Entertainment of Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
The usual waakye is sold in packs, leaves, and/or polythene bags – the reason the sighting of the food in bottles triggered perpetual social media reactions.
From Tuesday up until now, #waakyelivesmatter has been occupying the number 1 spot on Twitter, Ghana trends, with tweeps wondering who would use an unconventional method to package the delicacy.
The brain behind the ‘waakye in jars’ is Ghana’s hiplife grandpapa Reggie Rockstone. The rapper credited to have caused a revolutionary in Ghana’s music has been running the waakye business with his wife for years at his Cantonment base with the brand name ‘RockzWaakye’.
In response to the conversation stoked by the decision to package waakye in jars, he humorously allayed fears in a tweet, saying “Fear not my fellow Ghanaians”.
He mentioned that the package is only for hotels and export as well as any person who may desire it.
“This is not for you who like your Rockzwaakye as we gave!” he stated. “This is an innovation that has hit the bank account so smile! Yours is same but this na deal! No plastic and very environmentally dope! Hotels n our fam outside and for you who want it so.”
Reggie Rockstone boasts of selling about 300 packs of waakye daily. He touts he has had great personalities including Sarkodie, Iddris Elba patronize his services.
"Waakye is my brand. The waakye has been my food since my upbringing...My mother even made a video explaining how waakye was introduced into my life. So, waakye has been in my life from infancy...We're trying to make it international'', he said on Nkonkonsa TV.
“This has been the biggest so far. In fact, we have broken records. We have never sold this much ever before. We are moving as much as 300 packs of waakye day”.
FEAR NOT MY FELLOW GHANAIANS???? THIS IS NOT FOR U WHO LIKE YOUR ROCKZWAAKYE AS WE GAVE! THIS IS AN INNOVATION THAT HAS HIT THE BANK ACC SO SMILE! YOURS IS SAME BUT THIS NA DEAL! NO PLASTIC AND VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY DOPE! HOTELS N OUR FAM OUTSIDE AND FOR U WHO WANT IT SO???????????????????? pic.twitter.com/Xynl7z0vC4
— Reggie Rockstone (@ReggieRockstone) June 17, 2020
All this packaging for Waakye.
— Mensa Duncan (@mensaduncan) June 16, 2020
I’m impressed. pic.twitter.com/z1ldcHbUX1
Waakye is a delicacy created by the people of Northern Ghana. We have enjoyed it in a leaf for centuries.
— #SonOfTheMostHigh (@chosenyesuba) June 17, 2020
What if this new packaging can make it a global delicacy!#WaakyeLivesMatter
???? pic.twitter.com/4EbNXX0FWl
— Gary #StaySafe (@garyalsmith) June 16, 2020
Please put the waakye where it belongs. Cus.... #WaakyeLivesMatter
— TEAMJAY???? (@TEAMJAY__) June 17, 2020
On behalf of the Waakye Association of twitter i say Waakye on leaves >>> Waakye in a jar???? #WaakyeLivesMatter
— Waakye ne bibiaa 3cedis (@KwekuMarch) June 17, 2020
On behalf of the Waakye Association of twitter i say Waakye on leaves >>> Waakye in a jar???? #WaakyeLivesMatter
— Waakye ne bibiaa 3cedis (@KwekuMarch) June 17, 2020
On behalf of the Waakye Association of twitter i say Waakye on leaves >>> Waakye in a jar???? #WaakyeLivesMatter
— Waakye ne bibiaa 3cedis (@KwekuMarch) June 17, 2020
On behalf of the Waakye Association of twitter i say Waakye on leaves >>> Waakye in a jar???? #WaakyeLivesMatter
— Waakye ne bibiaa 3cedis (@KwekuMarch) June 17, 2020
Why are you killing Waakye like this????
— shit happens (@herh_wisen) June 17, 2020
Please let Waakye go ????
Waakye can’t breath ????
waakye nso nanka y3di no wc plate mo????????
By force packaging????#WaakyeLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ONNF5MGYU5
COVID-19 is not Ghana's biggest problem now....The person behind this is??????...i mean the person did this to Waakye of all foods..aww...anyway we will get dz out of the system and it will be folktales for facebook peeps????#WaakyeLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/EkOA5zKwRF
— Twilight??????????????? (@obiaabaeny3) June 17, 2020
This is an abuse on #Waakye
— Segtaa (@chenpuopascali1) June 17, 2020
It is sacrilege to do this
Some things are better left to be traditionally #WaakyeLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/exEZB1LC79
Waakye is best eaten in leafs la.. bottle deiii ad3n, pls let the waakye be#WaakyeLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/2xrA7F07uj
— PeterFyent???? (@peterfyent) June 17, 2020
So whuz idea was this? This is unacceptable #WaakyeLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/tZu3yqAbmC
— KingOfTheNorth???????? (@lord_teerexx) June 17, 2020
Imagine say adey buy meat 2 fish 2 and one wele edey mean say automatically the quantity of my waakye go reduce sia ly sie #WaakyeLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/qloVUgdiM3
— Legendary Eight ???????? (@dadisenTi) June 17, 2020