Gyakie
Songstress Gyakie was the only Ghanaian female artiste to perform on the Global Citizen Festival stage at the Black Star Square in Accra on Saturday night, and she indeed made her colleagues proud.
This was because she did an incredible job of representing the country and doing her part in being a contributing voice for global change.
The fast-rising singer started her performance with the reggae song ‘Waka Waka’ off her recently released ‘My Diary’ EP. An unlikely song intro to her performance, Gyakie delivered an amazing live rendition of the song with the help of the Ghana Army Regimental Band, while the Ghana flag and branded Gyakie flags were waved behind her: a statement of who she is and where she is from.
Clad in a beautiful outfit by Eleanore, Gyakie thrilled fans with ‘Far Away’ and her hit single, ‘Forever’, the remix, before ending her act with her current hit, ‘Something’.
“Before I do anything, I try to picture two or three girls that look up to me. I have their faces etched in my mind as a reminder of my responsibility to show up in a way that inspires them and lets them know they can be anything they want to be, no matter the odds against them,” she said about her influences.
The Global Citizen Festival is the world’s longest-running global campaign calling for an end to extreme poverty. Through the Festival, the organisation brings together millions of people to amplify the message of #EndPovertyNow, and this year, in celebrating 10 years of impacting change, the event was split into two locations: Accra and New York, with artistes like SZA, Usher, Tems, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy performing while dignitaries from around the world including President Akufo-Addo delivered speeches calling for leaders and persons around the world to take action to #EndPovertyNow.