ACCRA, GHANA – Often, we hear the saying, “Age is nothing but a number.” And on Sunday, August 3, Liberia’s musical diva Miatta Fahnbulleh affectionately called “Aunty Miatta” or “Aunty Tata” took the Accra Bar in Accra, Ghana by storm with infectious performances that got the crowd rocking.
Aunty Miatta just doesn’t go by the name “Diva” for nothing. Her performance in Ghana bore the signature of a musical genius and diva.
She kept her audience to the edge of their seats.
Many of them were in awe of how a lady who is almost an octogenarian could perform at such a high level.
Aunty Miatta’s musical showcasing was in commemoration of her 77th birth anniversary.
And also, in observance of the day, she officially launched her musical EP titled: “Still Kicking”, which is in support of her OBAA’s Girls Educational Outreach.
The title of her EP is emblematic of the strength and charisma she still carries in her musical sojourn more than 50 years since she began this journey.
When she got on stage, she preaised the Creator for the age and remembered ‘one of Ghana’s best in the music business–Daddy Lumba. “Before I start the song, I want to remember one of Ghana’s best, just for remembrance. We performed together in 2018. That was the first time I met the man — Daddy Lumba. And, when I read his age, 60-years-old, I said I have to be so thankful to the Creator -77. Fifty years in this business, still loving it, still doing it.”
She was accompanied on stage by a raft of performers including: Stella Monye and Dede Mobiaku of Nigeria, Nicholas Bouyegar, Tanya Garnett and Amanda Wolo of Liberia as well as Efya Enam of Ghana. Also gracing the ocassion were some of Monrovia’s bigshots, including Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism Minister Jerolinmeh Matthew Piah, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Richard Nagbe Koon, Presidential Press Secratary Kula Fofana, Political Advisor to the President, Ms. MacDella Cooper and Ambassador-at-Large, Mr. Charles A. Snetter.
Former UN Radio’s Chief of Liberia Kojo Mensah was also on the stage, too. The night got rave reviews.
Liberia’s Information Minister, Mr. Jerolinmek Matthew Piah described it as an “epic and exciting” evening.
Liberia’s Presidential spokesperson Kula Fofana, too, chimed in, “Aunty Miatta is not just a mother figure. She’s the Queen of the stage.”
Veteran Liberian broadcaster and music critic, Chris Nah Wolo wrote: “Miatta is an icon and a consummate professional.”
Siatta Scott Johnson, former President of the Female Journalists Association of Liberia (FeJAL) shared similar sentiments. Scott-Johnson reveling in the moments noted, “Miatta got us basking in a night of real music.”
Zayzay Kolubah, a public relations specialist, quipped, “Who gets tired of listening to good music and a good performance from Aunty Miatta?”
The audience was largely in a chorus of approval as they hailed Miatta as a heroine of Liberian music.
