Upper West Region Evicted From Ghana’s Most Beautiful

Rafi, I am sorry but you cannot be two times lucky’, were the words from Nana Abena Afriyie, a co judge, as Rafi, the representative of Northern Region was evicted from the TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful programme. The other judge was Dr. Agyemang Osei, artistic director of Abibigroma, resident drama group of National Theatre.

The programme came on late due to the on-going Fifa Confederation Tournament in South Africa. The contestants lighted the stage with traditional dance amidst singing and clapping. Audience were as usual delighted and enjoying themselves as the girls danced and shake their back sizes and frequently holding their breast in am-ready-come-suck-fashion. That drew more applause from the audience. Professor Dada Nii, a Ghanaian music tutor based in Australia treated the audience to a wonderful performance.

There was no theme for this week’s show as the girls educated the audience in their selected roles from their various regions. Knowing very well their colleague from Ashanti Region evicted and that any of them could be evicted this week, the girls defied the fear factor and performed creditably to the admiration of the audience. Naa Dedei from the Greater Accra Region was the first to grace the stage to depict the twin festival of the people of her region. Ga’s have a unique way of naming their children.

‘The twin festival comes on before, the Homowo, which is celebrated by the Ga people from the Greater Accra Region of Ghana’, she intoned. She made reference to the names like ‘Oko ke Akweley’, Oko ke Akuetteh’ and their slogans. She held the audience spellbound and made sure they ask for more. They in turn, clapped intermittently through out her performance to climax a good night for Greater Accra Region. Her only weakness was her constant mispronunciation of basic Ga terms which attracted jeers from the audience. In fact, it made my head ache.

Anas, Afia and Enam from Central, Brong Ahafo and Volta Regions respectively performed marvelously and gave a good account of themselves. Upper East Region representative, Lamisi was very confusing in her delivery; she made the audience look stupid by listening to her.

Performing Wanzam (female genital mutilation) and simultaneously condemning it, made her look funny on stage, she was lucky to have escaped eviction (personal opinion) though. Yaa (Eastern) as a seller, Rafi (Upper West) as a shear butter seller, Akasi (Western) as herbalist, Nasara (Northern) as a soothsayer followed later and made their various regions proud but Rafi stole the night (personal opinion).

Unfortunately, Rafi from Upper West region got the least votes and was evicted. Audience were informed of another eviction next week. Professor Dada Nii, ended the night with another song from his repertoire.

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By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr.
E-Mail: ebenezer@ghanacelebrities.com

Exclusive Interview With Eddie Nartey

Actors like Majid Michael, Van Vicker, Kofi Adjololo, Ekow Smith, Adjetey Anang, Chris Attoh, etc are the ones we look out for whenever one is watching Ghanaian movie but honestly, a name like Eddie Nartey surely doesn’t ring a bell in our ears not even to the lame man on the street.

This guy is a firm believer and has real talent. After encountering disappointment from several auditions, he still remains unperturbed and keeps on persisting because to him he believes that God has endowed him the talent to act. Grabby as he is affectionately called by his friends, was not born into family of actors, he has to start from the scratch.

As we all bear witness to the fact that it is extremely difficult for a new actor to break into the scene in Ghana, you can imagine how long he has to wait to catch an attention. He has been featured in numerous Advertisements and his current one is the new Vodafone advert. He was the referee who awarded the Vodafone team. Those of you who are familiar with Venus Film Production might have seen Eddie Nartey do his thing in movies like Crime To Christ. Yes I mean ‘Crime To Christ’ alongside prominent actors like Majid Michael, Kofi Adjololo, Oumson Bah Omar De 1st. His performance in that movie made producer Abdul Salam Mumuni go back to the drawing board and changed his mind to hand him a leading role in ‘Tears of Womanhood’. An acting role until then was reserved for Van Vicker.

Eddie was born in 1983. He attended the Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School and currently in his final year studying Performing Arts at the University of Ghana. “I had to struggle also to catch the producer’s attention. I started with Pacesetters Company, a stage performing group by Aluta of ‘Things We Do For Love’ fame and then moved on to another stage performing group but this time Kozi Kozi, a group owned by the ace Ghanaian actor David Dontoh of Agoro fame.

I wasn’t born into a family of actors,” he said jokingly.“I remember always coming home with disappointment after attending auditions upon auditions, but myself and my colleagues; including you Ebenezer (referring to me) believed we really have something in us that the whole world needs to know. I think we are now telling our own story in our own way. I still reminisce those years when I, Solomon Fixon Owoo, Patrick Safo, Joshua Yartey and you walk to several auditions, apparently, we didn’t have money on us, after walking to National Theatre to rehearse with Harrisco then to Arts Centre for another rehearsals with Pacesetters and close late in the night. Sometimes, I just look back but I don’t see any of you behind me, you guys have left me on my own to do the struggle all alone, but that’s life.”

Ghanacelebrities.com:Laughs. Yes I know but some of us left the scene to do other stuff. I still remember The Arthur’s, apart from that, what else have you done so far.

Eddie: Ebenezer, after several disappointment, I thank God, the producers of The Arthur’s eventually really saw something in me. That was my first on-screen project. After the exit of The Arthur’s on our screens came Choices. Then came District Colonel Court, which is produced by TV3/Gama Films and its still running on your screens up to date.

Ghanacelebrities.com:How did you meet producer Abdul Salam Mumuni of Venus Film Production.

Eddie: You know in Ghana the likes of Majid, Van Vicker, Ekow Smith are more preferred to us, the young and upcoming ones. Because producers believe their faces can sell more movies. Abdul Salam Mumuni organized an audition for one of his movies Wedlock of the Gods, I was picked and that was my first movie with Venus Production, I featured in the Return Of Beyonce and Crime To Christ. I have done movies like In The Eyes Of My Husband, Passion and Soul, Girls Connection, Agony of the Christ. I have a couple of movies which are not out yet like Fantasia with Rita Dominic, Van Vicker, Nadia and Yvonne. Also with Mike Ezeronye in One in a Million, Shakira with Mercy and Majid, which are all yet to be released.

Ghanacelebrities.com:The only leading role you have played so far, was in Tears of Womanhood, tell us the role you played in that movie.

Eddie: sometimes, I do not want to talk about the circumstances that lead to me playing a role in that movie. Anyway I played the character David Boateng, and I was an adopted child to Psalm Adjeteyfio and Nana Hayford and Majid Micheal was my junior brother. I got torn apart with my parents, when I made the decision to choose my own bride.

Ghanacelebrities.com:Okay, enough. Where did your audition for that lead to?

Eddie: No, funnily, I was told bluntly on the face, that I wasn’t fit into any role in that movie, am sure you do not want to know how that made me feel. Van Vicker was initial or originally casted for that role but he wasn’t in the country by then, so I had a surprise call and the rest they say is history. I was given that role eventually.

Ghanacelebrities.com: So were they impressed?

Eddie: Impressed you said? That's an understatement, they were really impressed, at least their countenance made me feel they were indeed happy with how I handled the role and I apart from them, I got several comments and calls from other people and my fans congratulating me a job well done.

Ghanacelebrities.com: Laughs. I am your biggest fan but I have not called yet. How come? I have always said to myself that if I have that money I would just promote you.

Eddie: I know you've not called because; you have not seen that movie. I know you will start disturbing me with calls after seeing that movie. It’s a must watch movie, you really need to see it.

Ghanacelebrities.com: There is this rumour that producers and directors always want to have an affair with the ladies, before they are given roles to play in movies, what stiffer punishment do you suggest for those find culpable.

Eddie: (Laugh) fortunately, for me, am a man, so I do not think somebody has to sleep with my before I get a role. How about that for an answer? On more serious note, I think it's bad, that is if it's happening. I have heard people in the movie industry talk about it on daily basis, including the president of Ghana actor's guild Mr. Samuel Odoi Mensah. Movie directors and producers are responsible. Maybe those who have fallen victim can come out publicly, say it then we can see how best to solve that issue.

Ghanacelebrities.com:You got to be kidding, if your sister has fallen victim, you want her to come out publicly and say that she slept with a director to get a role?

Eddie: As far as am concerned, I think that will help but if that can't be done then we have to let the sleeping dog lie.

Ghanacelebrities.com:Ghanaian producers are now changing the face of Nigeria scripts, producing it and making it theirs. Why this trend?

Eddie: I have not noticed anything of that sort, what you are saying is news to me but if there is any iota of truth in that then I think It’s too bad a thing to do, if we do that then where is our sense of creativity. People are tired of old story line we know, its even common to the lame on the street. I think it's high time, we woke up and created our own stories. We have a lot of beautiful things that goes on in the country, we can we pick on them, write about them, produce them to the outside world, instead of producing changing the face of other people stories and making it our own, that’s no creativity. I think the stakeholders, the association of movie producers and the chair of Ghana actor's guild can help curb this worrisome trend.

Ghanacelebrities.com: Ghanaian producers have this notion that a movie without a Nigerian presence cannot stand a test of time, but who can be find culpable for this notion.

Eddie: Please this is too sensitive and I would not want to comment about it, all I can say is that we complement each other.

Ghanacelebrities.com:So what’s your relationship with the known and experience actors, especially you being a new face.

Eddie: Well, am very cool with them, there is good rapport with them all, Majid especially, I relate to them in a good way, we are simply good friends. We call each other when we feel like, you know it’s a free world; we have a good working relations and share jokes together. #

Ghanacelebrities.com:Do they sometimes look down upon you?

Eddie: Hell not at all.

Ghanacelebrities.com:Impression on the Ghana movie industry.

Eddie: (sighs) I think it’s growing, and that’s what we need, I look forward to see it as a better place, where actors can enjoy the fruit of their labour, where actors can afford basic things, where actors can be paid well, where actors can live on their salaries.

Ghanacelebrities.com:In your own words, what could be done to improve the face of Ghollywood?

Eddie: Producers must produce good movies, its high time, we the up coming ones are used more in movies. They should avoid the situation where one person plays the role as a scriptwriter, producer, director and etc. If I could re-echo what Oumson Bah Omar De 1st said in his interview to BEATWAVES.Nigerians take a big star and give him or her two or three scenes and also pick new faces and bring them up. Why can’t we do that? Whenever you see Nadia, Jackie, Van Vicker or Majid in a movie, they are playing almost everything.” We have to be given the chance to sharpen our talents, because if they use the same old faces, movie lovers would be compel to shun our movies, they are just fed up with the same old faces in virtually every movie.

Ghanacelebrities.com:So are you married? I know the girls will worry you and all that, are you going out? Who is that lucky girl?

Eddie: Well, funny and I know people might not believe it but am still a virgin. I wouldn’t want to say anything more.

Ghanacelebrities.com: Where is my share of the Vodafone Advert money?

Both laugh.

By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr. (Columnist, www.Ghanacelebrities.com)
ebenezer@ghanacelebrities.com

Tinny’s Hip Hop World Awards Fiasco In Nigeria

Nii Addo Quaynor, alias Tinny the Ga lyricist was supposed to have collected an award from Nigeria dubbed Hip Hop World Awards. He was nominated alongside Buffalo (“Bubble Your Bumz”) of Zimbabwe, Dogg (“Can You Feel It”) of Namibia, and WITNESS (“Zero”) of Tanzania in the African Artiste of the Year (which is non Nigerian Category)

At the end of the awards, the category he was nominated in was not announced. No serious reasons were given, raising serious concerns about the credibility of the awards. Hmm Hip Hop World Awards in Nigeria? The name itself is very suspicious. I felt sorry for Tinny’s manager, as he tried to explain the whole fiasco about the so-called Hip Hop World Awards on TV3’s Spot Light. I think his explanations can only convince the kids in the crèche. The truth must be told in plain language, the so-called organizers did not make the necessary arrangement for them, as is its done elsewhere.

Organizers organize awards to honour their favourites (personal opinion), having said that I believe the organizers should be investigated because this whole idea sounds crazy to me, and the award is a fraud.

I don’t understand why, somebody in the slum in Nigeria should organize an award and call it Hip Hop World Awards. The name isn’t right. A name like Nigeria Hip Hop Awards would have been more suitable. This whole hubbub is just unnecessary. This was an award; we were meant to believe is a cool-chop for Tinny but the category was not EVEN mentioned at the ceremony and it wasn’t clear who might have won that award. This is just bullsh*t.

It was reported in other media that Dogg of Namibia has won the same award before the organizers came out to confirm Tinny as the winner of that category.When Nigerian artistes come down to Ghana, our organizers treat them like eggs and are given VIP treatment and allotted VIP escorts. Ghanaian artistes go there and they are treated like beggars. Oh! Gosh, I want to throw up. For the sake of sanity, the organizers must be willing to apologize to Tinny, if not he should just shun the award; I don’t think he needs that award to survive anyway.The Award ceremonies took place Saturday, May 16 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

Nevertheless, below are the categories and the winners marked *


HHWA1 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
ENTERTAINER by D’Banj
GONGO ASO by 9ice
PARADIGM SHIFT by Mode 9
TALK ABOUT IT by M. I.
UNSTOPPABLE by 2Face

HHWA2 ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
D’BANJ
P-SQUARE
TIMAYA
*9ICE

HHWA3 SONG OF THE YEAR
FALL IN LOVE - D'Banj
INCASE U NEVER KNOW - 2Shotz
*GONGO ASO - 9ice
GOOD OR BAD (OWEY) - J. Martins

HHWA4 RECORDING OF THE YEAR
*STREET CREDIBILITY” - 9ice
NOT THE GIRL" - Dare Art Alade
MITCHELL” - Etcetera
CAN’T DO WITHOUT YOU” - Tuface Idibia

HHWA5 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
TEE-Y MIX for “KI NI BIG DEAL” by Naeto C
DON JAZZY for “FALL IN LOVE” by D'Banj
*ID CABASA for “GONGO ASO” by 9ice
TERRY G for “IN CASE YOU NEVER KNOW” by 2 Shotz
JESSE JAGZ for “SHORT BLACK BOY” by M.I

HHWA6 BEST MUSIC VIDEO (AWARD GOES TO DIRECTOR)
ALFONSO DORMUN for Bosi Gbanga by Eldee
*JUDE OKOYE for Roll It by P-Square
DJ TEE for Pere by Mo'Hits All-Stars
IGHO for Naija Boy by Igho

HHWA7 BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL ALBUM
* GIFT AND GRACE by Timaya
ME MUSIQ AND I by Blackface
ICHIBAN by Chakka Da’ Souljah
MY SHINE by Black Solo

HHWA8 BEST R ‘N’ B/ POP ALBUM
ENTERTAINER by D'Banj
UNSTOPPABLE by 2face Idibia
ETCETERA by Etcetera
* GONGO ASO by 9ice
MR CAPABLE by Banky W

HHWA9 BEST RAP ALBUM
* TALK ABOUT IT by M. I.
PARADIGM SHIFT by Mode 9
SECOND TURNING BY THE RIGHT by Lord Of Ajasa
YOU KNOW MY P by Naeto C

HHWA10 BEST COLLABO
STREET CREDIBILITY” - 9ice FT 2Face
LE FENU SO” - Lord Of Ajasa FT 9ice
* GOOD OR BAD" - J Martins FT Timaya AND P-Square
E FI MI SILE” - YQ FT Da Grin
BUSH MEAT- Sound Sultan FT 2Face & W4

HHWA11 BEST RAP SINGLE
SAFE - M I ft Djinee
TALKING TO YOU - Mode 9 ft Banky W
WA WA ALRIGHT - Kel
* KINI BIG DEAL - Naeto C

HHWA12 BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)
DARE ART ALADE for “NOT THE GIRL”
*BANKY W for “DON’T BREAK MY HEART”
ETCETERA for “MICHELLE”
WANDE COAL for “TABOO”

HHWA13 BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
*OMAWUNMI for “IN THE MUSIC”
NIKKI LAOYE for “NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE”
WAJE for “SOMEWHERE”

HHWA14 NEXT RATED
YQ (“E FI MI LE”)
MP (“PASA PASA”)
KEL (“WA WA ALRIGHT”)
D’JINEE (“LADE”)
*OMAWUNMI (“IN THE MUSIC”)

HHWA15 HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION - Best new artiste
*M I
BANKY W
NAETO C
NIKKI LAOYE

HHWA16 AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR (NON NIGERIAN CATEGORY)
BUFFALO (“BUBBLE YOUR BUMZ”) - Zimbabwe
*TINNY (“I DEY KOLO”) - Ghana
DOGG (“CAN YOU FEEL IT”) - Namibia
WITNESS (“ZERO”) - Tanzania

HHWA17 LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
* MODE 9 for "NINE"
M I for "TALK ABOUT IT"
LORD OF AJASA for "ESA LO BA DE"
DAGRIN for "PON PON PON"

HHWA18 BEST STREET HOP (Single)
“E SA LO BA DE” - Lord Of Ajasa
“PON PON PON” - Da Grin
* “04 KA SI BE” - DJ Zeez
“E FI MI LE” - YQ
“COLLABO” - Deebee

HHWA19 HIPHOP WORLD HALL OF FAME Inductees
GRAND MASTER LEE
PHILLIP TRIMNELL

By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr.
E-Mail: Ebenezer@ghanacelebrities.com

4x4 Turned Nigerians?

4x4 is a rap duo made up of two good looking and ‘macho’ young men, Captain Planet and Abortion. Captain Planet's real name is Sylvanus Dodji Jeoffrey.Abortion was christened Raphael Edem Avornyo.

Abortion is simply a ragga artiste with a Jamaican flow. When it comes to rapping in Pidgin English Eddie Blay of Native Funk Lord, Prince Bright of Buk Bak fame are experts but Captain Planet has indeed stole that title particularly when Eddy Blay and Prince Bright are jaded. Captain Planet is really in a class of his own, his stuck on the Ga language is very interesting, he raps in Ga with so much ease and one wonders if he’s a native of Bukom or Chorkor.Abortion’s Jamaican-ragga-flow is what differentiates him from the chaff.

These duo have been together for only God knows how many years.Their debut album ‘Siklitele’ was released in 2003/2004 which was an instant success. The duo has churned out wonderful tracks like Siklitele, Odo Fitaa, HotGirl Dotcom, Contestant Number 1, and my personal favourite Koo Eduro but the duo has gradually moved to another level of rapping, call it the Nigerian-style and you won’t be far from right. 4x4 turned Nigerians? Hold it.

Currently blazing the airwaves is another danceable track from 4x4 nameWorld Trade Centre (I want to touch your body) featuring the silky voice Fresh Prince.World Trade Centre is a wonderful and nice track, but it doesn’t make sense to me why they decided to name it ‘World Trade Centre’, perhaps it should have been ‘I Want To Touch Your Body’ or something more interesting. One must be not begrudge for mistaking 4x4 as Nigerians now because with lines like

//Oga Appietus ……, Chineke, I don dey see am

// Go Go Big Booty Girl// Go Go Big Booty Girl//

Go Go Big Booty Girl // Go Go Big Booty Girl//

Girl I Like Dey Way You Make My Heart //// Ibi Like Say U No Say Your Body Super

I have seen the video over and over again and I do not seem to identify with what the "World Trade Centre” mean in the song. Interesting, as one put it perhaps ‘they are referring to the buttocks of the woman, comparing it to the huge twin towers, thus the World Trade Centre, since ladies buttocks are also twins? Laughs. Let’s see how far their new Nigeria-style-of-rapping takes them.

By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr (Columnist,Ghanacelebrities.com)
ebenezer@ghanacelebrities.com

Nigeria Has Taken Over Ghana Entertainment Industry

Patriotism is defined as love of and/or devotion to one's country. I strongly believe that one way or the other, Ghanaians have lost touch with that word over the years and the reasons for this trend are best known to themselves.

I have notice over the years with dismay how the Ghanaian always want to behave like a westerner or look like the Nigerian and copy what a Nigerian has done whether through music, film, or comedy. They always want to play second fiddle to these Nigerians.

The above confirms that Nigerians have taken over our entertainment industry and dictating the pace now. They have hijacked our once vibrant entertainment industry.

It is more easier for you to turn on your radio, hear a song being played that sounds so much like Nigerian-made and if you are not cautious you will definitely mistake it thinking it was done by a Nigerian artiste but ‘Na lie’, its your Ghanaian star trying to sing like a Nigerian.

Why won’t they want to sing like Nigerians? After all Dr. Poh tried it and it worked, it was an instant success, 4x4 also made something similar on Obrafours compilation and that was also an instant hit.

Nigerians have taken over every available space in Ghana and its worrisome.

Information available indicates that the percentage of internet fraud in Nigeria is falling and escalating in Ghana. The number of Ghanaians involved is rising sharply as the number of internet users increase in the country.

Internet fraud is falling in Nigeria and rising sharply in Ghana because, Nigerians have invaded our land and gracefully practicing their 419popularly known as “Advance Fee Fraud” here. This again should be blame on the Nigerian presence in Ghana.

Sorry for that little digression, am not here to judge anybody but I feel Nigerians presence in Ghana is doing more harm than good. I suggest something needs to be done immediately to arrest the situation.

Music

We have seen how Nigerian artistes have grown their fan base in Ghana with frequent call-up to share the stage with their Ghanaian counterparts. Shows from comedy to music awards have all seen Nigerian artistes dominating.

Whiles putting this piece together, I had a break to enjoy some latest videos on YouTube, soon I was watching 4x4’s World Trade Centre (I want to touch your body) featuring Fresh Prince (Not Will Smith LOL), I was enjoying myself taping my feet on the ground and surprisingly a Nigerian close to me asked me a question I deem stupid and dumb.

The question was that which Nigerian artiste made that song? Indeed that question was asked in their usual arrogant manner.

I was indeed disappointed but didn’t blame him though, why wont he ask a dumb question anyway? He later explained that, that song sounded more like a Nigerian-made track than Ghanaian hence his question. So his question is justified, you might say?

Why would a Ghanaian artiste want to be or sound like a Nigerian artiste? Sometimes am compelled to ask myself if it because they are allotted the VIP escort and a VIP treatment when performing in Ghana? My beef is why Nigerian music is flourishing in Ghana? Okay, I don’t care how Ghana music is doing in Nigeria because I know they are not making it big there.

I spoke with some individuals, to solicit their views on this ill-fated development and from what I gathered; it bores down to the language barrier. Ghanaians turn to enjoy the ’pidgin’ style of the Nigeria artistes.

A lot of people were of the view that Nigerian’s ability to sing in the queen’s language could be attributed solely to their success, which I support 100% but it’s debatable because I have seen Ghanaians scrambling for Nigerian gospel done in Yoruba or Igbo.

"It’s as simple as ABC, the majority identifies with the queen’s language and that’s what the Nigerian feel comfortable in, who cares about the Twi, Ga, Hausa or Ewe", one said. I am not really surprised though because copying has always been our culture and most annoying thing about it is that we copy it ‘dito dito’, like its said in the local parlance.

But does it worth to shun one's indigenous language and focus on another language under the pretext of selling a record (album)? Certainly not but business-wise, its understandable.

Entertainment in Ghana has lost what it started with, and now associates itself with copying; it has failed to learn new things making it easier for the Nigerians to take over.

It’s like Ghanaians have lost sense of direction now; all the hit tracks you hear on the radio are Nigerian-made, from 2face’s True Love to P Sqaure’s No One Like You to Timaya’ Den Mama to 9ice’s Gonso Aso to D'banj’s Fall In Love to Olu Maintain’s Yahooze to Danfo Driver and the list continues.

Nigerian songs have taken over even in the nightclubs and the pubs.

Originality is what is awarded. Aplus doesn’t need to sound westerner or like a Nigerian to send his 'Letter to the west". Tinny never sounded like a Nigerian to grab the Hip Hop Award in Nigeria.

Film

We all thought Agya Koo movies are too much and believe it has halted the Nigerian invasion but it has gone from bad to worst, apart from the language which he’s fluent in which is Twi, one is sure to see the Mr. Ibus, Osuofias, Sam Loco Efes, Victor Osuagyes in Agya Koo now.

His movies are not what they promise to be any longer. Trust me you will love it when a Nigerian speaks ‘pidgin’; it suits and makes them who they are but why do we want to copy it, to the extent of even speaking it in our movies? Why is the Ghanaian mind always fragile?

These movies luck substance, it does not carry any significant message whatsoever to reflect in day to day life and there is an interesting twist to it now, Ghanaian movie producer’s bid to sound like their Nigerian counterparts now finds it normal to hire customier, directors and actors for their movie productions.

New movies are churned out virtually everyday with Nigerian influence. Am sure they would want to hire a 'latrine carrier' from Nigeria, if the need be. (Sorry for my words, but I needed to say that). Don’t we have our culture to show off to the world than copying everything dito dito?

As if by design, Ghana movie producers, as wise as they are, thought it’s more prudent to do Twi version of a Nigerian production to the Ghanaian market. Everything was done as if there was a collaboration between the two productions houses. The movie in question is ‘Lonely Heart’ and the Twi version is ‘Madam Joan’, with Stephanie Okereke and Nana Ama McBrown playing the lead roles respectively.

Sadly, everything in that production was copied, from A to Z. It is not only the above named movies but it’s something they have been doing now. Why this nonsense now?

Just to rap up, have you wondered why any Ghanaian production directed by a Nigerian director, always comes out nicely? That’s not for me to tell you why. I am not saying Ghana doesn’t have equally good directors. But think.

Comedy

I was fortunate to be at National Theatre to watch one of these Night of 1007 Laughs and music shows, which follows on the heels of the 1006 Laughs and Music which was held earlier on and of course the list of performers were long with Nigerian comedians like Basket Mouth, Okey Bakassi, Klint de Drunk, etcetera.

The only comedians from Ghana made themselves look stupid, because coming on stage to repeat a joke a Nigerian comedian has said on the that same platform years back was clearly unpleasant.

I pray KSM and Fritz Baffour don’t get offended though.

The Nigerian comedians as usual excelled in their delivery and everything, at least they made sure you laugh enough to forget you have unpaid utility bills as a result of the ‘ecomini’. So why don’t we want to be like them?

Like an ally said “Ghanaian entertainment has lost the true originality of our Ghanaian culture which has now been replaced with money, sex and glamour”.

We have copied blindly for far too long that I think Ghanaians can stick to their way of making movies and music and still excel.

There is nothing like being a Ghanaian. Since we were born as a Ghanaian; we must live as a Ghanaian; and die as a Ghanaian!


By Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr. (Columnist, www.ghanacelebrities.com) email: eanangfio@hotmail.com http://anangfio.blogspot.com


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