A show organiser paid me with Yam and stew after performance – Perpetual Didier

Ghanaian
gospel
singer
Pepertual
Didier
has
opened
up
about
some
of
the
challenges
Gospel
musicians
face
in
their
careers.

For
some
months
now
several
Gospel
artists
have
come
out
to
state
that
they
are
not
treated
well
by
organisers.

Perpetual
Didier
has
also
shared
her
experience
on
why
she
believed
Gospel
musicians
are
not
been
treated
well
saying
she
was
paid
with
yam
and
stew
after
a
performance.

According
to
her,
when
she
was
approached
by
a
church
organiser
to
come
and
perform
at
the
start
of
her
career
she
accepted
the
offer
thinking
she
was
going
to
make
money
from
that
gig
but
it
turned
out
negative.

“It
happened
about
ten
years
ago.
I
was
invited
to
perform
at
a
church
program,
and
after
my
performance,
they
gave
me
yam
and
kontomire
stew
as
payment.”

I
was
pregnant
at
the
time,
but
I
knew
this
was
important
for
my
career,
so
I
accepted
the
offer,”
she
added.

“On
the
day
of
the
performance,
I
had
a
delightful
meal
and
was
excited
to
give
my
best
on
stage.
After
the
event,
the
producer
handed
me
tubers
of
yam
that
we
had
bought
on
the
way
home.“I
was
expecting
to
receive
an
envelope
with
the
yam,
but
that
didn’t
happen.”