Entertainment of Thursday, 29 November 2018

Source: Abyna Dubi

A waakye joint was the only motivation I had for going to school – Sister Afia

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Francesca Duncan Williams, popularly known in the music circles as Sister Afia, has disclosed that that the only thing that motivated her to go to school was the ‘waakye’’ been sold at her school.

She made this revelation on the throwback edition of GNTV’s Mid-Morning Entertainment Show, “The Brunch with Kwesi Dope”.

Waakye is a Ghanaian dish of cooked rice and beans. It is cooked using many of the methods without additional spices and herbs. The rice is cooked with an indigenous leaf and black eyed peas or kidney beans. It is commonly prepared in the home but it is also sold by roadside vendors.

The Songstress had her senior high education at Afia kobi Ampem Girls and also Angel Educational Complex in the Ashanti region of Ghana before leaving to pursue nursing in the UK.

The ‘jeje’ Hit-maker is set to release her first studio album titled Queen Solomon'' at an outdoor concert on Saturday December 1st 2018 at the west hills mall.