Ghanaians Hate Anything Ghanaian – Dada Hafco Laments The Disregard For Highlife For Other Genres Following Grammy Debate

Ghanaian musician, Terry Asare Boamah, popularly known as Dada Hafco has commented to the treatment Ghanaians give to highlife genre of Ghana music.

The musician took to Facebook to share his frustration at the way highlife musicians are treated and wondered why and how that was the case.

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He recounted how sometimes even the gatekeepers of the media see highlife musicians like “villagers or kolo”.

According to him, highlife music needs to be owned by Ghanaians before it is attributed to another country.

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Speaking on the importance of highlife music, Dada Hafco indicated that even Burna Boy employed the services of a Ghanaian guitarist who played a pivotal role in making Odogwu a hit song.

Dada Hafco went on to lament how Ghanaians appreciated foreign music, a certain way of dressing and patois over authentic Ghanaian-owned highlife music and musicians.

He added that Ghanaians needed to embrace highlife and own it before the credit is given to other nations.

He said this would be a difficult task because of the low patronage and appreciation for the genre.

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Dada Hafco cited the example of Shatta Wale who was trolled after his song got nominated in the Highlife Song Of The Year just because he is noted as a dancehall artiste.