“Ghanaian Songs Are Not Played In Nigerian Clubs” – Ghana’a Ashes Laments!!

The Nigerians have a culture of patronizing their own, no matter what it is, theirs is always first. It’s a Nigerian centered mind, so they would promote theirs first before others would be looked at. In the year 2005 and 2006, our production was good so we were trying to penetrate. I quite remember I did a lot of compilation back in my studio at Kwame Nkrumah Circle with some musicians and we put our heads together thinking of how we will penetrate the Nigerian market.”

“If you go to a Nigerian club, you can sit there and drink, drink, drink and maybe one or two Ghanaian music is what you will hear. “The Ghanaian music influence was heavy back then because they did not know and understand what we were doing in terms of our music video. When you travel to Nigeria and you are talking to them, they were super excited and they wanted to know, learn and copy, but when they got what they wanted from us, they left us.” Sound Engineer Prince Nana Poku, aka Ashes lamented to KMJ of Daybreak Hitz on Accra-based Hitz FM, recently.

He further hammered that Nigerians have a culture of purchasing their own thing; and unlike how Ghanaian radio stations and night clubs play Nigerian songs, the reverse is the case.