GaDangmes of Ghana Part 7 (Gas in Entertainment) - Edited Version
GaDangmes of
Ghana Part 7 ( Small Parts Ga-Adangmes
Play In
Movies & Long-Overdue
Music Recognition) Part 7 covers the small parts and to some large extent the roles Ga-Adangmes play in movies. They aren't given any major or lead roles in movies; not even any supporting actor or actress roles. Also, they are in small parts in quite a number of movies; namely
Ghanaian movies. You hardly see them in Ghanaian movies and even if you do it's very briefly. They are playing in a small part very briefly and one can barely notice them. This is the case probably because all Ghanaian local movies are in the twi language and if the movie is not a local twi movie, it is in
English. As for the music industry, Ga-Adangmes are not given enough recognition. They are given an award once in a blue moon like for instance
Tinny and 5Five. In Tinny's entire career, he only won an award once. The GaDangme language is not being promoted or recognized in any major way.
The language is not being given the privilege of being heard and it's not just Ga-Adangme language alone that this is happening to. Evidently, a lot of the indigenous languages of Ghana are in danger and could even be lost in the next few generations. The question then is, "What measures should we put in place to curb this trend?" A number of solutions come into mind. These include taking another look at the country's language policy as well as reviewing the choice of "media languages".
All in all,
a conscious effort must be made by all concerned to maintain the various languages.
For language educators such as the present authors, the task becomes quite challenging.
Special efforts could be made by this category of
Ghanaians to run short programs in a number of endangered Ghanaian languages such as Efutu
. In the absence of any comprehensive language maintenance plan, efforts must be made to keep adequate linguistic records of the smaller languages of Ghana. That is all that may remain behind when the present trend is allowed to run its course. The
Ga-Dangme people of Ghana boast of some of the world's richest culture, including the so-called "six-cloth" wedding ceremony. Considering the fact that language loss is always accompanied by loss of the culture, it behooves all well meaning Ghanaians and Ga-Dangmes, in particular, to do all they can to prevent the extinction of the country's endangered languages.
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