By Bebi Oosman
Two young and talented Berbicians have joined the ever-growing platform YouTube, which, while it may seem to be just fun, has a stream of influencers across the world who have ‘made it’ after having built up millions of subscribers.
Grace Alisa Etwaru, 17, of Shieldstown Village, West Coast Berbice, joined the platform in 2017. In an interview with this publication, she recalled that in December 2017 she was asked to sing at a Christmas concert in her church. “I gathered up a few friends and we practiced a song, after that we sang and one of my friend’s father videoed it I got the footage from him… it was a Saturday afternoon that I decided to upload the video to YouTube,” Grace said.
She still cannot understand what made her upload a video on a public platform, where millions of people were able to view it. However, she added. “After a couple of days, I saw that the views growing and even the artist of the song commented on it. I was surprised and happy at the same time.”
