Anti-gay bill: ‘We now have black colonial masters with huge bellies in suit and tie’ — Sister Debby

Ghanaian pro-LGBTQ singer Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu, widely known as Sister Debby, has reacted to Ghana's passage of an anti-gay bill.

The bill, referred to as "Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values", was unanimously passed by Parliament on Wednesday, February 28.

Responding indirectly via X on Thursday, the songstress noted that such actions represent a form of colonialism.

She argued that the country has returned to colonialism through leaders who are given significant resources but fail to serve the people.

"Now we have black African colonial masters with large bellies and backsides pointed upwards like a string from the ceiling pulling them up," she wrote.

“They sit in suits and ties with hair drawn back tightly like a Google Maps rerouting. This is the new Ghana, returned to colonialism through fascism,” added Sister in what is seen as a jab to lead sponsor Sam George, MP for Ningo Prampram.

The bill, introduced in 2021, not only criminalizes LGBTQ relationships but also support for LGBTQ rights.

It imposes prison sentences of up to three years for identifying as LGBTQ+ and a maximum of five-year terms for forming or funding LGBTQ+ groups.