Originally written on September 21, 2005
...Sounds on da ground and see-ins on the scenes

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One of the popular songs on the Ghanaian music scene this year has been "16 years". This song talks about teenage sexual assault on and molestation of girls and advises men to desist from the practice. Why? Cuz if the latter doesn't control himself from chasing young girls, they'll tell their parents, and then, you know, the law would take its place.

Whether '16 years' is a counter-attack to Obour's Konkontibaa, we don't know for sure. Konkontibaa is supposedly championing young people as being mature and able to do what old people do, but listening carefully to the song, it seems to encourage relationships with minors.

In Ghana these days, older people are complaining about how kids as young as primary school are getting boyfriends and girlfriends these days and even having sex when they enter secondary school. I am not sure what the levels of teenage pregnancy in Ghana at present, but these kinds of distractions should not be encouraged amongst our future leaders when we are empowering them through education.

"I am 16 years, I go dey be like this o, if you touch my thing o, I go tell my mummy o".This is the chorus of Mzbel's 16 years song. Listening to this, you are reminded of the constant news stories of child defilement and assault, sometimes on girls as young as 5. This is disgraceful, and such people must be brought to book. I wonder what our churches are doing in Ghana if young and old men can't stay morally right and know they should not be pursuing sexual relations with children.

You may want to see the video for the song as well. Cuz in the song, she talks about sweet sixteen, and talks about her skirts and her 'am aware'. 'Am aware' is a term for ladies who wear 'abuskeleke or skimpy' clothing. Granted, men should be able to look at such suggestive attires and 'back off', but, shouldn't we as a society encourage a mode of dressing that is decent and save 'abuskeleke' attires for the clubs and parties?

In conclusion, I think we shd seek to prevent such occurences of child defilement et al. The laws should follow through with their punishments, but we should find something more important for idle and 'on heat' people to do, as well as encourage some decency and uprightness in our dress codes.