If they don’t appreciate the people, they made their music withthen we will continue to be where we are. Some musicians feel the backup vocalist’s place is in the studio and that’s it hence, they treat them as such and it is sad because we don’t get what we deserve,” she said. However, she noted that outside Ghana and even in neighboring cou...

Sista Afia In Car Crash

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  Songstress Sista Afia has survived a car accident and she has since been thanking God for saving her life. The ‘Jeje’ crooner announced the accident on Tuesday when she shared a video on Snapchat of the car being towed by a truck. According to her, she was lucky because it could have been deadly but she is thankful to God for saving her life. “God saved me today, forever grateful,” she wrote on Snapchat. Born Francisca Gawugah, Afia is recognised as one of the country’s female acts who have come far in her music career. She started music sometime in 2015 groomed by Bisa Kdei and she has since not looked back. She made her first collaboration with Bisa Kdei “Kro Kro no” also her first official release as a musician. She went on to gain popularity after releasing her single ‘Jeje’ featuring dancehall artiste Shatta Wale and Afezi Perry. Sister Afia also released the album “Queen Solomon” in 2018. She is now a household name on the music scene.