Nkonkonsa Celebrity Gossip From Africa
Joseph Mensah, a Ghanaian gospel composer, and performer, remembers experiencing humiliation by a church elder who said he smelled horrible.
While speaking on Adom TV’s The Journey with host Abena Ghana, Joseph Mensah said it was one of the most embarrassing times of his career that helped develop him into the polished guy he is today.
“I remember one time after I had ministered at church, an elder called me, and when I approached, he told me, ‘gentleman, when you are coming to church, get some deodorant and apply it to your armpit and also add perfume to it’. He told me the odor emanating from me was so bad,” he recounted.
Despite the elder’s unsolicited advice, Joseph Mensah stated that he continued attending church and ministering.
“I could not have been bothered because it is human nature.” If he knew the situation I was facing, he would have known that is the least of my problems.
“I had body odor yet when song ministry is going wrong, those same elders will come and call me to mount the podium to save the situation, so why should his statement break me?” he added.
Mensah acknowledged that he had poor personal hygiene and had only one working roof over his head, which was a disaster during rainy seasons.
He stated that he frequently went to bed hungry in order to save money for recording a demo.
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