A female die-hard fan of Sarkodie, out of intense admiration for Sarkodie and in appreciation of his top-drawer performance, lied prostrate before Sarkodie on live stage not long ago – feat gospel musicians should not overlook but see as a big challenge.
At this year’s edition of Ghana Meets Naija held at Accra International Conference Center on Saturday, 24th May, 2014, a transfixed and enamored fan of award winning musician, Sarkodie, by name Benedicta Ofosu, rushed to the stage and stretched prostrate before the said musician and crying like a baby – after which she hugged him.
The bewilderment in the whole drama, was the fact that as the lady was leaving the stage, she almost staggered to fall – as she looked groggy. Two key words which were conspicuous in most of the reportage by most online journalist were – ‘worship’ and ‘hypnotized.’
Whilst some of the headlines read – ‘female fan ‘worshipped’ Sarkodie at Ghana Meets Naija,’ others had it that – ‘Sarkodie’s performance at Ghana Meets Naija hypnotized a female fan.’ Though one can reckon that the use of those words were squarely hyperbolic, most patrons who attended the event, admitted that Sarkodie’s performance was splendid – compared to all the artists who performed on the night.
Though the word worship has been there before religion came into being, it’s largely used to describe one showing devotion to God, a demigod or a deity; but, another meaning of the word (as a noun) which many have not paid attention to is – a feeling of profound love and admiration for something. So the reporters did not commit any blasphemy when they said a fan ‘worshipped’ Sarkodie.
Indeed, they even put the worship in inverted commas to appease the conscience of religion extremists. According to the lady: “I’m a crazy fan of Sarkodie. His performance was something massive for me. I felt what he did and I was so much happy about it. I wanted to show him that someone feels and appreciates what he is doing.