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Krobo youth slam Sarkodie over mocking lyrics

The artiste was accused of mocking Krobo women in a song titled “Jennifer Lomotey” by Kurl Songx, who won the MTN hitmarker show in 2016.

A line in the song attributed to Sarkodie mocked: “Krɔbɔ nii baa papa a ahweneɛ da ne sisi. Ɔkɔmfo Anɔkye de adwaman no abɔ ne dua.”

This translates: “A good Krobo lady with beads around her waist. Okomfo Anokye has cursed her with promiscuity.”

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However, in a strongly worded statement, the youth said the words chosen by the rapper is a ”deliberate” and ”calculated” attempt to denigrate and assassinate the public image of the Krobo woman and to make mockery of them.

They also said they are at a loss how Sarkodie could stoop so low to commercialize a sensitive and a fabricate lie, a stereotype and a myth to make financial gains and profit at the expense of a whole tribe.

The Women Organizer of Kloma Hengme, The Krobo advocacy and Heritage Association, Esther Maseyo Azu, said ”We expect an artiste of such international stature like Sarkodie to know better and not to play games with such sensitive issues.

Esther Azu, an educationist and a professional counsellor, further said, ” Every tribe may have a myth, but his attempt to commercialize the so-called myth at our expense to make financial gains and profit for himself is where we have the problem.  This is deliberate. This is calculated. This is unacceptable in this 21st century”.

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She further added: “We want Sarkodie and his team to know that they will regret for making mockery of us. We have lined up a number of actions to deal ruthlessly with them. We are adopting a number of measures to seek redress.”

Sarkodie has refused to comment on the issue. His management say they will comment at the appropriate time.

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