Europe-based Ghanaian highlife singer, Kwaku Duah (Dada KD), has urged his fellow musicians not to bow to criticisms, but rather be bold about expressing their views on national issues.
The musicians also encouraged his colleagues to dedicate themselves as ambassadors and fight for the cause of their fans on national issues, be it political, social, cultural or religious.
Speaking on Work & Happiness, a mid-morning programme on Adom FM in Accra about his latest album titled ‘Obia Enkyire Na Dwene’, Dada KD said he does not see why some celebrities are afraid to make their views known, especially on national issues, for fear of intimidation.
Dada KD continued…”If you are a celebrity, you automatically become a leader because you have an influence on people and others also look up to you so you always have to speak out especially when things are not going on right.”
According to him, “It is very rare in our part of the world for celebrities to come public and state their views on issues pertaining to national development.”
Dada KD stated that this is because the few ones who try to do so are either tagged as controversial or falsely affiliated with a political party.
A typical example, he said, “Is the high level of insult actress Yvonne Nelson was subjected to for organising a vigil against government in protest of the continuous erratic power outages popularly known as dumsor that has existed in the country.”
The verbal abuse on the actress became worse to the extent that some government communicators described her and some other ladies who took part in the vigil as prostitutes, a comment which was widely criticised by some well-meaning Ghanaians.