Ghanaian gospel singer Diana Hamilton recently shared a traumatic incident from her secondary school days at Ghana National College which inspired her latest song, ‘The Doing of the Lord’ featuring Nigeria’s Mercy Chinwo.
The ‘Adom’ hitmaker recalled a challenging incident in which her school mother, during her freshman year, led her into a situation where she was almost gang raped by her seniors.
“I went to Ghana National and it was an intercompetition and a sixth former sold me out to some big boys and it took the hand of God not to have been raped and I look at that and it was the doing of the Lord which snatched me out of there and I was that close,” reflecting on the incident, Diana Hamilton explained.
The 2021 VGMA Artiste of the Year winner narrated the miraculous turn of events that led her to the streets of Kotokraba in Cape Coast after being taken away by her seniors.
“We went for intercompetition and I was in first year and then my school mother then said follow these guys, they are going to get me some biscuit and give it to you and you will bring it to me. As a fresher, I followed them by the time I realized one was in front of me and another behind me and I was in the middle then one opened the door and there was another girl so I thought it was two ladies and two boys going somewhere.
“The next thing I saw was the one in front opening the door to a car, sat in and the one behind me urged me to sit and I sat and the other guy also sat in, the next thing I heard was the other girl said ‘ɛneɛ mo mbaabai ooo’ [then goodbye], she left. By the time I realized I was in Cape Coast-Kotokraba in a funny area. It took God to give an SS1 girl the courage to tell upper sixth formers I will not enter this house.”
Diana Hamilton
Despite the incident, Diana revealed that her school mother discouraged her from reporting it to the authorities.
Release Of New Song
Ghanaian Gospel musician Diana Hamilton has released a new single which features Nigerian singer, Mercy Chinwo.
The much-awaited single, titled ‘The Lord’s Doing’ was released on January 15, 2023, receiving an outpouring of positive reviews.
Despite having distinctive styles, Diana Hamilton and Mercy Chinwo worked seamlessly together on this new single impressing fans yet again.
Since the collaboration’s announcement, many fans have been anticipating Mercy Chinwo’s verse. From the reviews gathered so far, the Nigerian perfectly singing Diana Hamilton’s Twi hook seems to have satisfied the expectations of many fans.
“The Nigerian and Ghanaian cultures are very infectious and simple efforts like Mercy Chinwo speaking Twi in a song can have a great impact on any music product,” music executive and talent manager, Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh said.
Netizens drool over Mercy Chinwo’s verse. Below are some comments;
“This and more we want to see across Africa. Not the unnecessary bickering. Beautiful piece of praise to our God!”
@yomi7742
“I got goosebumps all over hearing Mercy Chinwo sing in Twi, she was so perfect.”
@sallyasantewaa2713
“I’m the handwriting ✍️ of mercy by the finger of the LORD SE NYE NYAME NA )W) MAFA A!! … Chaiiiii.”
@WendyGloryofficial
“I was waiting to hear the IBO version of sɛ ɛnyɛ Nyame nɛwɔ m’afa a, but anyway kudos ladies… God bless you. More collaboration ahead❤❤❤❤.”
@awuraama6229
“Does this mean Mercy Chinwo will be here for the 2024 Diana Hamilton’s Awake Experience edition?”
@klintappiah
