Akosua Busia
Akosua Gyamama Busia (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli December biɛɣ'pihita dali yuuni 1966)[1][2] nyɛla Ghana nima kpɛrikpɛrita ŋun nyɛ paɣa, sabi sabira, n-ti pahi yili sabira. O nyɛla sinii lihiriba pam ni mi so ka di nyɛla o ni daa nyɛ Nettie Harris yuuni 1985 sinii The Color Purple zuɣu. O ba nyɛ Ghana nima Prime Minista kuro Kofi Abrefa Busia.
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| Ghana, Silimin gɔli December 30, 1966 (run 57) | |
| O ya Tiŋgbaŋ | Ghana |
| Ba | Kofi Abrefa Busia |
| Paɣa/yidana | John Singleton (mul)  (1996 - 1997) |
| Tizo | view
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| Education | |
| Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ | Central School of Speech and Drama (en) |
| Shɛhira gbaŋ | bachelor's degree (en) |
| Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu | Silmiinsili |
| Tuma | |
| Tuma | kpɛrikpɛrita, screenwriter (en) , writer (en) , songwriter (en) , sinii kpɛrikpɛrita, novelist (en) ni film director (en) |
| Notable work | Ashanti (en) The Final Terror (en) Louisiana Badge of the Assassin (en) The Color Purple (en) Crossroads (en) Low Blow (en) Native Son (en) Saxo (en) The Seventh Sign (en) New Jack City (en) Rosewood (en) Mad City (en) Tears of the Sun (en) |
| Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee | view
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| IMDb | nm0124333 |
Daŋ mini piligu biɛhigu
mali niŋBusia nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Accra yuuni 1966. O ba nyɛ Kofi Abrefa Busia, ŋun daa nyɛ prime minister zaŋ n-ti Republic of Ghana (bin din gbaai yuuni 1969 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1972)[3] ka daa lahi nyɛ zuu zaŋ n-ti Nam daŋ zaŋ n-ti Wenchi,[4] tiŋa din be Ashanti ka dizuɣu che ka Akosua nyɛ nabipuɣiŋga.[5] O tizopaɣa Abena Busia nyɛla "poet" mini shikuru baŋda ŋun daa nyɛ professor in English n-ti Rutgers University,[6] ka tum yuuni 2017 o nyɛla Ghana nima ambassador zaŋ n-ti Brazil.[7]
Busia nyɛla ŋun zoogi Ghana ka daa piligi o kpɛrigu kpɛribu tuma o yuun pinaayobu saha din daa niŋ ka o chani London's Central School of Speech and Drama.[8] O tuuli sinii kpɛrigu puuni o daa nyɛla Juliet n-daa niŋdi Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet n-tiri Oxford University ni ka o mabihi daa be bɔhinda.[8]
Tuma
mali niŋBusia nyɛla ŋun daa tuui pahi ka bɛ kpɛri kpɛrigu yuuni 1979 sinii Ashanti ni Michael Caine n-ti pahi Peter Ustinov. Din daa niŋ ka o labi Los Angeles nyaaaŋa yuuni 1980s piligu, o nyɛla ŋun daa lahi be slasher sinii The Final Terror ka ŋun daa dirati li nyɛ Andrew Davis (The Fugitive). Bɛ daa bɛ bahi sinii ŋɔ hali ni yuuni 1983, kpɛrikpɛritiba pam kamani ( Daryl Hannah mini Rachel Ward) ni daa ti nya milinsi nyaaŋa ka bɛ daa bahi li.
Busia's sinii tuma shɛŋa nyɛ o ni daa nyɛ Bessie yuuni 1986 sinii zaŋ n-ti Richard Wright's novel Native Son (ni Geraldine Page mini Matt Dillon. O nyɛla ŋun daa lahi be Hard Lessons n-ti pahi Denzel Washington mini Lynn Whitfield yuuni 1986.[9] Busia daa nyɛla Nettie, Whoopi Goldberg's tizopaɣa bila, ka daa nyɛ Celie HarrisSteven Spielberg's 1985 The Color Purple,[10] Alice Walker's novel of the same title, ka daa nyɛ Ruth sinii yuli booni Badge of the Assassin (1985), ka daa nyɛ Jewel sinii yuli booni John Singleton's Rosewood (1997),[11] ka daa lahi nyɛ Patience sinii yuli booni Antoine Fuqua's Tears of the Sun (2003).[12] O nyɛla ŋun daa lahi yina televisa sinii bɔbugu yuli booni ER.[4]
Busia nyɛ ninvuɣ so ŋun sabi The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel (Washington Square Press, 1997, ISBN 9780671014094).[13][14] O nyɛla ŋun daa pahi niriba ata shɛba ban daa sabi screenplay zaŋ n-ti Toni Morrison's 1987 novel Beloved yuuni 1998 film version ka ŋun daa dirati li nyɛ Jonathan Demme.[15] Yuuni 2008, Busia nyɛla ŋun daa dirati sinii zaŋ jandi o ba: The Prof. A Man Remembered. Life, Vision & Legacy of K.A. Busia.[16] Busia nyɛla ŋun daa lahi pahi sabi yili yuli booni "Moon Blue" ni Stevie Wonder zaŋ n-ti o "album" A Time 2 Love ka daa bahi li yuuni 2005.[17] O yɛltɔɣataɣimalisi "Mama" nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli pahi yuuni 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, ŋun daa mali li niŋ nyɛ Margaret Busby.[18]
O yuuni pishi ayi ka nyaaŋa, yuuni 2016 Busia nyɛla ŋun daa labina kpɛrigu kpɛribu ni Broadway mini Broadway production zaŋ n-ti Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed mini Lupita Nyong'o.[19] O kpaŋmaŋ ni off-Broadway zuɣu daa che ka o deei Obie Award zaŋ n-ti kpaŋmaŋ shɛli din gahim din daa niŋ ka o nyɛ Rita[20]
Maŋmaŋ biɛhigu
mali niŋSilimiin goli October biɛɣ'pinaayi dali yuuni 1996, Akosua Busia nyɛla ŋun daa kuli America nima sinii dirata John Singleton, bɛ nyɛla ban ban mali bia ŋun nyɛ paɣa [15] — Hadar Busia-Singleton (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli April dabaa ata dali yuuni 1997); o ba mini o ma nyɛla ban daa luhi ka wurim silimiin goli June biɛɣ'pinaanu dali yuuni 1997. Bɛ bia ŋun nyɛ paɣa nyɛla ŋun chaŋ shikuru Ghana pɔi naayi labi US.[4]
O mini o tizopaɣa Abena Busia nyɛla ban laɣim piligi Busia Foundation International ka "mali niya ni bɛ sɔŋdi ninvuɣ shɛba ban bori sɔŋsim ".[21]
Filmography
mali niŋSinii
mali niŋ| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Kundivihira
mali niŋ- ↑ Who's Who Among African Americans. 22. Gale Research. 2008. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4144-3400-1.
- ↑ McCann, Bob (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses In Film And Television. McFarland. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7864-3790-0.
- ↑ Takyi, Charles (22 December 2009). "Busia's family endorses new secretary for NPP". The Ghanaian Chronicle. http://www.ghanaian-chronicle.com/thestory.asp?id=15481&title=Busia%60s%20family%20endorses%20new%20Secretary%20for%20NPP.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kiesewetter, John (7 April 1999). "'ER' actress dreams about having it all". The Cincinnati Enquirer. http://www.enquirer.com/columns/kiese/1999/04/07/jki_er_actress_dreams.html.
- ↑ Wallace, Amy (1998-09-25). War of Words (en-US).
- ↑ "Busia, Abena - Professor", Department of Women's and Gender Studies. Archived 4 Silimin gɔli March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
- ↑ The Ambassador (en-US).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Akosua Busia at IMDb.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Donald (19 June 1990). "Akosua Busia's Dual Performance In 'Color Purple' Still Astonishing". Rocky Mountain News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D5F8D3799A4B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ↑ Levin, Jordan (30 June 1996). "On Location: Dredging in the Deep South". Los Angeles Times. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/16574939.html?dids=16574939:16574939&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+30%2C+1996&author=Jordan+Levin&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=MOVIES%3B+On+Location%3B+Dredging+in+the+Deep+South%3B+John+Singleton+digs+into+the+story+of+Rosewood%2C+a+town+burned+by+a+lynch+mob+in+1923%2C+and+exorcises+a+few+personal+demons.&pqatl=google.
- ↑ Fuchs, Cynthia (8 March 2003). "Tears of the Sun: Review". PopMatters.
- ↑ Rush, George (17 April 1997). "D'Angelo joins Al's bev-y of beauties". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/angelo-joins-al-bev-y-beauties-article-1.750637.
- ↑ "Writer" Archived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Akosua Busia website.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Fierman, Daniel (October 16, 1998). "Brawl Over 'Beloved'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 March 2007.
- ↑ "The Prof: A Man Remembered". Archived 3 Silimin gɔli March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "A Time To Love - Press Release | The wonder of it all". Detroit News. 8 October 2005. http://www.steviewonder.org.uk/press/at2l/AT2L_PR-1008DetroitNews.htm.
- ↑ Maxwell, Anne (19 July 2019). The many urgent voices of women writers from Africa.
- ↑ Mark Kennedy, "Akosua Busia re-emerges in the spotlight in ‘Eclipsed’" Archived 2019-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Washington Times, 23 March 2016.
- ↑ Akosua Busia, Biography.
- ↑ Foundations (en-US).
External links
mali niŋ| Akosua Busia at Wikipedia's sister projects | |
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- Akosua Busia website
- Akosua Busia at IMDb
- "Ama K. interviews Akosua Busia", YouTube video.