Wednesday, 8 June 2011
GC Life 101: My 15 Minutes Encounter With A Prostitute!
Some people view prostitution as demeaning to women as well as a negative vice.“All women are prostitutes” I hear people say, growing up. Whenever I try to find out why, I get this answer ‘ask your mum, how many men she slept with before meeting your dad?’
Women from all walks of lives have suffered the ‘ashawo’ name calling syndrome. Some men upon having quarrels with women result to calling them an ‘ashawo’. Let a man fail to woo a girl because he is not in the same league with the girl in question or she tries to be hard and she will be tagged as ‘ashawo’.
‘Ashawo’ in English means ‘prostitute’. It is a term given to any woman considered to be loose. In other words, it is used to define a woman who offers sex in exchange for money or material things.
There is this woman in my hood who is constantly called ‘Ashawo’ because of her sense of fashion. Indeed, certain ways some women dress earn them the name in our part of the world.
Most women’s fashion sense is below the belt, they dress to show their body curves (though I enjoy looking at them! Laughs). Some things I believe should be reserved for the bedroom.
You’d think men are exempted from this. No! There are men who offer sex on commercial basis. They are called gigolos, in other words “Ashawo”.
I have heard people say lots of things about Wednesdays! As a Wednesday born I feel so proud about this day. I always treat myself to something special on every Wednesday. “I love Wednesdays”, I have always said to myself.
A friend once retorted “so what is so special about Wednesday and being a Wednesday born?”.
Lots of things make Wednesday a special day for me. The people I admire, cherish and love the most in my life were all born on Wednesdays. Talk of my grandmum, my mum and of course my girlfriend.
Not forgetting my father and even my step mum were all Wednesday born. I know you will doubt me if I said, over half of the ladies I have dated are all born on Wednesday.
Hope I have convinced you enough why I’m so much in love with Wednesdays. I said previously that I always treat myself to something special on Wednesdays. Treating me to something different is not too big a statement. It’s something I do to appreciate the special day.
It was Wednesday and I was planning to go to town when my phone rang. I checked and it was a friend calling me to meet her for some “business discussions”. Though the money involved is nothing to write home about, I decided to give it a shot, so I went to see this friend.
I managed to make it to the venue right on time after enduring the usual heavy traffic in Accra. After about 30 minutes of discussions, I was set to return home to get ready to go to the beach for my treat since it was a Wednesday.
Considering the traffic, I knew there was no way I could sail through on time. After few minutes of waiting, a taxi stopped in front of where I was standing and luckily for me, one passenger alighted, so without any option I hopped in the taxi and off we went.
I sat close to this fair looking lady who without any doubt showed signs of being a prostitute. Indeed I didn’t need to be told she is one. I could see for myself. Next to this lady is another man who alighted midway through our journey.
Seated in the front seat was another dark looking lady who is the definition of a talkative. She made me regret being in the same taxi with her. But do I have any option?
People were still grappling to come into terms with the new petroleum increases and some taxi drivers have taken it upon themselves to exploit passengers.
Most passengers were also at their wits end to fight back the drivers. The interesting scene in my taxi took my mind back to when prices of petroleum products were increased some years back, where a trotro mate fought passengers for the little increment in the transport fares. It was interesting watching mates and passengers fight over as low as 5 pesewas.
From the look on the face of my driver, it was clear that a passenger had offended or annoyed him earlier on. His demeanor said it all and he sounded like someone who had either guzzled glasses of the local wine ‘akepeteshie’ or had suffered some punches like Joshua Clottey did in the hands of Manny Pacquiao.
He had this wild looking face and he kept sweating profusely. Eventually we skimmed through the traffic to Danquah Circle.
Nina, the fair looking lady signaled the driver that she had reached her destination. She handed a GHC1 note to the driver who in return gave her 40 pesewas. “Driver, what is this? I gave you GHC1 and you have given me 40 instead of 60 pesewas”, she angrily said in Twi.
The driver retorted in Ga, “Don’t you know that fuel prices has been increased?” For about five minutes, the driver exchanged words with Nina for a difference of 20 pesewas.
How did I get to know her name? Someone perceived to be her friend shouted her name from across the street when the taxi got to Danquah Circle, to which she responded with a wave.
Watching them, I observed that Nina’s Twi wasn’t that good but she managed to make her point to the driver whose Twi was also a mess. But they both managed to get their messages to each other amidst wild gestures.
“Driver if you don’t give me the 20 pesewas, I won’t get out of this car today, tomorrow or forever”, Nina threatened after several exchanges. All this while, I was quietly enjoying the show but the other passenger started to get impatient with the driver for the unnecessary delay.
So with pressure mounting from the two women, the driver sensing defeat threw the 20 pesewas to Nina but not without adding, “Get out of my car, is it not ‘ashawo’ you are doing to do?
Get out ‘ashawo’ ‘tuu tuu’. Get out of my car, ashawo woman”. The rest of the insults cannot be typed. I started laughing and shouted “Eii, driver, have you enjoyed her services before?”
He just looked at me and chuckled. But Nina would not let him go free like that. She fought back. Her tone as she said these words to the driver made me like her gut “Kwasia driver, so you will give it to me? Cheat like you, next time you will know who to cheat”.
Nina left after the drama and the driver drove off in a heated mood. “Which driver wouldn’t be angry if defeated in this manner by someone he had labeled as a prostitute?” I thought.
Suddenly, I remembered listening to a discussion on the radio one hot afternoon about a man who was going through a counseling session with his soon-to-be-wife after the woman confessed to him that, she was once a commercial sex worker (prostitute). So he brought up the issue on air for listeners to call and advise him on whether to go ahead and marry her or not.
“This man is just crazy, what is he waiting for? He should just go ahead and marry this woman without wasting any more time”, I soliloquized. Interestingly, majority of the callers advised that he shun the woman and move on.
This, I found quite strange. But in actual fact, what is wrong with marrying a self-confessed former prostitute? Hmm! But come to think of it, what’s the difference between a prostitute and a regular girl next-door? They all have sex; one gets paid and the other does it for free.
The so-called good home ladies are the ones we refer to as our ‘girlfriends’. We keep them as girlfriends, yet all or some of our male friends know exactly what kind of panties they wear or used to wear. We deceive ourselves thinking, they are clean yet they can tell the sizes of our male friend’s penises. They say they love you yet their bodies are gladly offered to various sugar daddies in how-much-you-can-pay-fashion.
As I sat there in the taxi thinking about this, I couldn’t help asking myself; who really is a prostitute? The street ashawo’ or ‘house ashawo’? The taxi finally got to Papaye and I got down to get some food. As I watched the taxi move away, I said to myself; are they all not the same? Like the Ghana cedi, the value is the same.
“Random Ridiculousness”: A Letter To Jackie Appiah By….
Today, our random ridiculousness is not the usual Ghana woman messing with the fashion world but a musical video an upcoming rapper cum Jackie Appiah’s fan has made for the award winning Actress.
What do you think? Soon, we will begin to have celebrity stalkers in Ghana…
Check out the video below…
“Random Ridiculousness” :A Letter To Jackie Appiah By….
Today, our random ridiculousness is not the usual Ghana woman messing with the fashion world but a musical video an upcoming rapper cum Jackie Appiah’s fan has made for the award winning Actress.
What do you think? Soon, we will begin to have celebrity stalkers in Ghana…
Check out the video below…
Ghana Music Awards 2011 Nominations Out! Cecilia Marfo, Kwabena Kwabena & Trigmatic Top Nominations. VIP’s ‘Away’ Replaces ‘I Think I Like Am’
They both grabbed 6 nominations each with their songs ‘Afunumu Ba’, ‘Dadea Anoma’ and ‘My Life’ respectively. The launch ceremony which was marred by the torrential rains had No Tribe, Castro, VIP and D-Black with 5 nominations each.
New discoveries Eazzy, Jay and Herty Bongreat both had four nominations each. The general public can now vote for their favourite artiste. Interesting, VIP’s ‘I Think I Like Am’ which was nominated in the ‘Afro Pop Song of the Year’ in the last year’s awards before they opted out has missed out and has been replaced by their ‘Away’ track.
For the public categories, the general public has 30 %, whiles 35% goes to the Categorization Committee as well as 35% to the Planning Committee.
For the industry Categories, its 50% each for the Categorization Committee and the Planning Committee. However, the following categories Best Music Video of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Producer of the Year, Traditional Artiste(s) of the Year, Record of the Year, Instrumentalist of the Year, MUSIGA Merit of the Year carries 100% from the industry.
Below are a full list of nominations and a breakdown of all categories each artiste is nominated.
Cecilia Marfo
1. Artiste (s) Of the Year
2. Most Popular Song of the Year: Afunumu Ba
3. Gospel Song of the Year: Afunumu Ba
4. Gospel Artiste (s) of the Year
5. Album of the Year: Faithfulness
6. Best Female Vocal Performance: Afunumu Ba
Kwabena Kwabena
1. Artiste (s) of the Year
2. High Life Song of the Year: Dadea Anoma
3. High Life Artiste (s) of the Year
4. Record of the Year: Dadea Anoma
5. Song Writer of the Year: Dadea Anoma
6. Best Male Vocal Performance of the Year: Dadea Anoma
Trigmatic
1. Discovery of the Year
2. Hip Hop Song of the Year: My Life
3. Hip Life / Hip Hop Artiste (s) of the Year
4. Best Rapper of the Year
5. Record of the Year: My Life
6. Album of the Year: Permanent Stains
No Tribe
1. Artiste (s) of the Year
2. Most Popular Song of the Year: Bohye
3. Gospel Song of the Year: Bohye
4. Gospel Artiste (s) of the Year
5. Album of the Year: Three (Father, Son & Holy Ghost)
Castro
1. Artiste of the Year
2. Most Popular Song of The Year: African Girls Ft. Asamoah Gyan
3. Hip Life Song of The Year: African Girls Ft. Asamoah Gyan
4. Hip Life / Hip Hop Artiste of the Year
5. Best Collaboration of the Year: African Girls Ft. Asamoah Gyan
VIP
1. Artiste (s) of the Year
2. Most Popular Song of the Year: Away
3. Hip Life Song of the Year: Away
4. Hip Life / Hip Hop Artiste (s) Of the Year
5. Album of The Year: Progress
D-Black
1. Hip Hop Song Of The Year: Get On The Dance Floor Feat Dr. Cryme
2. Hip Life / Hip Hop Artiste (s) Of the Year
3. Best Collaboration of The Year: Somebody Feat. Kwabena Kwabena
4. Album Of The Year: Music, Love & Life
5. Song Writer Of The Year: Somebody Feat. Kwabena Kwabena
Eazzy
1. Most Popular Song Of The Year: Wengeze
2. Discovery of the Year
3. Hip Hop Song Of The Year: Bo Wosem Ma Me
4. Hip Life / Hip Hop Artiste (s) Of the Year
Jay Ghartey
1. Discovery Of The Year
2. Afro Pop Song Of The Year: My Lady
3. Record Of The Year: So Wild
4. Shining Gold: Jay Ghartey
Herty Bongreat
1. Discovery Of The Year
2. Gospel Song Of The Year: Odo Ben Ni
3. Gospel Artiste (s) Of the Year
4. Best Female Vocal Performance
Bless
1. Discovery Of The Year
2. High Life Song Of The Year: Meda Enda
3. High Life Artiste (s) Of the Year
4. Song Writer of the Year: Meda Enda
Samini
1. Artiste (s) of the Year
2. Afro Pop Song of the Year: Sweet Mistake
3. Album of the Year: C.E.O.
R2Bees
1. Most Popular Song of The Year: Kiss Your Hand
2. Hip Life / Hip Hop Artiste (s) Of The Year
3. Best Collaboration: Kiss Your Hand Feat Wande Coal
Nana Boro
1. Most Popular Song of The Year: Eha Ye De
2. Discovery Of The Year
3. Hip Life Song of The Year: Eha Ye De
Florence Obinim & Princess Ifeoma
1. Gospel Song Of The Year: God Never Fails
2. Gospel Artiste (S) Of The Year: Florence Obinim
3. Best Collaboration Of The Year
Ernest Opoku
1. Gospel Song Of The Year: Onyame Di Hene
2. Gospel Artiste (S) Of The Year
3. Best Male Vocal Performance of The Year
Cee
1. Gospel Song of the Year: Halleluyah
2. Gospel Artiste (s) of the Year
3. Best Collaboration of the Year: Halleluyah Feat Isaac & Ampong
Adane Best
1. High Life Song Of The Year: Dzata Bi
2. High Life Artiste (s) of the Year
Daddy Lumba
1. High Life Song of the Year: Anadwo Y Dea Feat. Sarkodie
2. High Life Artiste (s) of the Year
Iwan
1. Discovery of the Year
2. Reggae Song of the Year: Thanks & Praise
Reggie Rockstone
1. Hip Life Song of the Year
2. Best Rapper of the Year
Ceccy Twum
1. Gospel Song of the Year: Nhyira Ba
2. Best Female Vocal Performance of the year
Guru
1. Hip Life Song Of The Year: Democracy
2. Best Rapper Of The Year
Richie
1. Hip Hop Song Of The Year: Intoxicated Feat Sway
Asem
1. Hip Hop Song Of The Year: No More Kpayor
J-Town
1. Hip Hop Song Of The Year: Guns & Roses
2. Best Rapper Of The Year
Akoo Nana
1. Hip Life Song Of The Year: Mugu
Cash Unit
1. High Life Song Of The Year : Yaa Amponsah Feat. Benji & Kwabena Kwabena
Daasebre Gyamena
1. High Life Song Of The Year : Megye Apem
5five
1. Afro Pop Song Of The Year : Move Back (Muje Baya)
4×4
1. Afro Pop Song Of The Year: Miss Doctor
Rocky Dawuni
1. Reggae Song Of The Year: Africa Reggae Fever
Sammi B
1. Reggae Song Of The Year : Tongue Tied D
Na U
1. Reggae Song Of The Year : Independence
Sonni Bali
1. Reggae Song Of The Year: When You’re Gone
Tinny
1. Best Collaboration Of The Year: I Need It Feat. Donaeo
Sway
1. Best Rapper Of The Year: Intoxicated
Efya
1. Record Of The Year: Little Things
2. Song Writer Of The Year: Little Things By Asem & Efya
3. Best Female Vocal Performance Of The Year: Litte Things
Knii Lante
1. Record Of The Year: Lagos To Vienna
2. Best Male Vocal Performance: Lagos To Vienna
Pastor Boamah
1. Song Writer Of The Year: Afunumu Ba
Morris D’voice
1. Best Male Vocal Performance Of The Year: Sanku
Nana Fynn
1. Best Male Vocal Performance Of The Year: Santrofi
Nacy
1. Best Male Vocal Performance Of The Year: Di Kan
Christina Love
1. Best Female Vocal Performance Of The Year: No Fears
Cindy Thompson
1. Best Female Vocal Performance Of The Year: Nhyira Nie
FULL LIST NOMINATIONS:
Artiste(s) of the Year
No Tribe
Cecilia Marfo
Samini
Castro
VIP
Kwabena Kwabena
Most Popular Song of the Year
Kiss your hand – R2Bees
African girls – castro
Away – VIP
Afunumu Ba – Cecilia Marfo
Wengeze – Eazzy
Bohye – No Tribe
Eha Ye de – Nana Boro
Discovery of the Year
Jay Ghartey
Eazzy
Iwan
Nana Boro
Trigmatic
Herty Bongreat
Bless
Hip Hop Song of the Year
Get On The Dance Floor – D-Black
My Life – Trigmatic
Intoxicated by Richie
Bo Wonsem Ma Nie – Eazzy
No More Kpayor – Asem
Guns & Roses – J-Town
Hip Life Song of the Year
Away – VIP
African Girls – Castro
Mugu – Akoo Nana
Eha Ye De – Nana Boro
Female Friend – Reggie Rockstone
Democracy – Guru
Hip Life/Hip Hop Artiste(s) of the Year
D-Black
Eazzy
VIP
Trigmatic
Castro
R2Bees
Gospel Song of the Year
Odo Ben Ni – Herty Bongreat
Bohye – No Tribe
Nhyira Ba – Ceccy Twum
God Never Fails – Florence Obinim & Princess Ifeoma
Onyame Di Hene – Ernest Opoku
Halleluyah – Cee
Gospel Artiste(s) of the Year
Herty Bongreat
No Tribe
Ernest Opoku
Cee
Florence Obinim
Cecilia Marfo
High Life song of the Year
Dzata Bi – Adane Best
Meda Enda – Bless
Dadea Anoma – Kwabena Kwabena
Anadwo Yi Dea – Daddy Lumba
Yaa Amponsah – Unit Cash
Megye Apem – Daasebre Gyamena
Highlife Artiste(s) of the Year
Daddy Lumba
Kwabena Kwabena
Adane Best
Bless
Afro-Pop Song of the Year
My Lady – Jay Ghartey
Kiss Your Hand – R2Bees
Move Back – 5Five
Sweet Mistake – Samini
Wengeze – Eazzy
Miss Doctor – 4×4
Reggae Song of the Year
African Reggae Fever – Rocky Dawuni
Thanks & Praise – Iwan
Tongue Tied – Sammi B
Trigga – Samini
Independence – Na U
When You’re Gone – Sonni Bali
Best Collaboration of the Year
Somebody – D-Black feat. Kwabena Kwabena
African Girls – Castro feat. Asamoah Gyan
Kiss Your Hand – R2Bees feat. Wande Coal
Afunumu Ba – Cecilia Marfo
I Need It – Tinny feat. Donaeo
God Never Fails – Florence Obinim feat. Princess Ifeoma
Halleluyah – Cee feat Isaac & Ampong
Best Rapper of the Year
Sway – Intoxicated
J-Town – Guns & Roses
Guru – Democracy
Trigmatic – My Life
Reggie Rockstone – Female Friend
African Artiste(s) of the Year
Tuface
Asa
Uche Agbo
K’naan
Meiway
THE INDUSTRY CATEGORIES:
Record Label of the Year
Tongue Tied – Sammi B
Dadea Anoma – Kwabena Kwabena
Little Things – Efya
So Wild – Jay Ghartey
Lagos To Vienna – Knii Lante
My Life – Trigmatic
Album of the Year
Permanent Stains – Trigmatic
Shining Gold – Jay Ghartey
Three (Father, Son & Holy Ghost) – No Tribe
Music, Love & Life – D-Black
Progress – VIP
Faithfulness – Cecilia Marfo
C.E.O. – Samini
Best Male Vocal Performance (Solo/Group)
Kwabena Kwabena – Dadea Anoma
KNii Lante – Bo Noo
Ernest Opoku – Onyame Di Hene
Morris D’Voice – Sanku
Nana Fynn – Santrofi
Nacy – Di Kan
Best Female Vocal Performance (Solo/Group)
Efya
Cecilia Marfo
Herty Bongreat
Ceccy twum
Christiana Love
Cindy Thompson
New Music Video: Guru’s Single ‘Mmaa Kuo’
Ghana Music Awards 2011 ‘Best Rapper of the Year’ and ‘Hip Life Song of the Year’ nominee Guru is ready with the music video for his new single ‘Mmaa Kuo’Listen to him Guru: “Every time I release a single, I try to impact society positively, hence in this single all I did was to touch on the wrong doing of many acclaimed young Christians’ in our societies”
In explaining the concept of ‘Mmaa Kuo’, Guru added: ‘an everyday happening, the ladies we meet in our clubs happens to be the same ladies we meet in church and sometimes some of them pretend to be too holy for worldly stuffs during service but they end up doing more than expected.
The video was directed by STIP for Solid Multi Media.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Ghanaian Celebrities & Their Cars! See Who Is Driving What…
Below are my collection…..
JACKIE APPIAH
NADIA BUARI
The winner of the Best Actress In A Supporting Role in English Language actress uses an Ultra-modern luxurious SUV Lexus RX 350 believed to have cost about US$100,000. She is also reported to have customized the registration number plate of the vehicle to suit her initials. The registration number ‘NSB-210’ is believed to stand for Nadia Sidiku Buari. The vehicle gives Nadia a huge ‘swag.’
JOHN DUMELO
NANA AMA MCBROWN
KWAW ‘ABODAM’ KESE
YVONNE NELSON
KHAREEMA AGUIAR
ADJOA P
KWABENA KWABENA
SHIRLEY FRIMPONG-MANSO
BOLA RAY
MAJID MICHEL
He drives a Mercedes Benz and it is not surprising for many who know him. His first ash color Benz was last spotted with his wife. He, himself is last seen with a black Mercedes Benz. “I love Benz,” he once told NEWSONE.
KALSUM SINARE BAFFOE
SIMIRA YAKUBU
PRINCE DAVID OSEI
HARRY LOUD
KATAWERE
JOSHUA CLOTTEY
LUCKIE LAWSON
FRED NUAMAH
FIFI BANSON
LEILA DJANSI
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