Kojo Ampah in a pose with Prez Nana Addo
Highlife musician Kojo Ampah has stressed the need for Ghanaians to cherish and support their own musicians in the face of stiff competition on the local and global music markets.
The musician, who is also a leading member of Amakye Dede’s Hi-Kings Band, said this at a cocktail party organised last Friday at his residence to celebrate his birthday.
As a man who believes that Ghana has an abundance of talents that can be nurtured to compete on the world stage, Kojo Ampah asked Ghanaians to be generous in their support of the country’s upcoming musicians who have what it takes to compete with those on the international music scene.
In an interview with BEATWAVES, Kojo Ampah charged the stakeholders in the music industry to be aggressive in pushing Ghanaian music to the global market for the world to know that Ghana has something unique when it comes to music.
“It is all about confidence. A number of foreigners are travelling into our country and promoting their music and brands, what stops us from going out there to promote ours. We need to support our musicians,” he asked.
According to Kojo Ampah, Ghanaian musicians are talented enough to have their works featured on big stages on the world music scene, adding, “It is about time we push our own music and stop the idea of promoting foreign songs.
“It is about time we push our own music if we want to be recognised globally on the world music scene. We need to play more of our music instead of the foreign ones,” he said.
“When we push our music the underground musicians will get the chance to be discovered,” Kojo Ampah underscored.
By George Clifford Owusu