"I love you so. You are all I have… that’s why I love you so much", These are lines from one of the famous songs by veteran singer Asabea Cropper.
Known for her unique Kente culture, her traditional “Tekuwaa” (headgear) her horns, beads, kente outfit and that silky voice with the Ada lyrics, she dazzled Ghanaians, together with her brother Kenteman, to woo the hearts of many Ghanaians in the ‘90s.
Veteran singer Asabea Cropper has disclosed that she is set to stage her comeback into the music industry this year with a new song which she hopes will be a hit. The song has a line which goes, “If you want to dance with me, no wretchedness and you gotta dress decently”.
Explaining reasons for her absence from the music scene, she noted “I took a break from the industry to attend to family and some other personal stuff”.
Asabea added in an interview with this paper that she feels excited when she hears the young crop of singers doing so well.
“If you have your own children in the house who are grown up and have their cars and houses and they have money and everything, won’t you feel happy?
“When I see the Raquel’s, the Efya’s, the Irene’s and the Samini’s doing well, I feel so happy”.
When asked her favourite song from the current crop of musicians, she mentioned “Menam na me tsi tsi…. Seihor seihor” by Castro. She says, musically, she is in love with the beat “Pa da da, pa da pa da”, meaning, to wit, because, I play the horns, so I hear the saxes in there.
Asabea Cropper, who is a proud Ga Adangbe, never hesitates to showcase her culture. She explains what motivates her to dress the way she does.
“In the 1960’s we were taught in school about African Personality in the days of Kwame Nkrumah, so that is where we I got this from. Also, my grandmother, who used to put these beads on us and my mum who used to wear the Kente, bought me my first Kente. I wanted to be unique so that was why I combined all these “the “tekuwa’s, the Ahenema’s and my Kente”, she reiterated.
Latest Stories
-
Harvey Weinstein hospitalised after conviction overturned
2 mins -
Anis Hafar: Learning how to avoid wars
7 mins -
Private legal practitioner wins Akan NPP parliamentary candidate poll
24 mins -
American-Israeli hostage appears in Hamas video for first time
35 mins -
Samson’s Take: Arrogance of Power, Shameful Policing
7 hours -
Burnley score late to draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford
10 hours -
Bayer Leverkusen extend unbeaten run to 46 games after draw with Stuttgart
10 hours -
Chelsea come from two goals down to draw against Aston Villa
10 hours -
Andre Ayew scores in Le Havre’s 3-3 draw with PSG
10 hours -
GPL 2023/24: Kotoko draw with Medeama; Samartex go 7 points clear of Nations FC
10 hours -
Mahama cuts sod for construction of new multipurpose Jakpa palace in Damongo
10 hours -
NSS management assists Papao fire victims
11 hours -
EXPLAINER: Will dumsor end soon?
11 hours -
IMANI Africa takes on EC, accuses it of lying and publishing half truths
12 hours -
Manasseh Azure calls for investigation and prosecution of those responsible for GRA/SML contract
13 hours