Singer Monica Dee. | Photo: Monica Dee/Facebook.

Rising South Sudanese afrobeat singer Monica Dee has voiced out her frustration over the challenges facing managers and musicians in an industry mired with slow progress.

The “Ana Ma Fadi” hit-maker says it’s only in South Sudan where the artist works for the manager instead of the other way around.

“A manager works for the artist. A singer is to hire a manager to manage projects, but talking about how everything is happening here, it’s only in South Sudan where an artist works for the manager,” she said on Eye Radio’s Soundtrack Show this week.

Monica is the latest among a handful of South Sudanese artists who have complained about lack of progress in South Sudan.

Many artists say they’re unable to make money from their songs due to lack of mechanical and streaming royalties including copyrights ownership.

“That’s not how it supposed to be. You as an artist you hire a manger in order for you to manage running up your projects and keep things on time because an artist if everything is on your head it won’t be easy.”

Commenting on allegations that some music promoters and managers exploit female singers, Monica said she believe it is true.

She went on to criticize alleged exploitation of female musicians – saying people who take advantage of female singers are not fit to be managers.

“Some people come in the name of being managers yet they are not. They don’t have the skills, they don’t know what it takes to be a manager.”

“If you (manager) are working for an artist, you must have ethics and boundaries, so those taking advantage of the female artist they are definitely not fit to be managers.”

Monica Dee is currently working on her Extended Play before taking a break to go back to School. She is studying Information and Communication Technology.

“I might be off from the music scene for some time that’s why am trying my best to release as many songs as I can, when I leave for my school at least I would have left songs for my manager to work on as I go to school.”