Ghanaian afrobeat artist Sefadzi Abena Amesu, professionally known as Sefa, has said she wants the public to patronise and focus on her music more than they would do for her looks.
She disclosed on the Asaase Radio’s late afternoon show, “Rush Hour” that most conversations around her are centred on her "outer appearance the most."
"If it’s not about my breasts, then it has to do about my shape or my ass or something. I feel like … it’s because they like it that’s why they’re talking about it. But that shouldn’t be the topic,” she said.
The “Echoke” hit-maker maintained that females in the music industry can never take their looks out of what they do because it is all part of the brand.
She, however, added that “if … all the attention is based on the looks and not about promoting the music or promoting the vocals or promoting the person’s songs elsewhere, then what’s the purpose of all this?”
“I’m not an actress, I’m not a model, I’m a musician,” she said.
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She urged all music lovers to look beyond her looks.
"If you’re promoting my looks, at least add the music to it, let it go …hand in hand or the music more than the looks. It shouldn’t just be about my looks.”
The songstress stated that females in the entertainment industry “don’t necessarily sell with sex, we sell with our femininity.”
Sefa's single "Echoke" featuring Mr Drew released in 2021 is one of her biggest songs.