my family. Rest is important but when I’m
done resting or not resting, I will like to pick
up a book or any other material and read.
Knowledge is power they say.
MSP: What is your take on the Year of Return?
GSM: It’s good news. These are our brothers
and sisters who were taken away from us
and stripped off their prides and honour. We
haven’t seen them and they haven’t been home
for 400 years so they finally coming home is a
welcoming news. When they come down, they
would have a firsthand experience of what
really is the truth and what is not. They will get
to experience the beauty of the country which
could lead them to make more investment that
would generally be for the good for all of us so
I think it has long been coming. I would love
that priorities should be placed on our tourist
sites so that our brothers coming to the country
would love its beauty of their home.
MSP: What is the state of Ga Music and do you
think it has any future?
GSM: Ga Music is doing amazing as compared
to before. The genre has done immensely well
because when I came and started doing it, it
was almost as if no one was in to it even though
the likes of Screw Face had already set some
sort of pace. I believe at this very point, people
should just watch out for the best because what
we started has been adopted by many and that
has propelled lots of them to actually do songs
in Ga and this is because everything original
and authentic would always have a place.
MSP: Do you think Chalewote and Homowo
have lost their true essence?
GSM: Ga music? Never! Hahaha…Ga music
has never lost its essence. We are just in a
different era and have different sounds but
the storytelling techniques in the music we
produce today are still the same. The way
Wulormei told stories in their music is the
same way I tell my stories too. It’s the same way
Adane Best told his stories as well but like I said
the sounds are different so Ga music has not
lost a shred of essence.
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