Rapper Tic (Nana Kwaku Okyere Duah) wants Nana Ampadu to be honoured with a special film documentary about his life and contribution to the development of music industry in Ghana.
According to Tic, the Ghanaian media industry has so far failed to trumpet the greatness of Nana Ampadu, who is regarded as one of Ghana’s most respected musicians.
The rapper was made the statement during an interview with Accra 100.5 FM where he grumbled about the lack of a “serious documentary” about the death of the Ghanaian “music hero and legend,” Nana Kwame Ampadu, drawing attention even from worldwide media organizations.
“We have not yet thrown the necessary spotlight on the man’s legacy,” Tic charged.
The ‘Fefe Ne Fe’ hitmaker reasons if the lives of great personalities are not duly highlighted in the media, “it leads to forgetfulness.”
“I made noise about his [Ampadu] demise to draw attention to it, but I couldn’t go for the funeral,” he confessed and revealed, it was his “former manager Georgina Bempong who told me he had been given a state burial, and it was happening, as she spoke to me, at the State House.”
The musician and businessman recounted the story to drive home the point that inaccurate reporting prevents deserving people from receiving the accolades they deserve.
He felt strongly that the media was responsible for the lack of coverage given to the goodbye celebrations for the “King of Singers.”
“BBC, CNN and the others post about Fela’s birthday,” he said and asserted in contrast, Ghanaians have no respect.
“I don’t understand why our country is like this,” he wondered in addition.
“I don’t know what we want to see before we place value on things,” Tic showed signs of great frustration.
On October 7, 2022, hundreds of Ghanaians went to pay their last homage to Nana Ampadu, who passed away on September 28, 2021.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was present at the ceremony with a team including the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin and the Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery.
The president said the outpouring of grief by the public following the unfortunate news is indicative of the prominence of Nana Ampadu and his contribution to the development of the music industry in Ghana.
He said the singer also played an instrumental role in the success of the 2016 electoral campaign which brought him to office.
“The outpouring of grief by many Ghanaians, following the news of his death, is an appreciation of the impact his music had on successive generations of Ghanaians. Nana Ampadu believed in my vision for the transformation of Ghana, and assisted me tremendously on the campaign trail in the run-up to my victory in the elections of 2016, for which I remain eternally grateful.”
The burial and final funeral rites will be held in his home town Obo Kwahu in the Eastern Region.
Nana Ampadu was one time President of MUSIGA and was also the leader of the African Brothers Band, formed in 1963.
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He composed over 800 song, most of which become hits in Ghana and other West African countries.
He came to prominence in 1967 when he released his song Ebi Te Yie (“Some Are Well Seated”), a song that was seen as critical of the then-governing National Liberation Council (NLC) which toppled Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
The song disappeared from the airwaves, only returning after the end of military rule.
In 1973, he won a nationwide competition in Ghana and was crowned the “Ndwontofoohene,” or King of Singers.
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