LGBTQ+ discussions have once again dominated social media this past week because Sam George and his gang of gay-hating cohorts have presented a bill before parliament to criminalize the act. The anti-LGBT bill seeks to jail anyone caught having “unnatural” s*x for not less than 5 years and make it a criminal offense to advocate, … Read more
Reggie Rockstone Reggie Rockstone is not the originator of hiplife, that’s the contention Pidgin Music CEO Panji Anoff has been making for a while now, and he reiterated that in a recent radio appearance. Anoff, a controversial figure who’s worked closely with singing duo the FOKN Bois, said that Reggie built on the work done by hiplife’s true pioneers, and that whilst he popularised the genre, it is factually wrong to call him its originator.
Panji Anoff wrote “Mzbel you have made me proud. Enlightenment is frightening for someone that has always been told what to think. Mental slavery cannot last for ever. The Churches fooled the Europeans for hundreds of years and taxed them to the point of starvation, then one day they rose up and said “NO MORE”. Today all those churches are museums, night clubs, libraries, factories or have been demolished. Now, it is now our turn. Thank u for your courage.”
On Monday June 28, manager of FOKN Bois and CEO of Pidgen Music Panji Anoff, carried out a very interesting sociological experiment on his Facebook timeline. Panji ostensibly ‘came out’, announcing to the whole world that he is gay.
Panji’s post read “I wish to announce today that I am gay, so that all the people who don’t want a gay friend on facebook, can unfriend me now. I will miss you all, but I think it will make my facebook world a better place”
Panji later told Ghanaweb one of his expectations was to weed out false friends from his bloated friends list. He was expecting to lose at least 300-500 friends after the announcement, yet that did not happen.
This prompted him to say, “I thought the mode of discrimination levelled against gay practices would have helped me out and earn the same criticism but that’s not happening. With this feedback, those afraid to make public their sexuality, the impact isn’t as serious as it seems”
This is where I absolutely disagree with Panji, as I feel that is an erroneous conclusion to draw. He has close to 5000 friends yes, but how many of those are Ghanaians? And not disagreeing with something does not imply agreeing with it.
It was an interesting experiment, but it proves nothing about the mindset of Ghanaians towards those of same sex orientation. Just because 300-500 people did not bother to click unfriend on his profile does not in any way gauge the mood of the entire Ghanaian society.
And trust me; Ghana is a long way off from accepting homosexuality as a life choice. I’ve personally heard people talking about how it is a demonic possession, something spiritual and not of this realm. To these people no one in their right minds would sleep with someone of the same sex.
It seems that the Wanlov’s exposure on Delay’s show has not only caused Deloris Frimpong Manso’s show on TV3 to be suspended till further notice. It appears the friendship between Panji Anoff, the manager of Wanlov and Blakk Rasta is about to end suddenly concerning what happened during a live studio discussion on GhOne’s E-Talk … Read more
