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Abena Amponsah is a popular Ghana gospel singer with many hit singles; many of which came from her Woye Mmame CD.
Abigail Appenteng is a young and talented vocalist who is gradually carving her niche as one of the best contemporary Ghanaian gospel artistes. Abigail has always had a passion for performing and stealing the spotlight since childhood.
,p>She started singing and dancing at a young age and learnt how to do the Adowa dance when she joined a cultural group in primary school. She later joined the children's choir at her church, Full Gospel Evangelistic Ministry where she gained the foundations that honed her voice as a singer.
A year after completing Junior Secondary School Abigail left Ghana to join her family in Germany. In Germany, she was involved in some singing activities in her church. In 2001, she met Peter Mante, currently her music teacher and choir director.
Job Titles:
- Producer
- Head of Production at Ndani Communications
Abimbola Craig is a Nigerian Nollywood actress and producer that starred as Tiwalade in Skinny Girl in Transit.
She originally was to be the producer of Skinny Girl in Transit but ended up being the lead. Since season 1, Abimbola has gone ahead to not only act as lead but has also produced Season 2 - Season 6 of SGIT.
Craig currently works as Head of Production at Ndani Communications, which is also known as Ndani TV, and produces shows including Skinny Girl in Transit, Phases, Rumor Has It, and The Juice.
Adam Amandi was a Ghanaian educationist, environmentalist and politician. He was a founding member of the Northern People's Party and a member of poarliament in 1954, 1957, 1969 (the Busia admisnitration).
He was born in Bawku in the Upper East region of Ghana in 1926. He attended the Government Teacher's Training College, Pusiga (Gbewaa College of Education) for his Teachers' Training Certificate Degree. He also obatained a Diploma in English from the Tamale College of Education, formerly the Government Teacher Training College, Tamale.
Adam Amandi was a member of the Progress Party and was a Minister of State between 1969 and 1972.
Adeline Akufo-Addo was also the sister of Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, a Minister for Local Government in the Convention People's Party (CPP) government of Kwame Nkrumah and later Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.
Adesua Etomi-Wellington, also known as Adesua Etomi, is a Nigerian actress. In 2014, she starred in her first feature film Knocking On Heaven's Door.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is an English actor, director, and former fashion model known for his roles as Simon Adebisi in Oz, Nykwana Wombosi in The Bourne Identity, Kurse in Thor: The Dark World, Killer Croc in Suicide Squad, Mr. Eko in Lost, Malko in the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Dave Duerson in the NFL biopic drama Concussion.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje's feature directorial debut, Farming, wrapped production in 2017 and had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, London, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba origin, who were students in the UK. When he was six weeks old, his biological parents gave him up to a white working-class family in Tilbury, Essex.
His foster parents had at least ten African children, including Akinnuoye-Agbaje's two sisters, living in their house at certain points. His foster father made a living as a lorry driver and struggled to support the family financially.
When he was eight years old, his biological parents brought him back to Nigeria but, as he was unable to speak the Yoruba language and forbidden by his parents to speak English, he was returned to Tilbury shortly thereafter. The brief exposure to Nigeria left him struggling to reconcile his heritage with the distinctly British culture and environment he was raised in.
As a young boy, facing a cultural identity crisis, he joined a local skinhead gang in order to escape racial persecution at their hands.
At 16 years old, having become a thief, his foster parents sent him to a boarding school in Surrey where he ultimately attempted suicide before coming to terms with his background and turning his life around.
He went on to earn a law degree from King's College London and a Masters in Law from the University of London at large. While a university student, Akinnuoye-Agbaje worked in a clothes shop where he was introduced to the world of modelling.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje's modelling career led him to Hollywood, where he began his acting career with a 1995 role in Congo.
His best-known acting roles have been as the imposing convict Simon Adebisi in the 1990s HBO prison series Oz and as Mr. Eko on ABC's survivor drama Lost. Film roles include The Bourne Identity, in which he played a deposed African dictator, Hitu the police officer in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns, and Heavy Duty in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
He was also featured in the video for singer-songwriter Grayson Hugh's hit "Talk It Over", which was in heavy rotation in 1989 on MTV and VH-1.
In 2009, Akinnuoye-Agbaje was in talks with Marvel Studios to play the superhero Black Panther in a proposed film of the same name. In an interview, he stated his excitement about the possibility, saying that "the timing is so right" for a black superhero, and "while I'm in my prime, this is the time... I'm going to keep knocking on their door."
Akinnuoye-Agbaje lives in Los Angeles. He is a Nichiren Buddhist and a member of the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist association.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje asked to be written off Lost, citing a desire to return to London after his foster parents' deaths and to direct a film there.
Alexander Kobina Baah Ampiah is a retired Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge. He served on the Supreme Court bench from 1993 to 2003. Prior to serving on the Supreme Court bench, he was a lawyer who rose through the ranks as a judge of the High Court to the bench of the Appeals Court of Ghana.
Ampiah studied law in the UK. He qualified as a barrister and practised privately at Aumog chambers. He rose through the ranks from a High Court judge to an Appeals Court judge prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court Bench on 6 January 1993.
While in the judiciary service, he served as the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Congress, the highest decision making body of the association. Ampiah retired as a Supreme Court Judge on 25 July 2003.
In 2009 he was appointed chairman of the University of Cape Coast council by the then president of Ghana; John Evans Atta Mills. In 2011 he was awarded the Order of the Volta award for his service to the nation.
Tolulope Adesua Etomi was born in Owerri, Imo State, on 22nd February. Several major sources cited her birth year as 1988. However, in an interview published in January 2016, Etomi told Pulse Nigeria she was 29 years old.
Furthermore, Answers Africa published an article in March 2016 stating that she was 30 years old. Her father is a soldier of Esan descent and her mother is an engineer of Yoruba descent.
She is the youngest of three siblings. Etomi attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, where she joined the drama club at the age of seven. Thereafter, she attended Queen's College, Lagos before moving to the United Kingdom at the age of 13.
Etomi later obtained a diploma in "physical theatre, musical theatre and performing arts" from City College Coventry in 2004. After completing these courses in 2006 with triple distinctions, she studied drama and performance at the University of Wolverhampton, graduating with first-class honours.
Etomi's film credits include The Arbitration, The Wedding Party, and Falling. Her performance in Falling earned her the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama.
Other notable films she has appeared in include A Soldier's Story (2015), Out of Luck (2015),and Couple of Days (2016).Etomi played Shiela in the fourth and fifth seasons of Shuga, a television soap opera about HIV/AIDS prevention.
Etomi began starring as Amaka Obiora, an undercover police officer, in Yemisi Wada's crime series LasGidi Cops, which debuted in June 2016 on television. She was also featured on Vogue's list of 14 global superstars.
Job Titles:
- Director of Beasts of No Nation
Abraham Atta is a Ghanaian actor who hails from the Ga-Dangme ethnic group in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He lives with his family in Ashaiman, Tema, Accra.
His father works at the port and his mother, the market. He is currently based in the U.S for his career and education. Abraham Atta made his feature film debut in Beasts Of No Nation in 2015 and in 2017, appeared in the Marvel Studio film Spider-Man; Homecoming.
He was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. Haven supported the Free Education Policy in Ghana with a picture endorsement, he was made an ambassador.
He has also joined the ensemble cast of Shane Carruth's third film, The Modern Ocean. According to Cary Fukanaya the director of Beasts Of No Nation, Abraham was just a street vendor with no experience in film and also had very little education.
Abraham made progress in the movie by surprisingly turning out to be professional in his course in the movie.
Dorcas Opoku Dakwa is is a Ghanaian singer, songwriter and dancer. She was born to Isaac Dakwa and Juliana Blankson in Ghana but mostly raised by her single mother.
She adopted the stage name, Abrewa(Old woman in Akan) Nana because she was named after her grandmother.
Kwame Asare Obeng (A Plus) is a hiplife artist with a keen interest in politics and social issues. He first made a name for himself singing about events leading to and after Ghana's 2000 general elections.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Communication and Legal Teams of the National Democratic Congress
Abraham Amaliba was a Legal and Programmes Officer at the Legal Resources Centre in Ghana. He is currently a private Legal Practitioner with the Centre for Public Interest Law.