Highlife musician Kofi Nti is not happy with how some Ghanaian musicians sound like Nigerians.
According to him, it makes it difficult to tell a Ghanaian act from a Nigerian.
Kofi Nti told Graphic Showbiz in an interview that it’s about time Ghanaian musicians stood up to preserve the identity of Ghanaian music,
“I listen to the radio and I sometimes wonder which artiste is singing because the young Ghanaian musicians are sounding so much like the Nigerians.
“It is now difficult to tell whether it is a Nigerian or a Ghanaian singing. We better put a stop to it because it is not helping,” he told Graphic Showbiz.
Citing some musicians of the past, as people who kept to the task of projecting Ghanaian culture through the music, he wrote: “Look at the days of Daddy Lumba, Obrafour, Amakye Dede, Lord Kenya, Kojo Antwi, Ofori Amponsah, Kwabena Kwabena and myself. You could clearly tell that this is Ghanaian music, but what do we see now?
“We can’t even boast of our own music and are rather copying the Nigerians. The likes of Wiyaala, King Ayisoba, Sherifa Gunu, Atongo, Worlasi should be appreciated for their works but unfortunately, we don’t really appreciate such musicians in Ghana,” he added.
Kofi Nti is known for songs such as ‘Akonta’, ‘Wake Up’, ‘Rakia’, among others.
