Mr. Mark Okraku-Mantey, Deputy Minister for Tourism Arts and Culture has charged Ghanaian musicians and Nigerian musicians to collaborate more to promote African music.
“I hear this conversation on Ghana and Nigeria. Are we not tired of asking the same question for far too long? The truth is that the thing between Ghana and Nigeria is outmoded.
“We are supposed to talk about how our collaborations can us forward and not the competition between Ghana and Nigeria.
According to him, the two countries should come together and focus on selling African music and breaking the international market.
“We have signed a treaty called the African continental free trade area which means that Africans are supposed to work together. Now we are even breaking the boundaries of the countries. 55 countries signed this treaty and Ghana signed first.”
“I think I am here to make that conversation rest. Let’s begin to think of how to do more things together to compete against other parts of the world.”
He holds the opinion that all that banter should be channeled into collaborations to project African music together.
Story by Obaapa Janee
