Ghanaian traditional music is one of the gold that needs to be refined ~ Nii Tettey Tetteh (Winner of VGMA23 Traditional Artist of the year)
Ghanaian conventional craftsman and VGMA traditional artist of the year Nii Tettey Tetteh has encouraged the nation and gatekeepers to consider music as one of the rich mineral assets the nation can make immense amounts of cash from.
In an exclusive interview on Amaniefm E-mix show, Nii Tettey Tetteh describes how nations like Senegal, Mali and Guinea are making immense amounts of cash from their native music, sending out valid African music toward the western reality where they create gigantic amounts of cash consequently, dissimilar to Ghana where our rich mineral assets are just thought to be as Gold, Diamond, maganese and so forth.
As per the legend, Ghanaian conventional music is one of the gold we have and it’s vital on the off chance that we as a group meet up to refine it and make immense return from it like nations Benin, Mali, Guinea, and Senegal are doing.
“As far as I might be concerned, I think our native music characterizes us as a group and it is equivalent to the gold mineral we have as a nation and in the event that we concentrate on it, it can give us so much”, Nii Tettey Tetteh said.
He additionally contended that, for this destiny to be accomplished, music ought to be fixed in the Ghanaian educational plan from the basic level, which will help the young ones understand music composition, rhythm and sounds.
The veteran Ghanaian performer in his acknowledgment discourse of the current year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 23 supported the enjoyed of Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Samini and other extraordinary artists to meet up and meld the native components in their music.
Watch the speech below
Nii Tettey Tetteh is the brain behind Kusun Ensemble and has traversed the world performing on large stages along with amazing craftsman like Angelique Kidjo, Salif Keita,Touré Kunda among others. He is favored to act in a great deal of world shows and has visited from one side of the planet to the other.
Nii Tettey Tetteh has incredible tunes like Ogbame, Nokoko, Gbaenta among other extraordinary melodies surprisingly.
Enjoy his most recent release “Gbaenta” below
