Popular Ghanaian rapper Okyeame Kwame has talked candidly about his experiences celebrating Christmas with his wife and kids, who are Jehovah Witnesses and don’t commemorate the holiday.
Okyeame Kwame stated in a TV3 interview that he respects his family’s religious convictions and does not coerce them into participating in his celebrations.
He stated that he did not want to renegotiate his decision to allow his children to follow their mother’s beliefs at this time because he made it before he married her.
“My family, my wife, and my children are complete individuals. Independent of what I like and what I don’t like. So the beauty of that is the diversity or the unity in that diversity where we all let each other be.
“So you celebrate this one. Go ahead and do it. It’s not about forcing people to like what you like. After all, the fewer, the merrier,” he said.
Kwame also said that he does not see celebrating Christmas as a big deal and that he focuses more on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ than on his birth or death.
“Plus, celebrating Christmas or not is not consequential. It’s not about the death or the birth for me; it’s more about the life; it’s more about the forgiveness; it’s more about the service; it’s more about the kindness. It’s all about enlightenment and being kind. I look at the life of Christ and the quality of life. Can I be Christlike? That is where my focus is,” he said.
Well-known in Ghana as a rapper and performer, Okyeame Kwame is best known for hits like “Woara,” “Woman,” and “Made in Ghana.”
In addition, he is an activist and a philanthropist.
He was married to Annica Nsiah-Apau in 2009, and the two of them have two kids, Sir and Sante.