“God did it,” Joe Mettle said after his traditional wedding. In August 2020 the gospel singer married Salomey Selasie Dzisa in Tema, ending months of speculation about his love life and giving Ghana one of its biggest weddings of the pandemic year.
A gospel star’s wedding
Joe Mettle is one of Ghana’s best-known gospel singers, with songs such as “Bo Noo Ni”, and in 2017 he won Artiste of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. Before the wedding, rumours had linked him to TV presenter Berla Mundi; his marriage to Salomey settled the question.
Two days in Tema
The traditional wedding took place on Thursday, 13 August 2020, at Golf City, Tema, with the couple in custom Ghana-made outfits and kente. On Saturday, 15 August, they married at Christian Centre Assemblies of God Church in Tema, followed by a reception at the Kempinski Hotel.
Gospel colleagues including Ohemaa Mercy, Ceccy Twum, SP Kofi Sarpong, Cwesi Oteng and Celestine Donkor attended, along with broadcaster Bola Ray.
A pandemic-year wedding
Held under COVID-19 restrictions, the wedding trended for days and was later named among the most memorable Ghanaian weddings of the period. Joe Mettle marks each anniversary publicly, writing on one: “I’m honoured to do life with you.”