From where we sit, we do not see any reason why a country like Ghana would prevent Becca from singing the national anthem at a football match, simply because she is a woman. We’ve grown pass that and why will they even put her up in the first black knowing she is a woman and then later prevent her from singing it?
However, according to a speech Becca delivered recently at the UN Agencies Cultural Night, she was booked to sing at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi during the World Cup qualifier against Zambia. After all preparation and her name was mentioned, an order was received that should not be allowed to sing—-and she says it is because she was a woman and menstruates.
Things like this happen in Ghana? What do you think?
Check out what Becca said below;
In other words, there is no reason for us to be backward and wait to be herd like cattle to the Promised Land or slaughter house. Please pardon my French but I am sure you will tolerate my situation even more after you’ve heard this bit of psychological abuse I suffered from the system at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi during the World Cup qualifier against Zambia.
It had been arranged through the UNAIDS under its “Protect The Goal” campaign with FIFA and with all protocols observed i.e. the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ghana’s Football Association, The Match Commissioner designated by FIFA, The Head Of Security at the Sports Council responsible for the Baba Yara Sports Stadium that I sing the National Anthem before the Black Stars match against the Chipolopolo of Zambia. In fact my singing of the National Anthem was so official that on the eve of the crucial match, national television reported it.
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