Few days ago on the reality TV show Big Brother All Star Africa, the Uganda rep- Hannington Kuteesa openly battered a female housemate-Lerato Sengadi from South Africa on Live TV.
Though the “woman beater” was kicked out of the show, his act throws light on the need to address the state of mind of most African men who believe women can be use as “Punching Bags”.
No matter what this woman said to him or did, Hannington has no right to beat the hell out of her as he did.
The above was a continental issue, now lets move to our own country-Ghana. The popular hiplife Musician & Adom Fm Presenter-Pope Skinny is in the news for beating up his long term girl friend, Efua.
The newspaper that reported this incident states that, the rapper’s girlfriend who they spoke to over the phone confirm the “beating”.
I hate to read about celebrities doing this to their girlfriends or disrespecting women to that extent. Chris Brown did it and his music career till date is on its struggling legs, yet the others are failing to learn.
Beating women in Africa did not root out just recently; it has been living with us for decades. It is time we say “No” to abusing women. If you cannot take her “crap” and attitude, just leave her and not beat her.
Beating a woman makes the perpetrator nothing than a dead end loser. Read more about Pop Skinny’s disgraceful “Punching” girlfriend’s story below and pour out what you think about beating women in general….
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The Cantonments residence of Pope Skinny, the famous Akuapim hiplife artiste and host of Adom FM’s ‘Kasahare’ programme was reduced to a boxing arena on Saturday, 11th September, 2010 when he threw caution to the wind and ruthlessly beat his girlfriend, Efua, who also doubles as his manager.
Checks conducted by the Today newspaper revealed that the two, who have been dating for some years now, have recently been on bad terms. In a telephone interview with the victim on Wednesday, which attempted to ascertain the authenticity or otherwise of the story, Efua corroborated the story saying “I was beaten severely by Pope Skinny and even sustained some varied injuries and bodily bruises.”
She retorted …..”As I am speaking to you now, I am even on my way to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) to lodge an official complaint to them and I will make sure that he is punished.
The case is now with the police and he would soon face the court of law.” As if Efua’s reaction was not enough, she went ahead to threaten that she would take legal action against the paper should it go ahead to publish the story.“I have told you if you publish the story I will sue the paper. This is a personal problem so I don’t expect it t o be published,” she warned.
Attempts to reach Pope Skinny for his side of the story proved abortive as he refused to answer calls to his cell phone.
An anonymous source close to the Akuapim lyrical Rapper recalled in an interview with ‘Today’ that a little argument between the two flared up tempers, resulting in the brutal fight. The source indicated that Pope Skinny outmuscled his lover during the scuffle and beat her mercilessly, leaving her to bleed profusely.
“The incident happened when Pope Skinny returned home late after presenting his show ‘Kasahare,’ a three-hour hiplife show on the Tema based Adom FM that usually airs from 7p.m., to 10p.m. I can’t tell what exactly led to the fight. All I heard was a heated argument between t he two, after which Skinny pounced on Efua and even threatened to stab her,” the source told Today.
The source went on to state that but for t he timely intervention of some residents and good Samaritans in the area, who rushed her to the hospital, Efua could have died as a result of excessive, nasal bleeding. “The situation could have developed into something else if we had not rushed her to the hospital.
We saw her with a swollen face and a scarred nose. It is so sad that someone who should be a role model to his fans will behave that way, the source stressed.
When Ahoma Ocansey, aka Daddy Bosco, General Manager of Adom FM, was contacted to find out whether this nasty incident has come to their attention he confirmed and said “we are just discussing the issue now.”He however refused t o disclose any kind of action management will be taking against Pope Skinny.-Today/Ghana
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