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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017<br />
BY ABIGAIL ASARE<br />
My absence has<br />
caused the influx of<br />
'Kumkum Bhagya' and<br />
others — Agya Koo<br />
KUMAWOOD<br />
ACTOR, Kofi<br />
Adu popularly<br />
known in the<br />
movie industry<br />
as Agya Koo<br />
has indicated that the influx of<br />
foreign telenovelas in the country<br />
is a result of his absence<br />
from acting allowing the foreign<br />
material to gain prominence<br />
and popularity among<br />
Ghanaians.<br />
Speaking in an interview on<br />
Accra-based Adom TV, the<br />
actor stated that it was wrong<br />
for his fellow actors and actresses<br />
to blame the dwindling<br />
fortunes of the Ghana movie<br />
industry on the influx of the<br />
translated telenovelas.<br />
He explained that telenovelas<br />
existed during the days he<br />
was into active acting yet he<br />
was able to keep movie lovers<br />
spellbound with his impeccable<br />
acting prowess.<br />
He added that every movie<br />
he featured in was good and<br />
many people loved his acting<br />
because of the comedy he was<br />
noted to express.<br />
He, therefore, blamed the<br />
sudden attention Ghanaians<br />
were giving to foreign telenovelas<br />
on the fact that he was no<br />
more into active movie-acting.<br />
Many industry players including<br />
Yvonne Nelson and<br />
popular faces from Kumawood<br />
like Nana Ama McBrown and<br />
Vivian Jill Lawrence have all<br />
put in their displeasure with<br />
the failing fortunes of the<br />
movie industry.<br />
Actress Yvonne Nelson has<br />
over the last month even embarked<br />
on a campaign to garner<br />
signatures to prove a point<br />
that the movie industry needed<br />
•Agya Koo,<br />
actor<br />
to be ‘revived’.<br />
Many television stations<br />
have taken it upon themselves<br />
to air foreign telenovelas which<br />
have been translated into the<br />
local twi dialect and some of<br />
the actors and actresses in<br />
Ghana are protesting against<br />
them.<br />
The most popular among<br />
the lot is an Indian telenovela<br />
aired on Adom TV titled<br />
Kumkum Bhagya.<br />
GH¢2m Fund…<br />
We spent<br />
GH¢1.6m on<br />
research, music<br />
festival — Obour<br />
THE PRESIDENT of the<br />
Musicians Union of Ghana<br />
(MUSIGA) Bice Osei Kuffuor<br />
popularly known as Obour has<br />
revealed that a whopping<br />
GHC800, 000.00 was spent to<br />
conduct a comprehensive<br />
study on Ghana’s music industry.<br />
He also revealed that another<br />
GHc800, 000.00 was also<br />
spent on the first edition of<br />
the Ghana music festival.<br />
“We received one million<br />
first and [with] this one million,<br />
part [of it] commissioned<br />
the study into the music sector.<br />
Out of the entire 2 million<br />
about 800, 000.00 was spent on<br />
the study. The study was<br />
done by KPMG…a<br />
comprehensive<br />
study of the<br />
music sector,”<br />
Obour told<br />
‘Morning<br />
Starr’ host<br />
Francis<br />
Abban<br />
Thursday.<br />
He continued<br />
that<br />
“about another<br />
GHC800, 000.00<br />
was spent on the<br />
first Ghana music<br />
week festival…which we accounted<br />
for and it was out<br />
there in the public.”<br />
Obour also dismissed<br />
claims that he has misapplied<br />
monies meant for the welfare<br />
of other musicians.<br />
The award-winning musician<br />
has been described as<br />
greedy and a failure on several<br />
occasions.<br />
But the ‘Konkontibaa’ hitmaker<br />
said allegations of<br />
greed are baseless and a deliberate<br />
attempt by his opponents<br />
to malign him.<br />
He stated that the music industry<br />
has seen enormous<br />
transformation during his<br />
tenure.<br />
•Bice Osei Kuffuor,<br />
president of<br />
MUSIGA<br />
Tourism Ministry outdoors Ambassadors<br />
THE MINISTRY of Tourism,<br />
Arts and Culture has outdoored<br />
its Tourism Ambassadors.<br />
The event which took place at<br />
Tamale in the Northern region<br />
on Wednesday, September 27<br />
marked World tourism Day.<br />
A total of 50 personalities<br />
were selected including Okyeame<br />
Kwame, Reggie & Bolie, Daddy<br />
Lumba, Sarkodie, Fuse ODG,<br />
Dada KD, Nana Kwame Ampadu.<br />
Sector minister, Catherine<br />
Afeku and her deputy, Dr Ziblim<br />
Barri Iddi gave the ambassadors<br />
a smock each.<br />
The significance is to show<br />
the world that these ambassadors<br />
Wear Ghana everywhere<br />
they are and is a gesture to also<br />
remind them of their responsibility<br />
to continuously make<br />
Ghana proud.<br />
The unveiling of these personalities<br />
follows the launch of<br />
the “See Ghana, Eat Ghana,<br />
Wear Ghana and Feel Ghana”<br />
campaign a few months ago, to<br />
promote tourism, arts and culture<br />
for national development.