Ghanaian rapper, M.anifest has paid glowing tribute to women ahead of the International Women’s Day by revealing that they are the best songwriters.
In an interview with the BBC’s Veronique Edwards on Wednesday, he said women songwriters give an interesting perspective to music and they are refreshing to listen to.
So the question is, if women are better songwriters, why are there few of them in the music industry on the continent?
M.anifest believes it is down to power of dynamics where some men feel threatened by the talents of women, they prefer to let them be in the background.
He said:
I want to see more women producers…I think that will change the sound and make it more interesting.
It makes it more exciting because you just can’t have this testosterone-heavy scene which makes it one way. I am anti one way.
On every show I do, I try to balance the energy with women…I love working and performing with women artiste that is why I worked with them on every album.
