In a recent interview with Doreen Avio on Hitz FM on December 8, popular Ghanaian rapper Eno Barony emphasized the need for increased support and recognition for female musicians in the country.
Beyond the music industry, she called on governmental institutions to enhance their backing for women in various fields.
Eno Barony underscored the importance of promoting inclusivity and urged ministries and organizations to actively involve female talents in various events.
“We should support ourselves more and we also should be supported. It would be great if institutions like the ministries call on female musicians for events and all that. It would go a long way towards helping us. So women supporting women should not be in the music industry alone. It should be everywhere,” she said.
“Every woman who finds herself in a male-dominated area has to work ten times harder. No just female rappers, because they call it a man’s world. So no matter how good you are, that thing that ‘she’s a girl, what can she do?’. So we have to prove that we are capable,” she said.
Eno Barony went on to say that she doesn’t think there will be any immediate changes to how people currently view women and that more men will always enter the music industry. Women would thus need to contribute in some way.
“I don’t think it will ever change because the guys will never stop coming so it’s always going to be male dominated. So we just have to do our part,” she said.
Eno Barony made it clear that the objective is to create a welcoming environment where women can succeed alongside their male counterparts rather than to compete with them.