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Akosua Busia

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Akosua Busia
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Sex or genderpua Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Country of citizenshipGhana Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Name in native languageAkosua Busia Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Yu'ur Kane ka ba tis oAkosua Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Zak yu'urBusia Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Du'am yuum30 Samanpiid/Nwadispii nɛ atan 1966 Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Duam zin'igGhana Dɛmisim gbɛlima
FatherKofi Abrefa Busia Dɛmisim gbɛlima
SiblingAbena Busia Dɛmisim gbɛlima
SpouseJohn Singleton Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Languages spoken, written or signedEnglish Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Educated atRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Academic degreebachelor's degree Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Academic majorEnglish studies, philosophy Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Start of work period1979 Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Award receivedNAACP Image Awards Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Personal pronounL484 Dɛmisim gbɛlima

Akosua Gyamama Busia (ba da dʋ'a o nɛ 30 samanpiid 1966)[1][2] anɛ Ghana siini di'em-di'emis, nɛ onɛ sɔbid yʋ'ʋma. O anɛ onɛ ka siini gɔsidib la mi'i o, on di'em siini di'ema linɛ da buon ye Nettie Harris bɛ yʋʋm 1985 siini linɛ yʋ'ʋri buonl ye The Color Purple. O anɛ Ghana prime minister onɛ ka o yʋ'ʋr buon Kofi Abrefa Busia.

Buudi nɛ o bɛllim

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Ba da dʋ'a Busia bɛnɛ Accra bɛ 1966. O da anɛ pu'ayuod tis Kofi Abrefa Busia, onɛ da an prime minister tis Republic of Ghana (din yi 1969 ti paae 1972)[3] ka mɛ an nabiig bɛ royal buudi bɛ Wenchi,[4] wɛlʋg yinne kanɛ pa'as Ashanti, linɛ kɛ ka Akosua an nabipu'a mɛ.[5] O taʋn, Abena Busia, anɛ sɛnlʋg sɔbit nɛ gbaʋŋ puugin, onɛ da mɔr baŋir tita'ar bɛ na'asaalin bɛ Rutgers University,[6] ka din yi 2017 ni, ka o ziɛr Ghana nɔbazug bɛ Brazil.[7]

Busia da nɔbig bɛnɛ Ghana sʋ'ʋlim, ka sɛŋ o di'em-di'em tʋʋma la yʋʋm pii nɛ ayʋɔbu, o ken sakur bɛnɛ London's Central sakur kanɛ pa'an pia'and nɛ di'ema ka ba gɔsid o nɛɛm.[8]

O yiiga di'ema da anɛ Juliet bɛ zin'igsia kanɛ an piɛlim kas, tʋʋmir Shakespeare's Romeo nɛ Juliet bɛ Oxford University, o taʋn biis mɛ da bɛ ani mɛ zamisid.[8]

Tʋʋma

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Busia da maali o yiiga siini nɛ 1979 siini Ashanti, nɛ Michael Caine nɛ Peter Ustinov. On da yi kɛŋ Los Angeles bɛ in 1980s yʋʋm banɛ gaad la, o da di'em mɛ sʋŋir sɔ bɛ slasher siini li naae di'ema la ni, sɔ' nɛ da pa'an siini la anɛ Andrew Davis (The Fugitive). Ba da pʋ nyaŋ yis siini la paalʋg, 1983 ni, ka ba yuon da paam li di'em-di'emnam(pa'as nɛ Daryl Hannah nɛ Rachel Ward) bɛdigʋ nɛ da mi'i ba la.

Busia's siini tʋʋma mɔr yɛlkpanna ɛntima bɛdigʋ wʋʋ Bessie bɛ 1986 siini pɛŋir bɛ Richard Wright's novel Native Son (nɛ Geraldine Page and Matt Dillon). O mɛ da la'as pa'as zamis kpiʋŋ la ni nɛ Denzel Washington nɛ Lynn Whitfield bɛ 1986.[9] Busia da di'em nɛ Nettie, Whoopi Goldberg's taʋn di'em-di'em tiraan Celie Harris, bɛ Steven Spielberg's 1985 The Color Purple,[10] nɔkir yi Alice Walker's di'ema ni ka pian'and zug la an yinne, nɛ Ruth bɛ Badge of the Assassin (1985), nwɛnɛ Jewel bɛ John Singleton's Rosewood (1997),[11] nɛ Patience bɛ Antoine Fuqua's Tears of the Sun (2003).[12] O da yi TV ni na bɛ ER.[4]

Busia sɔb gbaŋ kanɛ an The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel (Washington Square Press, 1997, ISBN 9780671014094).[13][14] O da paas nidib atan’ banɛ da sɔb Toni Morrison yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ ayɔpɔi (1987) gbaŋ kanɛ buon Beloved tis yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ anii (1998) ka nɔki  maal sini kanɛ ka li tuongat da an Jonathan Demme la.[15] Yʋʋm tusayi nɛ anii ni (2008), Busia da gaad tuoni gɔs sini kanɛ da pa’an o saam yela: The Prof. A Man Remembered. Life, Vision & Legacy of K.A. Busia.[16] Busia mɛ da paasi sɔb yʋʋma "Moon Blue" on nɛ Stevie Wonder mall yʋʋma album A Time 2 Love, ka ba da yisi li paalʋ yʋʋm tusayi ne anu (2005).[17] O yʋʋma kanɛ buon "Mama" da paas yʋʋm tusayi nɛ piinɛ wai (2019) ni yʋʋm kanɛ buon New Daughters of Africa, ka one da paasi sɔbi li an Margaret Busby.[18]

On da nɔk yʋʋm piinɛ nii ye o yuol o bipʋŋ la nya’aŋ, yʋʋm tusayi nɛ piinɛ yuobʋ ni (2016) Busia da leb sini maalig ni bɛ off-Broadway nɛ Broadway production ka ba maal Danai Gurira di’em kanɛ buon Eclipsed, on nɛ Lupita Nyong'o.[19] O tʋʋma da an si’em bɛ off-Broadway ni la yela, o da di’e Obie Award ya’an piini, di’emkan ni ba da buon o yʋ’ʋr ye Rita[20]

Yʋʋm tusayi nɛ pisi nɛ anaasi ni (2024), Busia da yis di’ema sini ka li buon In Search of a Blessed Life: He Who Hath, ya’amkan da yinɛ gbaŋ kanɛ buon He that Hath, to Him Shall Be Given ka one sɔb an Dag Heward-Mills la ni na.[21][22] Yʋʋmkan nya’aŋ, Busia sini kani buon Stevie Wonder in Ghana: In Search of a Blessed Life mɛ da yi paalʋ na.[23]

O yin yela

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Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayuobʋ, nwadis piiga, dabpiinɛ yi daar (12 October 1996), Akosua Busia da kul sid, America tɛŋ nid kanɛ gɔsid sini maalig ka ba buon John Singleton, ba mɔr bipʋŋ yinne[15] — Hadar Busia-Singleton (ba dʋ’a o nɛ 3 April 1997); ba da bas taaba yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayɔpɔi, nwadisayuobʋ, dabpii nɛ nu daar (15 June 1997). Ba pʋ’asadir la da kɛŋ sakur nɛ Ghana sʋ’ʋlim, ka nyaan lɛb US.[4]

On nɛ o pitu Abena Busia la’asi pin’il Busia Foundation International, ye "ba sʋŋ tadimnam".[24]

Sininam

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sini

Yʋʋm Yʋ’ʋr Tʋʋma Sob
1979 Ashanti The Senoufo Girl
1983 The Final Terror Vanessa
1984 Louisiana Ivy TV movie
1985 Badge of the Assassin Ruth TV movie
1985 The Color Purple Nettie Harris
1986 Crossroads Woman at Boardinghouse
1986 Low Blow Karma
1986 Hard Lessons Cynthia Byers
1986 Native Son Bessie
1988 Saxo Puppet
1988 The Seventh Sign Penny Washburn
1991 New Jack City Courtroom Spectator Uncredited
1997 Rosewood Jewel
1997 Mad City Diane
1997 Ill Gotten Gains Fey
2003 Tears of the Sun Patience
2007 Ascension Day Cherry
2024 In Search of a Blessed Life Mrs. Johnson Drama
2024 Stevie Wonder in Ghana: In Search of a Blessed Life Documentary, inspired by Busia's drama of the same name

Gbanvɛɛnsa

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  1. ↑ Who's Who Among African Americans. Vol. 22. Gale Research. 2008. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4144-3400-1.
  2. ↑ McCann, Bob (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses In Film And Television. McFarland. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7864-3790-0.
  3. ↑ Takyi, Charles (22 December 2009). "Busia's family endorses new secretary for NPP". The Ghanaian Chronicle.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kiesewetter, John (7 April 1999). "'ER' actress dreams about having it all". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Wallace, Amy (1998-09-25). "War of Words". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  6. ↑ "Busia, Abena - Professor", Department of Women's and Gender Studies. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  7. ↑ "The Ambassador". Ghana Embassy - Brasilia, Brazil. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Smith, Gail (4 December 1998), "Just don't say 'no'" Archived 2015-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Mail & Guardian (South Africa).
  9. ↑ Akosua Busia at IMDb.
  10. ↑ Rosenberg, Donald (19 June 1990). "Akosua Busia's Dual Performance In 'Color Purple' Still Astonishing". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  11. ↑ Levin, Jordan (30 June 1996). "On Location: Dredging in the Deep South". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  12. ↑ Fuchs, Cynthia (8 March 2003). "Tears of the Sun: Review". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  13. ↑ Rush, George (17 April 1997). "D'Angelo joins Al's bev-y of beauties". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Writer" Archived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Akosua Busia website.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Fierman, Daniel (October 16, 1998). "Brawl Over 'Beloved'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 March 2007.
  16. ↑ "The Prof: A Man Remembered". Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ "A Time To Love - Press Release | The wonder of it all". Detroit News. 8 October 2005. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023 – via steviewonder.org.uk.
  18. ↑ Maxwell, Anne (19 July 2019). "The many urgent voices of women writers from Africa". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  19. ↑ Mark Kennedy, "Akosua Busia re-emerges in the spotlight in ‘Eclipsed’" Archived 2019-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Washington Times, 23 March 2016.
  20. ↑ "Akosua Busia, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  21. ↑ First Love Film Stars (2024-05-28). IN SEARCH OF A BLESSED LIFE - "He That Hath" (Movie Trailer). Retrieved 2025-02-22 – via YouTube.
  22. ↑ Churchill, Ikenna (2024-06-29). "Top 10 Must-Watch West African Films/Shows for June 2024 - WAW Edition". West Africa Weekly. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  23. ↑ "Stevie Wonder Honored In An Exclusive Film Screening Set for Nov 6th". JIROL TV. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  24. ↑ "Foundations". Akosua Busia. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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