Samini always gives an outright answer when he is asked questions about
his music. When it comes to issues of personal romance, relationships
and marriage, however, the young man who is considered as one of the
most outgoing musicians in Ghana today, is tongue-tied.

Marriage, according to him is an institution that requires commitment, sacrifice, loyalty and comes with a lot of responsibility and unless one is well-prepared it should be considered a no-go area.

When he began saying a couple of years ago that women should steer clear of him, the music star whose genre of music is a melodious mixture of dancehall, reggae, hi-hop and highlife knew exactly what he was talking about. He meant it.

In the small and cosy recording studio where Showbiz caught up with him, Samini said the M word is not on his A-list at the moment as he was busy doing so many things.

Although he considers himself “a successful artiste in terms of productivity,” venturing into marriage in his view, involves more preparation and commitment to make it work and last.

“I would like to be able to stand on my own feet as a man before thinking of marriage. I’m going to do it when the feeling is right. What it means is that I should be able to take care of myself well enough before extending it to someone else.”

The musician who drives a Toyota SUV said emphatically that “when you legally show your face that you are going to take responsibility for someone, it should be taken serious.” He told Showbiz that he has a beautiful daughter.

Apart from his unpreparedness to tie the knot anytime soon, Samini who turns 27 on December 22 this year said, “As you can see, I’m still very young and that is one more reason I don’t want to go there now.”

Touching on the many challenges that come the way of artistes like him, Samini singled out the many demands that are made on his time as his biggest headache.

“Many individuals and organisations, even relations, ask me to do this or that for them. Finding the time to participate in all those activities is one big challenge to me”.

Born Emmanuel Andrews Samini, the native of Wa in the Upper West Region describes himself as a very adventurous person who fears nothing apart from his Creator. “Fear puts a limit on what we can do and how far we can go,” he said with a broad smile.

Samini, who had his education up to the senior secondary school level at the St Margaret Mary in Dansoman has been actively involved in music for the past eight years.

“Ask anybody who taught me in school. They will tell you I was brilliant and clever but not attentive. I was always in a hurry for school to close so I can go and perform. That is all the education I had.”

By the age of 14, he had joined a church choir but his real discovery came after featuring on Mary Agyepong’s Twe No Bre Me who was introduced to her by Sonni Bali.

A string of other such contributions followed including Obour’s Konkontibaa, King David’s Ayefe Norkye, Ofori Amponsah’s Odwo, K. K. Fosu’s Suudwe, and Kokoveli’s Zaa-za.

Samini told Showbiz that he is coming out again with a new album, Dagati-Know Your Roots to complete the trinity he began in 2004 when his album Dankwansere was released to be followed after two years by Samini, which was even more successful.

He is already speaking about the forthcoming album in glowing terms. “It is a powerful album and I guarantee a number of hit songs on it”.
He gave a hint that it will feature other great artistes such as Steel Pulse from the UK, Etana from Jamaica, Nameless from Kenya with engineers like Zapp Mallet, Joshua (JMJ) and Asaase Ase Records.

Himself a guitarist, Samini enjoys eating his mum’s food.