Physically challenged Afrobeats artiste, Bosheba, has told Showbiz that his reaction would have been violent had he been mocked on stage during a performance.
He was reacting to an incident that occurred recently during the official launch of Accra-based radio station Live FM when multiple-award winning Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, walked off stage in the middle of his performance after a member of the audience jumped onto the stage and mimicked him.
Stonebwoy, who has a limp, was very upset by the incident and Live FM has officially apologised to him.
However, Bosheba says he would have done worse had he been the one who was mocked adding Stonebwoy is a gentleman to have only walked off the stage.
“I can take any insult but not a fan climbing the stage while I am performing to imitate me. I am sure it would have ended at the police station because I just can’t take such nonsense. I could have smashed the head of whoever it was with my walking stick or slapped him so hard,” he told Showbiz in an interview.
Often, persons with disability express their unhappiness at being neglected and marginalised by society and many stories abound about how many of such persons have been abandoned by their families.
Bosheba affirms such stories disclosing that he was neglected by some friends while it was very hard for society to accept him as a musician in his own right because he was disabled.
He said it took hard work and prayers for him to be accepted by the society so he would not allow anyone to make him uncomfortable.
The father of two, whose song Vanilla, featuring Bradez and Ruff N Smooth, was popular in 2009 is out with a new song Hallelujah featuring Guru.
He says the song is to thank God for how far He has brought him.
Real name, Sampson K. Tachie, the musician has a foundation, The Bosheba Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, which aims at creating awareness about the causes of disability and getting a greater number of persons with disability off the streets.
Bosheba is of the view that there’s no dignity in begging for alms and said the Foundation, which started in 2007, encourages self-reliance among the disabled.
Bosheba takes inspiration from American artistes such as Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles who excelled at their careers despite being visually-impaired.
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