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Paul Danquah

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Paul Danquah
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Sex or genderDau Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Country of citizenshipUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Yu'ur Kane ka ba tis oPaul Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Du'am yuum25 Sigsaa/Nwadisayuobʋ 1925 Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Duam zin'igLondon Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Date of death13 Mɔtul/Nwadisawai 2015 Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Place of deathTanger Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Languages spoken, written or signedEnglish Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Tuumaactor, lawyer, television actor Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Magnum opusA Taste of Honey Dɛmisim gbɛlima

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 bɛlim nɛ tʋʋma

[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]

Da ba dua o nɛ pʋdi o yʋʋr ye Joseph Paul Walcott bɛ London, England, anina ka o nɔbig.[5] O ma yʋʋr anɛ Bertha May Walcott, o da anɛ naasara, ka o saam yʋʋr an Joseph Boakye "J.B." Danquah o da anɛ Ghanaian politician ka lɛm an traditional aristocrat; Paul li da an bi kpɛɛm o puab ayi la wʋsa ni.[6]

Danquah da zamisnɛ wada(law) ka ba buol o ka kena pɛɛs wadmaanib (call to the bar) la bɛ Inner Temple o da tʋmnɛ Ghana ka mɛ lɛm tʋm bɛ Washington, D.C. o da lɛm ken tʋmnɛ bankuŋ bɛ World Bank hali ti kɛm paae o saŋa bɛn yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ ayuonu(1989) la ni[2][4] ka ka bɛ Washington befriended African-American arts practitioners pɛɛs nɛ Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Roberta Flack and Nina Simone.[7]

Danquah da nam an sakur biig la ka maal sini bɛ British sini ni dinɛ anɛ A Taste of Honey yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobu nɛ ayinne(1961), la ni ka o tʋʋm da an Jimmy.[4][8] O da mʋasidi o tʋm-tʋm tiraan Rita Tushingham, ka o da piana paal dinɛ an yiiga mʋasʋg dinɛ ka on mʋas sɔ nɔɔr sini pʋʋgin.[9] New York Times dim mɛ da piana di yɛla: "Paul Danquah da diem wʋʋ Negro sailor nɛ an baanlim ka mɔr yaam kani ka ba bɔɔdi o yɛla.[10] O da keŋ pian nɛ BBC Two television series Play School ni bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobu nɛ anu (1965) la ni k aba piana paal ye on maaa an ninsabil kanɛ kena piana biis laasʋg diema bɛ UK.[11]

Painter Francis Bacon da gbɛɛndnɛ nɛ Danquah ka Danquah da tʋm nɛ Peter Pollock yʋʋm tusir, wain ɛ piiga nɛ awi Sapal nwadig la dabisim piiga nɛ awai paae yʋʋma tusa ayi, nɛ ayinne Mɔraʋg nwadig la ni.  (19 November 1919 – 18 July 2001)[12] bɛ ba Battersea flat din yi 1956 paae 1961.[4][13] Saŋ kaŋa bɛ yʋʋmtusir nɛ kɔbis wain ɛ pisyuobu naar la ka Danquah da tiebid nɛ Don Bachardy ye on yaŋ Bacon.[14] Danquah kennɛ nɛ  Pollock paae Tangier, Morocco, dinɛ bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nɛ pisyɔpɔi (1970s) la naarin.[4] bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nɛ piswaii (1990s) la naarin, Danquah nɛ Pallock da nyɛ gʋlisim ka di sɔbi bɛ siel pʋʋgin ka Baton da sɔbi li; gʋlisim bama da anɛ dinɛ ka Tate bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nɛ piswai nɛ ayoubu(1996) ka ba paal li di bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ(1999) la ni.[12][15][16]

Danquah da  kpinɛ bɛ Tangier bɛ yʋʋma tusa  ayi nɛ piiga nɛ anu Mʋtul nwadig la dabisim piiga nɛ atan (13 August 2015) la ni, ka o mɔr yʋma piswai (90yrs); nwɛnɛ o yaaŋ  Meri Nana-Ama Danquah da yɛli ba si'em la, ba da mʋm o nɛ bɛ Boubana kum yaadin la kpi'eɛ nɛ Peter Pollock nwɛnɛ o mɛŋi da yɛl si'em la.[6]

Year Title Role Notes
1961A Taste of HoneyJimmyDirected by Tony Richardson
1966That Riviera TouchHassimMorecambe and Wise comedy directed by Cliff Owen
Uncredited
1967Maroc 7Police OfficerDirected by Gerry O'Hara
1967Smashing Time2nd ExquisiteDirected by Desmond Davis
(final film role)
Year Title Role Notes
1965Armchair TheatreFleckerSeries 5, episode 17: "A Voice in the Sky"
1965Danger ManJames OwenSeries 2, episode 22: "Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet"
1965Play SchoolHimselfPresenter
1966Danger ManCleanerSeries 3, episode 6: "The Mercenaries"
1966Danger ManBarmanSeries 3, episode 12: "The Man on the Beach"
1966The AvengersLieutenant RazafiSeries 4, episode 16: "Small Game for Big Hunters"


  1. The London Gazette, 3 November 1950, p. 5514.
  2. 1 2 Isherwood, Christopher, "Danquah, Paul", The Sixties — Diaries, Volume 2: 1960-1969, Random House, 2010, pp. 624–25.
  3. 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Paul Danquah". The Knitting Circle. London South Bank University. 27 January 2002. Archived from the original on 5 April 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  5. "Paul Danquah Biography", IMDb.
  6. 1 2 Danquah, Nana-Ama, "Actor. Lawyer. Lover of the arts. Her uncle defied category", The Washington Post, 2 June 2016.
  7. Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama, "What I Learned From My Auntie Maya", The Wall Street Journal, 28 May 2014.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Weiler, A. H., "Screen: 'A Taste of Honey' Arrives:British Drama Stars Rita Tushingham", The New York Times, 1 May 1962.
  11. Williams, Sarah (15 October 2012). "How we made: Joy Whitby and Phyllida Law on Play School". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  12. 1 2 Hall, Willis (11 September 2001). "Obituary: Peter Pollock". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
  13. Peppiatt, Michael (2007). Francis Bacon in the 1950s (Illustrated ed.). Yale University Press. pp. 30 and 42. ISBN 978-0300121926.
  14. 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.
  15. Graham-Dixon, Andrew (1 February 2001). "A side of Bacon". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  16. 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.