Ghanaian Afrobeat singer-songwriter, Kwami Eugene, has shed light on the reason why Ghanaian music is not often played at Nigerian events.
He recounted an experience where he visited Nigeria and heard a Nigerian DJ playing a Ghanaian song, but this occurred in the early hours of the morning.
He explained that Nigerians have numerous artists and music options of their own, which may be one of the reasons Ghanaian music is not frequently featured in their shows.
“I was in Nigeria and we were asking some friends why they don’t play Ghanaian songs, and he was like ‘Charley, we are many ooo’. Before they will finish playing theirs, then their time will be up,” Kwami Eugene said.
Kwami Eugene elaborated on the limited opportunities for playing Ghanaian songs in Nigeria, emphasizing that the vast number of Nigerian artists in their music industry leaves little room for Ghanaian music to be widely featured at Nigerian events.
“And it’s not like we live in a country where we drop one song at a time. More people are releasing songs, but our system is one person at a time., where there can be more room for everybody to shine,” he said.
Kwami Eugene expressed his concern about the music industry in Ghana, particularly regarding female artists. He pointed out that it’s challenging for multiple female artists to simultaneously achieve success in the Ghanaian music scene.
“You can see only one for a very long time. Then you will see another lady crawling and we will have some small space for her then she will be there for some time before you see another lady crawling. But we have female artists putting music together in this country. But they will tell you the guys are not even finding it easy,” he revealed.
The highlife artist revealed that he wished the case wouldn’t be like only the guys will be making waves more than the ladies but everyone should be pushed and given space once the song is nice.
“But we spend our Twitter attacking each other more than spreading good news about each other,” he said.