Celebrated and experienced Ghanaian broadcaster Kwasi Kyei Darkwa aka KKD who is also an African activist recently blasted Ghanaians and African who still have European names.
Speaking on Zylofon FM, he noted that bearing our local names is a way of holding our culture in high esteem.
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Explaining his words, KKD said Europeans who were colonial masters forced English names on the people of Africa in an attempt to wipe the African culture out.
However, these comments of the experienced media personality did not sit down well with fast rising Ghanaian Highlife artiste, Kofi Kinaata. According to the ‘Sususka’ hitmaker, KKD is even mentally enslaved than anyone in Ghana.
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Reacting to the assertions, the ‘Behind the scenes’ hitmaker in an interview stated that it’s not just about adopting local names that will erase the impression that Africans continue to rely on Europeans.
“Social media that the person used to air his views are for the whites. Even the microphone that he used in the radio studio to make the point was done by our slave masters,” he told the host Amansan Krakye.
“So he shouldn’t have even used any of this innovative foreign medium to relay his views if he truly believes in a slave mentality,” he continued on Kastle FM.
Kofi Kinaata said on Kastle Drive that “He should have shouted or used a gongon beater to express his opinion if he truly believes in mental emancipation. Why use the microphone done by the Europeans?”
