Fast-rising gospel musician Selassie Brown has urged the media to put more conscious effort into projecting Ghana gospel music than the Nigerian songs that are currently receiving massive airplay in the country.
According to her, Nigerians pay less attention to Ghanaian music, and they channel their energies toward promoting music coming from their country.
Speaking in an interview with Max Morning Dew in Accra on Wednesday, the “Efata Wo” hitmaker noted that the act has made the Nigerian gospel cross borders and expressed an urgent need for Ghana to take a cue from them in order to sell Ghanaian gospel music to the world.
“At the end of the day, their names will be projected, but their nation is what comes first. When you mention Nathaniel Bassey, they will not say that he sang part of the song.
He is a Nigerian, so they are selling the nation to us, and we should be able to sell Ghana to the rest of the world through our music and through our craft,” she stated.
Selassie noted that Ghana is lagging behind since industry stakeholders fail to support and project Ghanaian gospel music.
She therefore cautioned that promoting music was not about the individuals involved but the country involved, and she urged the media, especially disc jockeys (DJs), to play more of the local gospel music than the foreign ones.
“That is what we lack in Ghana, so if we are able to work on selling Ghana and not individuals, it will help us,” Selassie added.
Source: Ghana/MaxTV/MaxFM/max.com.gh/Joyceline Natally Cudjoe
