Veteran Ghanaian actor Kofi Adjorlolo has argued that Ghana’s movie industry was already thriving and producing top talents before Nigerian filmmakers began collaborating with them.
He made these statements while emphasising that Nollywood cannot be credited for popularising Ghanaian filmmakers.
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Speaking on ‘The Real Talk Podcast’, he explained that many of Ghana’s top talents had already made breakthroughs through local productions before Nigerian producers took notice.
“Though the Ghana Movie Industry may be having its own problems; it does not mean that Nigerians made us, Ghana Films made Ghanaian actors. Ghana movie industry and the movies produced made us popular before the Nigerian producers noticed, and called us,” he said.
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The celebrated actor pointed to the success of some Ghanaian movies over the years as proof that the industry was on solid footing.
Ghana has produced some of the Africa’s biggest screen icons, such as Majid Michel, Van Vicker, Jackie Appiah, John Dumelo, Juliet Ibrahim, Nadia Buari, and Yvonne Nelson.
Though he acknowledged the business acumen and drive that have helped Nollywood flourish, Kofi Adjorlolo maintained that Ghanaians should not overlook their own contributions to the African movie scene.
He added that although the Ghanaian film industry may not be as visible as it once was, but work is ongoing.
“Ghana movie is not down, actors are acting daily, producers are producing daily, work is ongoing daily; rather it is the promotion and marketing that is lacking, and we’ve got to fix that area,” he noted.
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