Ghanaian controversial dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah known as Shatta Wale has rubbished claims from Maame Dokono that he used to act as a gong-gong beater in her ‘By The FireSide’ program.
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Maame Dokono born Grace Omaboe recently made some claims on After Hours‘ on TV3 that Shatta Wale was the gong gong beater on the show.
“Shatta Wale was beating the gong gong on By The FireSide.” Maame dokono said.
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However, a post by the self-acclaimed dancehall king on March 25, 2016, disputes the claim by saying he couldn’t get a role on the show because he wasn’t fluent in Twi.
Maame Dokono“You wanted me to play a role in your by the fireside series as a gong-gong beater. Infact i trust if my TWI was good at that time i would hv been in it but u said one thing which touched my heart at that tender age that “wow boy, you are very good and will go far just learn the twi for me ok” reads part of the post on Facebook.
The interesting Television series, By The Fireside’, aired on Ghana Television (GTV) in the late 90s.