Paul Danquah
| Sex or gender | Dau  |
|---|---|
| Country of citizenship | United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Yu'ur Kane ka ba tis o | Paul |
| Du'am yuum | 25 Sigsaa/Nwadisayuobʋ 1925 |
| Duam zin'ig | London |
| Date of death | 13 Mɔtul/Nwadisawai 2015 |
| Place of death | Tangier |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Tuuma | actor, lawyer, television actor |
| Magnum opus | A Taste of Honey |
Paul Danquah du'am yʋ'ʋri an Joseph Paul Walcott[1] yʋʋm tʋsir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyi nɛ anu, sigsaa nwadig dabisim pisyi nɛ anu paae yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piiga nɛ anu, Mɔtul nwadig dabisim piiga nɛ atan'(25th May, 1925 - 12th August, 2015) la ni. O da anɛ British dim sini tʋm-tʋm ka nidib mi' o pamm yee o da tʋmnɛ nɛ A Taste of Honey yʋʋm tʋsir kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobu nɛ yinne(1961) la ni, o da tʋm nɛ Shelagh Delaney ka o da sɔbnɛ o yʋ'ʋ kan nɔɔ, yʋʋm tʋsir, kɔbiswai pisnu nɛ anii(1958) la ni. O da kɛna anɛ wadmaan ka lɛm an onɛ gɔsid ligidi yɛla.[2] o saam da pɛɛs Ghana kpɛɛmnam la ni onɛ an J. B Danquah.[3][4]
O nyɔvʋr bεlim nε tʋʋma
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Da ba du’a o nε pʋdi o yʋ’ʋr ye Joseph Paul Walcott bε London, England, anina ka o nɔbig.[5] O ma yʋ’ʋr anε Bertha May Walcott, o da anε naasara, ka o saam yʋ’ʋr an Joseph Boakye "J.B." Danquah o da anε Ghanaian politician ka lεm an traditional aristocrat; Paul li da an bi kpεεm o puab ayi la wʋsa ni.[6]
Danquah da zamisnε wada(law) ka ba buol o ka kena pεεs wadmaanib (call to the bar) la bε Inner Temple o da tʋmnε Ghana ka mε lεm tʋm bε Washington, D.C. o da lεm ken tʋmnε bankuŋ bε World Bank hali ti kεm paae o saŋa bεn yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nε pisnii nε ayuonu(1989) la ni[2][4] ka ka bε Washington befriended African-American arts practitioners pεεs nε Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Roberta Flack and Nina Simone.[7]
Danquah da nam an sakur biig la ka maal sini bε British sini ni dinε anε A Taste of Honey yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nε pisyuobu nε ayinne(1961), la ni ka o tʋʋm da an Jimmy.[4][8] O da mʋ’asidi o tʋm-tʋm tiraan Rita Tushingham, ka o da pian’a pa’al dinε an yiiga mʋ’asʋg dinε ka on mʋ’as sɔ nɔɔr sini pʋʋgin.[9] New York Times dim mε da pian’a di yεla: "Paul Danquah da di’em wʋʋ Negro sailor nε an baanlim ka mɔr ya’am kani ka ba bɔɔdi o yεla.[10] O da keŋ pian nε BBC Two television series Play School ni bε yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nε pisyuobu nε anu (1965) la ni k aba pian’a pa’al ye on ma’aa an ninsabil kanε kena pian’a biis la’asʋg di’ema bε UK.[11]
Painter Francis Bacon da gbεεndnε nε Danquah ka Danquah da tʋm nε Peter Pollock yʋʋm tusir, wain ε piiga nε awi Sapal nwadig la dabisim piiga nε awai paae yʋʋma tusa ayi, nε ayinne Mɔraʋg nwadig la ni. (19 November 1919 – 18 July 2001)[12] bε ba Battersea flat din yi 1956 paae 1961.[4][13] Saŋ kaŋa bε yʋʋmtusir nε kɔbis wain ε pisyuobu naar la ka Danquah da ti’ebid nε Don Bachardy ye on yaŋ Bacon.[14] Danquah kennε nε Pollock paae Tangier, Morocco, dinε bε yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nε pisyɔpɔi (1970s) la naarin.[4] bε yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nε piswaii (1990s) la naarin, Danquah nε Pallock da nyε gʋlisim ka di sɔbi bε siel pʋʋgin ka Baton da sɔbi li; gʋlisim bama da anε dinε ka Tate bε yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nε piswai nε ayoubu(1996) ka ba pa’al li di bε yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nε piswai nε(1999) la ni.[12][15][16]
Danquah da kpinε bε Tangier bε yʋʋma tusa ayi nε piiga nε anu Mʋtul nwadig la dabisim piiga nε atan’ (13 August 2015) la ni, ka o mɔr yʋma piswai (90yrs); nwεnε o yaaŋ Meri Nana-Ama Danquah da yεli ba si'em la, ba da mʋm o nε bε Boubana kum yaadin la kpi'eɛ nɛ Peter Pollock nwɛnɛ o mɛŋi da yɛl si'em la.[6]
O sininam
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | A Taste of Honey | Jimmy | Directed by Tony Richardson |
| 1966 | That Riviera Touch | Hassim | Morecambe and Wise comedy directed by Cliff Owen Uncredited |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 | Police Officer | Directed by Gerry O'Hara |
| 1967 | Smashing Time | 2nd Exquisite | Directed by Desmond Davis (final film role) |
O tv nam
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Armchair Theatre | Flecker | Series 5, episode 17: "A Voice in the Sky" |
| 1965 | Danger Man | James Owen | Series 2, episode 22: "Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet" |
| 1965 | Play School | Himself | Presenter |
| 1966 | Danger Man | Cleaner | Series 3, episode 6: "The Mercenaries" |
| 1966 | Danger Man | Barman | Series 3, episode 12: "The Man on the Beach" |
| 1966 | The Avengers | Lieutenant Razafi | Series 4, episode 16: "Small Game for Big Hunters" |
Gbanvɛɛnsa
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]- ↑ The London Gazette, 3 November 1950, p. 5514.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Isherwood, Christopher, "Danquah, Paul", The Sixties — Diaries, Volume 2: 1960-1969, Random House, 2010, pp. 624–25.
- ↑ Niven, Alastair (31 March 2006). "Every word doth almost tell his name". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Paul Danquah". The Knitting Circle. London South Bank University. 27 January 2002. Archived from the original on 5 April 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ "Paul Danquah Biography", IMDb.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danquah, Nana-Ama, "Actor. Lawyer. Lover of the arts. Her uncle defied category", The Washington Post, 2 June 2016.
- ↑ Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama, "What I Learned From My Auntie Maya", The Wall Street Journal, 28 May 2014.
- ↑ Hanson, Stephen L.; Patricia King Hanson (1981). Magill's Survey of Cinema--English language films, second series, Volume 5. Salem Press. p. 2416. ISBN 0893562300.
- ↑ Jeffries, Stuart (28 January 2020). "Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey: 'It was a shock when the 60s ended'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ↑ Weiler, A. H., "Screen: 'A Taste of Honey' Arrives:British Drama Stars Rita Tushingham", The New York Times, 1 May 1962.
- ↑ Williams, Sarah (15 October 2012). "How we made: Joy Whitby and Phyllida Law on Play School". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Hall, Willis (11 September 2001). "Obituary: Peter Pollock". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ↑ Peppiatt, Michael (2007). Francis Bacon in the 1950s (Illustrated ed.). Yale University Press. pp. 30 and 42. ISBN 978-0300121926.
- ↑ Isherwood, Christopher (2010). Diaries: 1960–1969 (reprint ed.). Random House. p. 118. ISBN 978-0701169404.
Paul reported that Francis wasn't very keen on the idea, but he advised Don to go around to Francis's flat with his drawing board and act as though he had misunderstood and that they had an appointment. This Don did and it worked.
- ↑ Graham-Dixon, Andrew (1 February 2001). "A side of Bacon". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ MacRitchie, Lynn (7 March 1999). "Exhibitions: The drawings he didn't want you to see – Francis Bacon: Works on Paper and Paintings Tate Gallery, London". The Independent. p. 7. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.