Anny Osabutey: In Ghana, being an "ekutiabor superstar" gives you noticeable quality
In a new WhatsApp discussion board discussion, a companion posed an exceptionally basic inquiry; what makes one a superstar in Ghana?
Somebody endeavored a response others concurred with. You should be "very annoying," said one individual. Someone else said you should be LOUD without checking out.
Then there were the people who said a bare video via virtual entertainment is everything necessary. One must simply post and sit tight for public response. On the off chance that the response is overpowering because of the inappropriateness of the substance, emerge and wave the statement of regret banner.
The subsequent stage is to emerged with a reason, it doesn't need to be sound; only anything to paper the breaks, regardless of whether it can't accomplish the ideal outcomes. They will simply say the telephone was hacked and whoever did that was attempting to extort them.
They will then, at that point, sleep for a really long time yet stay aware of how well the video is doing in the patterns. When everything is good to go and nobody gives off an impression of being watching, they will drop 'hot' photographs in two-pieces or shirtless, change the profile via virtual entertainment accounts (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and so on) with the recently discovered big name or powerhouse mark.
Their recordings will before long start to drop on WhatsApp tattle stages. They will before long be immersed with companions' solicitations. Their DMs will be weighty with traffic. Different recordings will before long follow. A sleezy article about them will show up in the blogsphere.
The following stage is to track down a current contention between 'superstars' or an issue, embed themselves in the string by acquiring the 'meat.' Take a side and assault the other individual with put-downs and wild cases. Show makers will start to broaden solicitations onto their shows.
A 'superstar' is then conceived
A few definitions have been made to depict what is a superstar and the characters who fall inside that edge. There is nobody size fits all definition, however there are pleasant definitions that such an individual should be a well known figure.
"An individual might accomplish a superstar status from having extraordinary riches, their cooperation in sports or media outlets, their situation as a political figure, or even from their association with another VIP. 'Superstar' as a rule suggests an ideal public picture, instead of the neutrals 'popular' or 'remarkable', or the negatives 'scandalous' and 'infamous', is the way Wikipedia portrays it.
In most developed social orders, there is something else to the VIP culture besides dancing around with the name and pursuing each other via virtual entertainment with affronts, as it has turned into the pattern in Ghana. Our supposed VIPs are constantly participated in boisterous ambushes on one another than utilizing their 'distinction' to propel the right things society expects of them.
Furthermore, these are the ones who rule news titles. Rough Dawuni is a legitimate big name whose backing in environmental change is respected by the worldwide local area, however his new works have been disregarded by bloggers and different journalists, who are focused on sharing substance bothered in the utilization of oppressive language and assaults.
Rough doesn't fit that profile so will rather disregard a tidy up exercise to save the climate however cover the maltreatment of youngsters by two anticipated prudent 'superstars' via online entertainment.
The beyond couple of weeks have seen a rising string of 'big name' battle via online entertainment. From Accra to New York to London and back to Accra, these 'ekutiabor superstars' are humiliating themselves with affronts as well as have hauled their own youngsters into the frenzy.
They have likewise utilized either affirmed childless or conjugal status to beat one another, as well as who has laid down with which government official for cash, vehicles, and travel outings to Europe and the US. It is a particularly revolting display of grown-ups neglecting to perceive what their supposed hamburger means for the prosperity of their youngsters in the public space.
As per the New York Times in a 2020 article, popularity has gone under loads of changes. It says the web has broken the glass platform of superstar into a huge number of shards — diverting everybody from TikTokers to geologists into stars.
Distinction is destructive and when it gets rid of you, even the most fervent fan deals with you like a wastrel who never existed in their great books.
Anyway, after every one of the affronts and goes after on one another for distinction, eventually, who truly matters?
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Anny Osabutey (PrampramFisherman) is an enthusiastic nation voyager, broadcast columnist, author, documentarian, novice producer/picture taker and Co-organizer behind the Prampram Tourism Center.
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