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THE GA MANTSE AND GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL ON ACTIVITIES TO MARK THE 2022 GA HOMOWO FESTIVAL

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE GA MANTSE AND GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL ON ACTIVITIES TO MARK THE 2022 GA HOMOWO FESTIVAL.

Nii Mei, Naa Mei, Wulomei, Woyee, Asafoatsemei, Elders of the Ga State, members of the security services, members of the Press, invited guest, ladies and gentlemen mii ha nye manye.

The good Lord has blessed us with yet another year and the Ga State will commence activities preceding the celebration of the annual Ga Homowo festival.

We have invited you here this morning to brief you on the activities preceding and culminating into the 2022 Ga Homowo festival.

The Ga Traditional Council announces to the public that the 2022 Ga Homowo festival will commence with the “SHIBAA” (cleansing the scared farm) on the 2nd day of May, 2022.

This will be followed by the “NMAA DUMO” (ban on drumming and noise making) on the 9th day of May to the 9th day of June, 2022.

During this period the Ga State will fast and pray for rainfall, a bounty harvest and good tidings. The Ga State would also pray for the Country and its citizens to continue to keep the peace, the love, tranquity and good spirit.

The Ga Traditional Council urges the general public to take notice and observe the rules regarding the ban on drumming and noise making to help maintain the peace, harmony and security within Ga State. These shall include;

*All worship centers should confine their activities within their church premises.

*Noise making including clapping of hands, the use of tambourine and other musical instruments should be avoided during this period.

*The positioning of loud speakers outside the church premises and mosques is banned during this period.

*Road side evangelism and the use of megaphones and other loud speakers should also be totally avoided during this period.

*Funeral rites and its related activities are also banned during this period.

*The 9th day of June, 2022 will be the “ODADAA” (lifting of the ban on drumming and noise making). This will be held at the forecourt of the Gbese Mantse’s0 Palace (Gbese Blohum)

A task force working with the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies has been set up to collaborate with the Ghana Police Service and the other Security Agencies to monitor, ensure compliance with the ban and prosecute recalcitrant persons who fail in that regard. 

The Ga Traditional Council shall further count on the co-operation of the various Stakeholders in ensuring strict observation and compliance with the Ga custom, practices and usage. 

The Ga Traditional Council by this notice entreats all persons within the Ga State to comply with the month-long ban on drumming and noise making and refrain from making derogatory remarks about the rites, custom, practices, usage and beliefs of the Ga people.

Thank you.

By: iamGanyobi

#VGMA23: The Full List Of Nominees

#VGMA23: Here Is The Full List Of Nominees »

Charterhouse, the organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) have released the nominees for the 23rd edition of Ghana’s biggest music awards show.

The full list of nominees for Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2022, was announced today Saturday, March 19th, and it started from 11 am through to 4 pm, with the nominees’ announcement show at 8 pm.

See below for the VGMA23 list:

2022 VGMA Nominees List

Best Hiplife Song

Yeeko – Okyeame Kwame ft Kuami Eugene

No Fugazy – Sarkodie

BiiBi Bese – Kwame Yogot ft Kuami Eugene

Accra – Medikal

Abodie – Captain Planet ft Kuami Eugene

Kom – Fancy Gadam

Zinabu – Dopenation ft Dancegod Llyod, Afrobeast, DWP Academy

S3k3 – Mr Drew

Video OF The Year

Mon Bebe – KiDi

Mood – Mr Drew

Odeshie – Epixode

Bad Girls Love Money Remix – Amaarae

Slow Down – King Promise

Rollies And Cigar – Sarkodie

Nyinya – Bosom P Yung

Let It Go – Kweku Smoke

Fine Girl – Mona 4 Reall

Best HipLife/HipHop Artiste

Sarkodie

Okyeame Kwame

Black Sherif

D Black

Amerado

Medikal

Best Afrobeats Song

Celebrate – Kwesi Arthur ft Teni

Dollar On You – Kuami Eugene

E Choke – S3fa ft Mr Drew

Coming Home – MzVee ft Tiwa Savage

Sugarcane – Camidoh ft Phantom

Mon Bebe – KiDi

Je M’apele – Darko Vibes ft Davido

Best Afropop Song

Heat – Wendy Shay ft Shaygang

Forever Remix – Gyakie ft Omay Lay

Mood – Mr Drew

Slow Down -King Promise

Enjoyment Minister – DBlack ft Quamina MP & Stonebwoy

Sad Girls Luv Money Remix – ft Moliy & Kali Uchis

Praise – Fameye

Best Afrobeats/Afropop Artiste

S3fa

kiDi

King Promise

Mr Drew

Wendy Shay

Gyakie

Camidoh

Darko Vibes

More to follow soon!

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THIS GUFF MUST STOP

THE WAY GH REGGAE/DANCEHALL DEY GO... HMMMM !

The recent bombs associated with the Chris Martin show , JaGha Fest And other shows , as well as the recent VGMA “Reggae-Dance hall” confusion has inspired the publishing of this article in which I hope to share my opinion as well as to discuss some random thoughts about Gh Reggae Dance hall .

SOME QUESTIONS THAT NEED URGENT ATTENTION :

I think Musicians and other Industry players must come to certain basic across-board positions with respect to Reggae & Dance hall. Basic questions like

> What is reggae music ?

> What is dance hall music?

➢ What is reggae tone?

➢ What is reggae fusion?

> What is ska , rock-steady , cool and deadly , lover’s rock etc .. must be addressed in our way forward .

1. We need to be wise about when it is an ideal time to fuse all of these under the one umbrella of Reggae , and when we have to separate these sub-genres (so to speak) in a bid to optimist the representation , space and influence of Reggae.

2. In this day and age , I think there is a need to separate the reggae music GENRE from biases in religion , race , socio-economic class , sexual orientation etc etc ... That is the worldwide direction now . FAILURE to do so cuts off a lot of people (including the political elite and pastors .. lol 😝) who would otherwise boldly identify with Reggae . Is the Reggae community in Ghana ready to do that ? Is the traditional Ghanaian reggae community ready to lower its hard-line positions and allow for diversity ???

3. Who is a Reggae artiste? Who qualifies to be labeled a reggae artiste in Ghana? This question keeps popping up with whole lots of controversy . We should have a discussion on this.

The music industry in Gh should have a common position on this which is acceptable to the community of “REGGAE ARTISTES AND MUSICIANS” first , and then also to other industry players .

That naturally would help us define who qualifies to be a member of a “Reggae Artiste Association” when the time comes as well as who qualifies to be considered under Reggae Artiste of The Year etc at the VGMAs and other music awards ceremonies ...)

4. What is the True Current Status of Reggae Music in Ghana? What are the causes of the current status quo ? We should face this question squarely. We can only prescribe a cure if we know the diagnosis .

People’s general impressions about the following must be sought :

> Impressions about the general quality of Gh Reggae music & Recordings.

> Impressions about the general Gh Reggae Song content .

> General impressions about Gh Reggae Musicians.

> Impressions about Gh Reggae & Branding of Gh Reggae Artistes

> Impressions about the organization and quality of Gh Reggae Events / Concerts.

➢ We need to look closely at what the usual negative impressions about Gh Reggae music and Artistes are , with the aim of doing something “corrective” about them where necessary. We need to also erase stereotypes .

Answering the questions above will go a long way in helping us address the issues of :-

➢ The obviously shrinking reggae space on radio

➢ The obviously shrinking reggae space on television

➢ The shrunken reggae space on social media ( and here I refer to reggae and not Afro Dancehall )

➢ The diminishing reggae space on award schemes ( Afro-Dancehall May be doing fine but Reggae is being made to look obsolete ).

➢ The space for reggae at Musigha’s Presidential Ball and other high profile national events.

5. Another very important question to discuss is - “What happened to BASS Awards “ ( the only REGGAE MUSIC AWARD SCHEME we had in GH ) ?

What are the lessons learnt so far ? How do we revamp it ?

Isn’t it time to have other awards-schemes that are guided by an academy to reward QUALITY ( and not necessarily popular ) music ???

6. Where and how are the Pioneers of Ghana Reggae Music ???? What about the -

➢ Current status of their music / Are they having any airtime ?

➢ Current status of their respect in society. Are they being honoured enough ?

➢ Current status of their welfare ?

Remember that a country that doesn’t honour it’s heroes is not worth dying for !

Same applies to GH Reggae .

7. Why is there an increase in flopped ( international) reggae concerts in Ghana ?

Examples:

➢ JAGAFEST

➢ Christopher Martin Show

➢ MUSIGA Reggae show

➢ Third World

etc etc ... And the list goes on.

Currently , there is a worsening Impression about GH Music concerts as far as Reggae is concerned ( example: Sizzler’s recent tweet on the Concert organized in Accra ) and this must be fixed .

Finally , IS IT NOT TIME FOR ( REGGAE ) DANCEHALL ARTISTES TO UNITE ? Indeed , is it not time for MORE UNITY AND COLLABORATIONS AMONG GH artistes ? The gap between our brothers in Naija and Ghana is widening . Can’t we see it ??? Instead of coming together to push our total game we beef . In my opinion beefing dissipates and wastes a lot of energy which if invested into a collabo song (between the same artistes) could yield an international chart breaker .

THE NEED TO HAVE 'GRAIPA'

Maybe it’s time for an association - GRAIPA ( Gh Reggae Artistes And Industry Players Association ) - to synergise efforts within the Gh Reggae Industry. Indeed some friends and I within the reggae Industry in Gh have had some discussions and most of them think it’s a great idea.

>There is a need to have such an association to be an umbrella under which musicians with strong interests in reggae can meaningfully coexist , interact , and work .

> There is a need to have an association of Reggae Artistes and Industry Players that will address the problems listed above .

➢ There is a need to have an association which supervises or helps coordinate activities towards major concerts.

➢ The association should have representation from most of ( if not all ) Gh reggae artistes. It should also be able to accommodate artistes who don’t necessarily fit the stereotype of “who a reggae artist is” and yet wish to belong to the organisation and to genuinely defend its interests .

➢ The association should be funded by the “Reggae” artistes’ and Industry Players’ annual dues plus or minus ministerial , governmental, and MUSIGA’s support.

➢ The association should have buy-ins from :-

• Security Agencies

• Ministry of Tourism /Culture and Creative Arts

• MUSIGA/GHAMRO- to supervise Royalties on song performed on recordings and at concert venues etc

• Promoters

• Media

➢ GRAIPA should evolve to become the association that acts as a supervisor / consultant such that any international artiste that comes into Ghana for a concert , through GRAIPA , is provided consultancy services and links :

• On security against fraudulent promoters , theft and physical attacks.

• On Security at the venues through military, police, etc(This will allow 40 year olds and above and their families to have confidence to attend such shows at places like stadiums.

• The association will advice promoters on how to promote the shows within our unique Ghanaian socio-cultural space Example: A dance hall show could be promoted through social media but a reggae show could be promoted heavily on terrestrial radio etc... due to our unique demographics and behaviours with sponsorship by big companies such as Malta Guinness.

That is to say Dancehall, Afro pop, highlife and reggae must have different ways of promoting and managing their shows instead of the one size fits all situation in which we find ourselves today . eg A stadium in Europe , at different times , may host Hip Hop, Grime Artistes, Rolling Stones, etc but at the end of the day they are all able to , through their unique ways , fill the same stadium .

When the wrong methods and wrong promotional strategies are continuously employed, there may be a repeated poor attendance for Reggae shows which then gives an erroneous impression that reggae is not popular here in Gh .

This Brings to mind the example of Stanbic Jazz , who through right strategies , got a full house of heavily-paying fans , at the La beach with UB40. If this same UB40 had been handled by another promoter employing the usual one size fits all strategies devoid of creativity and analysis , it could have easily been a flop .

GRAIPA AS A PRESSURE GROUP

➢ The Association may be able to convince radio stations and media houses to allot more slots for reggae.

GRAIPA ORGANISED MUSIC AWARDS ( Academy based and popularity based ) .

➢ The association can itself organize or help organize award schemes in partnership with private companies, Gh Academy of Music, etc

GRAIPA CAN START “REGGAE MONTH” :

➢ The association can organize reggae month and an annual big, quality reggae shows.

GRAIPA AS A CONDUIT FOR INTERNAL CHANGE AND POSITIVE BRANDING

➢ The association can lead a concerted effort towards house cleaning, rebranding, and positive image building through media engagements , school tours , CSR ( Cooperate Social Responsibility) activities and conferences ( using well and out-spoken representatives articulating positions of the GRAIPA collective ).

HIGH PROFILE SHOWS

➢ The association can push the representation of REGGAE on high profile shows and national platforms.

What do you think?

by: Knii Lante - Reggae Music Artiste