Appiah Dankwah, also known as Appietus, a Ghanaian music producer, believes that the Ghana music business needs a certain genre to represent us abroad.
While some countries have personalised certain music genres, making it easier to pinpoint where a particular sound is originating from, Ghana, he claims, cannot.
Appietus claimed in a recent interview on Hitz Fm’s ‘Daybreak Hitz’ that Ghanaians should have a global musical presence.
“In Ghana, if you go outside Ghana, I think Black stars is more known than our music here in Ghana. What kind of music represents us out there? The moment you say Jamaica, Reggae comes to mind; the moment you mention Hip-Hop, America comes to mind, mention dancehall and Jamaica comes to mind, Afrobeats, Nigeria comes to mind, you don’t have to mention the name of any artiste, the moment you ask which music is representing us (Ghana) out there, they will start mentioning names and not genres, just ask chale where does Afrobeats originate from and they will tell you Nigeria, 90 percent of people will mention Nigeria, meanwhile Ghanaians originated it,” he explained.
