Wode Maya announces plan to quit YouTube

Ghanaian YouTube sensation Berthold Kobby Winkler Ackon alias Wode Maya, in a recent video that he posted on his YouTube channel, has announced his intention to quit YouTube.

Quoting Kenyan activist Patrice Lumumba’s saying that goes, ‘a good dancer must always know when to leave stage’, he said it is time for him as well to bid farewell to his You Tube fans.

Wode Maya went ahead to thank his fans for the support they have always shown him since the beginning of his journey and also encouraged content creators,  saying nothing is impossible if one is patient, focused, consistent and hard working.

The 34-year-old rose to fame when he took a video in a bus where seats besides him were empty due to that fact that the passengers had abandoned them due to his skin colour. He is acclaimed to be one of the top and most influential YouTubers in Africa

He attributed his ability to build his You Tube channel from zero to 1.5 million subscribers to hard work and God’s grace.

Wode Maya cited marriage as one of the major reasons he is quitting YouTube and that he had not seen it coming since he never had any idea of how marriage life can be tough.

He further attached it to the fact that much as he had been able to build a community online, it is time that he builds one with his family offline. The other reason is that he wants to focus on his real estate business that he owns back home in Ghana.

But before he quits, Wode Maya said he wants to carry with him over 250 black people from Africa to Barbados, having received an invite from the Barbados prime minister to go there for the Crop Over, a traditional harvest festival which always happens annually in Barbados.

He said he is doing that in order to fulfill Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey’s dream of wanting to bring over 400 million Africans to the continent.