Why Tiwa Savage Angrily Exists Ghana's "Taste The Culture Fest"?
Odarty Blackie
ACCRA, GHANA: A reporter narrative—believe it or not, I have never seen one in my years of reporting entertainment stories, until Friday, December 26, 2025 when Nigerian female superstar Tiwa Savage angrily walked out of the stage at the "Taste The Culture Fest" in Ghana.
I have only seen uncalled for performances around Paynesville City, in Liberia. I have actually walked out of a concert before, because artists were intoxicated. Other than that, I have never seen an artiste leaves the stage before a large crowd because of poor sound system.
Tiwatope Savage, Two-time BET nominee, popularly called Tiwa Savage, a globally recognized Nigerian singer, songwriter, and performer had a heated melt down with "Taste the Culture Fest" organizers in Ghana over the sound quality of the music system.
The popular Nigerian female star furiously left the stage after complaining about the sound output. This led many crowd in shock, something that seems to be unusual for artistes.
The 2025 "Taste The Culture Fest", officially called “Taste The Culture is a Black Star Experience”, a major cultural festival held in Accra, Ghana, as part of the GH season events in December.
The queen of afrobeats who is widely admired for her stage presence streamed at her crew, blaming them for not considering her instinct initially when she thought it would end up the way it did. I guess this is not Tiwa's first experience with the "Taste the Culture Fest, Ghana".
The following conveys her statement:
“Don’t tell me to calm down, I’m going home. What’s wrong with the sound? I’m not performing until it’s fixed.” Tiwa Savage angrily exits the Taste the Culture Fest, Ghana over sound issues.
Hosted at the Independence Square (Black Star Square) in Accra, Ghana, the festival featured performances by several high-profile artists, including Black Sheriff, Amaarae and other Ghanian-based superstars.
When ever you see a live performance, there is always a strong chance that something might go wrong.
Sure, we saw Kpanto recently cut his performance short at Christoph The Change Independence Day Concert after being told what song to perform. It was an event that hosted over 30,000 spectators including the presence of the House Speaker, Richard Nagba Koon.
After addressing her frustration, Tiwa who was scheduled to perform along with Omah Lay, Davido and others was only seen escorted by security to her car.
In most cases, these issues can be addressed and fixed without much hassle as it eventually did, the crowd boosted her confidence by streaming "Savage", "Savage" and was later seen in a Twitter post performing songs like Kele Kele Love, Eminado, All Over and her recent classic hit "Somebody Son".
But before her performance, Tiwa Savage who broke barriers for many female African artistes in a male dominated industry expressed something that was so encouraging to her fans: "I love and I Know you are disappointed and that's why I can't wait to perform, I know it is late but I want to make sure they get the sound right because you guys deserve the best".
