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Efiewura
Efiewura also spelled Ofiwura, Ofiewura (meaning "Landlord" or “ruler/master of house” in Twi) is a popular Ghanaian television sitcom that airs on TV3 Ghana, in the Akan language. The series focused on how landlords treat tenants and the relationship that exist between tenant. It started in 2001, and is still in production, making it the longest running show in the country.Kusi, Tony (22 August 2017)Photos: 6 Efiewura TV Series Actors Who Have Passed Away ghpage.com, Retrieved 13 December 2018 It has won several local television awards.(18 September 2018) ''Modern Ghana'' Cast Cast members of the long-running show have included: *Bob Santo, John Evans Bosompi as Santo *Margret Quainoo as Araba Stamp *Micheal Moncar *Harriet Naa Akleh Okantey (Auntie B) *Lucky Azasoo-Nkornoo(5 May 2016)Efiewura star actor, Mc Flava Pounds is dead myjoyonline.com *Ebenezer Donkor (Katawere) *Abeiku Aggrey Santana *Kofi Agyiri(30 June 2017)Ghanaian actor Kofi Agyiri of Efiewura fame dead Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Azasoo-Nkornoo
Efiewura also spelled Ofiwura, Ofiewura (meaning "Landlord" or “ruler/master of house” in Twi) is a popular Ghanaian television sitcom that airs on TV3 Ghana, in the Akan language. The series focused on how landlords treat tenants and the relationship that exist between tenant. It started in 2001, and is still in production, making it the longest running show in the country.Kusi, Tony (22 August 2017)Photos: 6 Efiewura TV Series Actors Who Have Passed Away ghpage.com, Retrieved 13 December 2018 It has won several local television awards.(18 September 2018) ''Modern Ghana'' Cast Cast members of the long-running show have included: *Bob Santo, John Evans Bosompi as Santo *Margret Quainoo as Araba Stamp *Micheal Moncar *Harriet Naa Akleh Okantey (Auntie B) *Lucky Azasoo-Nkornoo(5 May 2016)Efiewura star actor, Mc Flava Pounds is dead myjoyonline.com *Ebenezer Donkor (Katawere) *Abeiku Aggrey Santana *Kofi Agyiri(30 June 2017)Ghanaian actor Kofi Agyiri of Efiewura fame dead Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margret Quainoo
Margaret Quainoo (1941-2006), also known as Araba Stamp, was a Ghanaian actress and entertainer. She featured in the classic film '' I Told You So'' of 1970 and in the Efiewura television series. She plated at numerous concert parties and in many movie performances in Ghana. She dropped out of school and joined the Brigade Drama Group at Nungua, a suburb in Accra. Selected filmography *''Key Soap Concert Party'' * '' I Told You So'' (1970) * ''Efiewura'' *''Sika Sunsum'' (1991) Death She died at the 37 Military Hospital The 37 Military Hospital is a specialist hospital located in Accra, on the main road between the Kotoka International Airport and central Accra. It is the largest military hospital in the Republic of Ghana after the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The ... in Accra after a short illness. References 2006 deaths Ghanaian television actresses Ghanaian film actresses 1941 births {{Comedian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Santo
John Evans Kwadwo Bosompem (1940–2002) also professionally known Santo or Bob Santo was a Ghanaian people, Ghanaian comedian and actor. He featured in Film, movies speaking Akan language, Akan. He usually acted with his close compatriot, Abusuapanin Judas, Judas. Career Santo had a decade of fame in the early 1990s to 2000's with his friend Judas in movie production, acting and theater. He was the leader of the Omintiminim Concert Party in 1995 when he and his friend Abusapanyin Judas went into film acting and concert party performance. Filmography *''419'' *''Abawa Mary'' *''Banker to Banker'' *''Double Sense'' *''Asem'' *''Efiewura'' *''Key Soap Concert Party'' *''Landlord'' *''Marijata (1, 2 and 3)'' *''Okukuseku (1, 2 and 3)'' *''Sika'' *''That Day'' *''Hard Times'' *''Lucifer'' Death Santo suffered and died on 30 May 2002 from a disease known as jaundice. He was 67 and was survived by two wives and three children. References External links 1940 births 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebenezer Donkor
Ebenezer Donkor, popularly known as Katawere (1938 – 12 November 2016), was a Ghanaian actor known primarily for his role in the Ghanaian television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... '' Efiewura''. Career Donkor had been in the acting career for over thirty years, starring in several dramatic television series throughout the 1990s. He appeared in Ghana Commercial Bank advert in the 1990s. He also starred in over twenty Kumawood films. Donkor died on 14 November 2016 at Opoku Ware Hospital in Cantonments, Accra, having battled an undisclosed illness for the previous two years. Selected filmography As actor References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donkor, Ebenezer Ghanaian male film actors Ghanaian male television actors 1938 births 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Sarfo
Gloria Osei Sarfo is a Ghanaian actress and TV presenter. She won Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards for her role in Shirley Frimpong-Manso, Shirley Frimping Manso's The Perfect Picture - Ten Years Later. Career Sarfo began her acting career in the mid-2000s, starring in Revele Films' Hotel Saint James. She gained popularity after playing the role of Nana Ama in ''Efiewura''. Awards Sarfo won Best Supporting Actress at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards. Filmography * ''Friday Night (2008)'' * ''Friday Night 2 (2008)'' * ''The Most Beautiful Hour (2012)'' * ''Efiewura'' * Akwaaba (film) * ''Living with Trisha'' * ''The Perfect Picture - Ten Years Later'' * ''Somewhere in Africa'' * ''Aloe Vera (film), Aloe Vera'' (2020) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarfo, Gloria Living people Ghanaian actresses 21st-century Ghanaian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adwoa Smart
Belinda Naa Ode Oku (born October 5, 1970) is a Ghanaian actress popularly known in showbiz as ''"Adwoa Smart"''. She was born at Abossey Okai, a suburb of Accra in Ghana. Adwoa has acted in numerous movies and drama episodes over several decades. She was very popular and highly sought after during the heyday of Akan drama from 1980 to the year 2000 and beyond. She has also featured in several music videos. Adwoa came into prominence as a cast member of the long-running Akan drama series ''"Obra"'' (Life) which aired on GTV during the 80s and 90s. Adwoa started off as a hawker of various consumables through the streets of Accra. Subsequently, she began providing mobile pedicure and manicure services at Kaneshie Market in Accra. Her dancing and acting skills were noticed by a woman called Auntie Rose (Obi Aberewa) who introduced her to Grace Omaboe of "7" fame to refine Adwoa's talents. It was Grace Omaboe who took Adwoa under her wings and supported her during the early days o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwame Dzokoto
Seth Kwame Dzokoto is a Ghanaian comedian, actor and politician. He is the host to the ''Edziban'' show on TV3; which explores Ghanaian food joints and cuisines. Politics He contested on the tickets of National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general elections in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency but lost to Mireku Duker of the New Patriotic Party. Filmography *Efiewura Efiewura also spelled Ofiwura, Ofiewura (meaning "Landlord" or “ruler/master of house” in Twi) is a popular Ghanaian television sitcom that airs on TV3 Ghana, in the Akan language. The series focused on how landlords treat tenants and the rela ... References Living people Ghanaian comedians Year of birth missing (living people) National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians {{Ghana-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akan Language
Akan () is a Central Tano language and the principal native language of the Akan people of Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana. About 80% of Ghana's population can speak Akan, and about 44% of Ghanaians are native speakers. It is also spoken in parts of Côte d'Ivoire. Four dialects have been developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies: Asante, Akuapem, Bono (collectively known as Twi), and Fante; which, despite being mutually intelligible, were inaccessible in written form to speakers of the other standards until the Akan Orthography Committee (AOC)'s development of a common Akan orthography in 1978, based mainly on Akuapem Twi. This unified orthography is used as the medium of instruction in primary school by speakers of several other Central Tano languages, such as Akyem, Anyi, Sehwi, Fante, Ahanta, and the Guan languages. The Akan Orthography Committee has worked on the creation of a standard orthography. With the Atlantic slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina Faso in Burkina Faso–Ghana border, the north, and Togo in Ghana–Togo border, the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV3 Ghana
TV3 is a Ghanaian free-to-air television network in Ghana. Launched in 1997 by Malaysian company Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad, TV3 airs and produces a variety of television programmes including acclaimed news bulletins, dramas and successful reality television and entertainment shows. It was taken over by a Ghanaian company called Media General Ghana Limited in 2011. TV3 Ghana established itself as the most watched free-to-air television station in Ghana, having achieved 65% nationwide penetration at end-2006 and aiming to reach 90% by 2008. TV3 is a privately owned TV in Ghana. However, TV3 has experienced major competition in the likes of Metro TV which has succeeded not only in broadcasting its network to all the regions in the country but it also struck a deal with South Africa's MultiChoice allowing it to be broadcast throughout Africa. Despite this, TV3 remains popular for its showing of Mexican telenovelas, Korean series and music and a variety of local and foreign m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) was established by law in 1968 with a triple mandate as a State Broadcaster, Public Service Broadcaster, and a Commercial Broadcaster in Ghana. Headquartered in the capital city, Accra, it is funded by grants, broadcasting television commercials and the levying of a television licence, costing 36 cedis and 60 cedis for one or more TV sets in the same house every year. TV set repairers and sales outlets are to pay an annual sum of between 60 cedis to 240 cedis. History Established under an act by the British colonial government in 1935, the Gold Coast first operated a Broadcasting outlet called radio ZOY. This was the code name of a relay station the BBC operated. It was in the time of Governor General Sir Arnold Hodson. It later became the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation after Dr Kwame Nkrumah changed the name Gold Coast to Ghana, upon political independence in 1957. The broadcasting service, originally known as Station ZOY, was introd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian Television Series
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and the Ashanti Empire in the south. Beginning in the 15th century, the Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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