GHANA'S FILM RISING STARS WATCHOUT NOLLYWOOD.
Ghana's movie industry is set to take the African continent by storm. Recent movies made show production quality. Fewer films are made in Ghana as opposed to Nigeria's NOLLYWOOD industry; however, the plus to that is movies are carefully made and not simply rushed out in a week.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THE STARS IN GHANA TODAY
1. JACKIE APPIAH
Born Dec 5 1983
Married in 2005; her married name is JACKIE AYGEMANG
Says the happiest time of her life was having her son 'Damian'
Top movie lead roles: DIVINE LOVE, BEYONCE'S DAUGHTER and recently the popular movie 'MUMMY'S DAUGHTER' (I recommend every one see this one)
2. VAN VICKER
Movie lead roles: divine love, beyonce the president's daughter and mummy's daughter.
I have personally been a fan of VAN VICKER from the first time I saw him on DIVINE LOVE. However, he is given lead roles that tend to make him seem submissive.
3. NADIA BUARI
Top movie roles: Anita in mummy's daughter
she is the daughter of (President of the Musicians Union of Ghana)MUSIGA's president, Sidiku Buari one of Ghana's most successful musicians.
So what are your thoughts about Ghana's rising stars. Point to note Nollywood is involved in the production of the movies in one way or the other.
Could Ghana's movie industry take over? What would be the name? Gollywood? I want to read your comments
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Comments
If their quality is better, then Nollywood should go take lessons from them.
ther is no need for a competition between ghana and nigeria i think both have to work together as they used to do.keep on ghana
good on ghana ,But Nigeriaaaa allthe way number 1!!!
then there they talked mostly about Nigerian nollywood stars.
Please,Ghanians should learn to be own their own.
Those who think all ghanaian s are adrk people, you have no idea about ghanaians.The asnates are dark, the ewes are mostly light skin.However, most ghanaians do not use bleeching creams as nigeruans so shut up u those nigerains trying to put ghanaian down.
Most pretty ghanaian ladies do not act films not as how nigerians r trying to put only d pretty ones into acting.Besides, ghanaians speak far better english than nigerians.
At least, ghana has a reason to be proud, our ladies are not prostitutes in europe whiles the men are into drugs....
Keep it up ghanaians.
Those who think all ghanaian s are dark people, you have no idea about ghanaians.The asantes are mostly dark in complexion with no bleeching creams, the ewes are mostly light skin ghanaians.However, most ghanaians do not use bleeching creams as nigeruans so shut up u those nigerains trying to put ghanaian down.
Most pretty ghanaian ladies do not act films not as how nigerians r trying to put only d pretty ones into acting.Besides, ghanaians speak far better english than nigerians.
At least, ghana has a reason to be proud, our ladies are not prostitutes in europe whiles the men are into drugs....
Keep it up ghanaians.
So whatever!
ghanaians are known to be beautiful wid all the natural features, being it "GOOD HAIR", big bootys, nice complexion(dark) ofcourse, and beautiful...
i mean its not even worth arguing about dis whole issue..
my nigerians, y'all also known to be nice, well some are known to be nice, especiall the men, i know dis coz i have nigerian friends, and yes nigerian men are sexy, i dunno about the females though, LoL!!!
well my whole point is, we should all be proud of who and what we are, whether dark or white, bleaching the skin or no bleaching, doesn't really matter, as long as we feel good under our skin...
but i think there is no need to be competing with nigeria becos they are already on top and more over we are all west Africans. keep it going almost on top.
I WANNA MEET HIM :)
Really lovin d Ghanian romantic movies n d Nigerian comedy movies.
Guess we cant b perfect.
BIG LOVE GHANIAN MOVIES N NOLLYWOOD.
TAKE DEM MOVIES 2 DA NEXT LEVEL......AIIGHT!
ok i've read all and i mean ALL the comments and all i can say is im 100% nigerian....and i watch both ghanian and nigerian movies. and i am truly sick of the competion. BUT if u wanna get technical then fine. nollywood i believe is better! so what! 1.if nigerians movies come out every week..afterall u all go out to get all the weekly new releases,2. to the idiot that said: vanillie:"Listen all you people....
Those who think all ghanaian s are adrk people, you have no idea about ghanaians.The asnates are dark, the ewes are mostly light skin.However, most ghanaians do not use bleeching creams as nigeruans so shut up u those nigerains trying to put ghanaian down.Most pretty ghanaian ladies do not act films not as how nigerians r trying to put only d pretty ones into acting.Besides, ghanaians speak far better english than nigerians.At least, ghana has a reason to be proud, our ladies are not prostitutes in europe whiles the men are into drugs....Keep it up ghanaians"...SHUTUP! are u kidding me does that make u a better ghanaian, if ur that steroetypical and idiotic, then since ur representing all ghanaians, i must say ghanaians suck!, no matter wat country u come from there are beauty products and maybe the ppl u kno dont use beauty products but im sure there are hideous ghanaians out there who are far uglier than most ghanaians who use beauty products. PLUS...all actors rangimg from ur jackie to out ramsey use beauty products or makeup..u kno why? cuz they are actors, actors coverup when acting, do u really think their skin is flawless with no history of pimple or any wrinkles! please! now for the person who stated: "Nigerian movies do not stand a chance compare to ghanian movies. As far as sound quality , picture quality, creativity and so on. Nigeria movie seem dominating because it has been in the industry for quite some time and they need to do better to realy seal their position as number one. Congratulation Ghanians. Jacky Appiah is kicking ass and Van vicker , excuse me, he is simply hot and talented. peace" i have news for u...nigerian movies have been here for a long time..if anything ghanaians have jus risen to our standards if not lower thanks to van and jackie and nadia. Sound quality and all that mumbo jumbo..are u kidding me, according to this article on wikipedia and du to common sense which im sure is not common among many "Nigeria has a multi-billion dollar movie industry, churning out some 200 "home videos" every month to become the third largest in the world after the United States and India (visit cnn.com/transcripts and www.isop.ucla.edu). Many foreign and local critics have criticized Nollywood for its trite plots, poor dialogue, terrible sound, and poor production values. Some worry that the prevalence of witchcraft and violence in the movies may encourage negative stereotypes about Africans. Yet in just 13 years, Nollywood has grown from nothing into an industry that employs thousands of people." so maybe there are some minor adjustments needed for trust me its far better than the history of ghanaian movies in general..if u even can sum up wat u hav as history. and i hate to drop this rather sorrow filled bomb on you ghanaians but um...ur actors arent even full bred ghanaians..Van Vicker is everything but ghanian..his mother is canadian and liberian and his father is dutch! DUTCH guys not ghanian....he is no where near ghana...Nadia is part nigerian (yea jus had to say that) and the other half ghanaian, yvonne okoro is full nigerian...its only ur jackie who as far as i kno is complete ghanaian. Most of ur new actors are mixed so ghanaian my foot! represent my ass! and another thing. if u noticed the nigerian film industry has more than 4 ppl that appear in movies....this is wat i call variety. All those who have commented have only seen beyonce, return of beyonce, mummy's daughter, divine, darkness of sorrow, american boy and slave to lust (slave to lust has nigerian actors in it anyway so im not gonna front) and u think wow ghana is really rising...but with nigeria tell me, name more than 5 nigerian actors. i bet u can! why? cuz its not always the same new faces there is a variety and for the idiot who said "The problem is that nigerian actors......well people in general are not too easy on the eyes! Damn Ghana you beat them out in looks and talent." once again shutup! please ur only making these comments because u see nadia and jackie and van...have u noticed u cant rely on 3 ppl to carry a nation's movie industry...we have rita dominic, stephanie okereke, ini edo, ramsey noah, omotola ekinede, dakore engubuson, genevieve nnaji, RMD, muna obiekwe, ogr okoye, pat attah, jim ikye, monalisa chindu (must i go on...) if u look at them i believe in my opinion are pretty people...and correct me if i am wrong but have i not jus named more than 5 to u? its ok dont feel stupid now...wait until i finish...and i wud jus like to say to noma who said: "according to my understanding of this issue, Nigeria is involved one way or another in Ghana movies and i'm sure they (ghana) spent a great deal of time watching movies produced by Nigeria and came up with ideas and ways to make theirs different in a better way. so, what's the big deal if ghana movies become most watched than that of nigeria? after all, nigeria is like the master, father, and mentor of ghana (movie wise) and i think it is the dream and even prayer of every good father, teacher as well as mentor to teach or raise a better student or even a better child than him/herself. so, lets see ghana movies as those of the (redifined after research and learning frm the father's mistakes and made several corrections)better child is learned & maybe is still learning from the father (nigeria)so as to come out excellent." i jus want to say thank u!!!!!! thank u so much!!!!! all u idiots (and i put the emphasis greatly on those who feel they must boast and in while doing so start talking of things they do not kno *cough* bleach cream *cough*) if u actually pay attention to these credits on ur ghanaian movies...trust me there are traces of grand ole nigeria in them.... and to this one particular ghanaian who i feel is the only one to be admired at the moment, who said: "I have read through all these comment and i really respect peoples opinion and ideas. But i will suggest that jackie, nadia and van should be apart from each other a little bit. I love all of them but I really hate to see them together in any recent or upcoming movies again. They are always together and is really making their movie boring and irritating to me. and i dont know why people are so crazy about ligtskinned people. of cost they are cute but i have come across cute darkskinned brothers too. we have respect both the light and dark skinned actors and actresses and give them the same credit and equal attention. These actors came out of nowhere and er body is all over them given them titles and credits i believed they dont deserve. what about all those actors and actresses who have been in the industry for so long doing a tremendous job. they deserved the credit too. I think nadia and van is twistin peoples mind.They are not yet great actors. People given them credit b/c of their looks. a great actor should be judge by his or her work and determination but not by his or her looks. people should put that in mind and looked deep inside these actors and bring out greatnest and facts, not opinions. they are good but not great. and is not time yet for them to be. but until then we have recognized the real stars. i'm a ghanian and i have watched both ghanian and nigerian movies. if i'm forced to judge the two i will say ghanians do not stand any chance in becoming the top when it comes to movies." see wat i mean? look! even ur fellow ghanaian realises how idiotic u are! anywho to conclude which i must cuz i think i proved my point...im am a 14yr old Nigerian who not only watches nigerian movies but ghanaian as well and plus my parents own a big african movie store...so believe me when i say this dont argue with me... im far more intelligent and probably more respected because of this comment then u are. Done get me wrong i have watched ghanian movies but the only ones that shud be boasted bout are these recent ones but thats it...nigeria has made a name for themselves so really if anyone is hating is ignorant malicious ppl who obviously have too much pride and ego to realize that country pride shud not only be based on ur love for the conuntry but at least get ur info stragit in fact if i was u i'd research and really give a good detailed incite onto wat u kno and wat u've heard...*cough* bleach cream *cough*...thanks and if u wanna kno bout me princessnini3838@hotmail.com....maybe u can learn from me...iight peace!
I have never seen a Nigeran movie, and 'Beyonce' is the first Ghanian movie I've seen. I loved the movie, it was really interresting, but most of the actors didn't act well, except for Beyonce and her 2 friends, and Van Vicker's mom (sorry dont know their names). Ummm the songs sucked...Honestly.
Not a lot of girls in the movie are PRETTY as some of you said, they're okk. I'm just telling my opinion, your problem if it offends you. But you're all stupid for fightin, makin a competition, I mean, Ghana & Nigeran are both African !! Why are you fightin?? It's so stupid, gosh its just movies. And stop talkin about the bleaching thingy! And yeahh as the other girl who commented said does it really matter if they bleach?? It's their choice. I really dont get this. I dont know if Nigeran movies are better than Ghanaians movies or if Ghanaians movies are better than Nigeran, but honestly I dont give a fuck. I'm just talking based to what I saw, Beyone was so interesting. The songs sucked, the actors sucked, and shit but who cares it was amazing. Stop being so pathetic people. I aint Nigeran, I aint Ghanain. I'm mixed (half black, half white) so aint against anybody, all right?
VAN VICKER IS SOOOOOOO HOT AND SEXXY AND CUTEEE !!!!!!
Thats all i had to say... omg beyonce is such a bitchhhhh in the movie lol. I wanna see more movies like this, and I will go and check out on the Nigerans movies too. PEACE OUT PEOPLE !
P.s - i think jalousy is just the problem here...
When I watch African movies, it's always Naija movies. I 1st watched a Ghanaian movie some years ago. I was so disappointed that I never watched them again. But about two years ago, I watched a movie with Van Vicker and that Appiah girl where she played a girl named Kate. It was subtitled "the best Ghanaian movie ever". After i watched it, it was better than other Ghana movies but kinda mediocre when compared to your average Nigerian movie. Since, I've maintained not watching Ghanian movies. But recently, I watched some with that Buari girla and Appiah and Vicker and they were actually good. It could actually stand a chance against Naija movies, except they don't know how to end a good story well, a flaw many Nigerian movies have. These "Good" Ghanaian movies seem too similar to Najia movies tho. And all the Ghanaian movies I've seen have these three main Actor/actresses. It's always that mixed boy and girl and the other brown one. As if they're Ghana's trophies of beauty. Right now, I only know three Ghanaian actors, and i just learned 2 of their names from reading other's posts.
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ghana i think is just tired of being in nigerias shadow, they are nice people so give them a chance but nigerians are not barbaric and there are nice ones there, thats why everyone is chasing our men, from white, black and asian.
ps. Nadia is Ghanaian and Lebanese.
For all of you who do not know beauty is not determined by skin color.
my mother is lightskined and she is beautiful my father on the other hand is dark skin and he is very handsome. me and my siblings are different shades of brown and we are all very beautiful. so who cares about who bleaches and who doesn't. and who cares about who has the best movies and who don't...we should be celebrating the fact that Africa is finally getting recognition from the western world for our accomplishments and that our movies have made across the continent and into the homes of people who are not African.
Why do we need to embarrass ourslves and fight over something that is not worth fighting over. I am a proud Ghanian and a proud African and I think that both Ghanian and Nigerian movies are entertaining and I think what we need to do is come together as a people and be proud of what our nation(Africa) is doing rather than fight over foolishness
actors and movies. when one ghana movie come out it is much better
than that of nigeria. in ghana movies
the actors speakrbetter english, i am talking with english with brittish accent, better sound and soundtrack,better quality and the acting is much better.when ghanain movie comes out it talk about more and it watch by many many other people from other countries. in the
nigerian movies the actors are not well educated they speak broken english and they are barbaric. if i had to choose ghana movies. ghana is sure going to take over in few years. gollywood that sounds great. remember ghana is the gateway to africa. ghana is the america of africa. the land of freedom and democracy.
I'm not from Ghana nor Nigeria, in fact I'm from across the Atlantic a country called Guyana. All of you should be proud whether Nigerian or Ghanian, because your films are the greatest rave right now in my country. Shown weekly on special nights on atleast 3 television stations, not to mention countless sales of DVDs. I'm of African descent and these movies have done much to enlighten people to the culture, to some extent of Africa. Before we were only privy to western movies, so both countries deserve their props,African films are now the biggest thing in Guyana and the Caribbean, maybe a few of the actors can do well to tour these places further highlighting their work.
Look forward to many more movies, out of Africa.
Peace.
Why compete based on movies when there are much more important subjects that require debating? Whether or not Nigerian movies are better than Ghanaian movies is irrelevant- all that's important is that there are movies in both countries that are being made to be enjoyed. This argument will go nowhere if people don't stop hyping and let the sleeping dog lie. Leave this subject alone and get on with life for goodness sake!
p.s. Van Vicker is a quarter ghanaian and the rest is South African, Liberian and Dutch- i think. My cousin met him and she told me
,if nigeria is on top so what.
who came to us and say , i have seen that ghanians are very good i accting so why not to start acting together is it not nigerians, and i want u to know that ghanians are not learning from nigerians we have our own way of acting wat i was suprise is that some are saying that deyonce is a nigerian film before ghana , okey we understand and why did nigerians accting with guns and evry thing the americans use in their films or is nigerians now americans ,why shoul,dint they continue with their voodoo films they started with its a shame.when u people hear that ghana have new actors u poeple try to take them from us why when they refuse u started saying they are not even ghanians ok we know that ,but is all the nigerian actora nigerians ? is ramsy not from one of the arab countries?when they were suspended from acting with jenevive is it not the same ghana they came looking for help?u poeple should stop saying what u dont know pls.
ghana is the gate way to africa .
let me ask u this when nigeria is in to biafra war is it not the same ghana they settle u people ,instead of u to thank us for what we did for u no u still have the right to us idiots no problem thank u for thet insult okey and god will reachly bless u.
all that nigerians know is that they have money that ghana dont have yes we dont have money but we have god as our saviour .is it not iol that u are proud with ? dont worry very soon ghana too will be blessed with the iol that god have already giving her and even without oil we are doing good and now with iol we are going to flyyyyyyyy.
even the nigerians are saying that if that ghana have half of their welf ghana should have become african heaven , and now with iol in ghana that dream will surely come true ,god bless us all
Now in everything you said nothing made sense , i mean i didn't have to read the whole thing because unlike you i have a life therefore can't spend all day argumentative about something that is to no benefit to me.
Intriguing is how you want to bring out the nationality issue.Say what makes anyone where he's from? Where the parents where born, grew up or where the kids were born , grew up or they just take whatever nationality one or both of the parents have?
I know for a fact you're just a kid from how you convey your ideas:Van Vicker parents are Liberian and Dutch and so and so, Do you know where he was born? grew up? went to school? familiar with?
Nadia is half Nigerian; so? she isn't ghanian either?what does she sound like? Do you know what's on her passport?Where she was born? grew up?
All those actors whom nationality you tried to make usurpated are ghanians regardless of whatever ancestry you come up with. We all have backgrounds , all of us remember that.
Where all the others in Ghana?
Just leave the film industry to Nigeria!
You’d realise that you can name PLENTY of Nigerian actors and actresses.
Ghanaians get most of their story lines and ideas from Nigeria anyway, only that they do it so badly!
What’s with Beyonce? They have 6 PARTS to it, enough to make you fall asleep!
If you guys really looked at the credits, you would know that there some Nigerian actors in all Ghana’s “good films”
Look, just leave the industry to Nigeria, no offence Ghanaians, I have nothing against you, but you have to just accept Nollywood is number !
Even a couple of my Ghanaians friends say so!
(And thank you, Chidi and Chxta, you're so right!)
Naija4life!!!!!
Anonymous said...
does anybody know about this guy called Majid Michael dat acted in Divine love? he is sooooo cute!!
Majid is a not so "new" actor with great potential. He is the next mega-star of Ghana. Personally, he is a much better actor than Van Vicker, bear in mind that this is just my opinion. Majid has starred in several movies, my estimate would be about 15-20 films. It could be more. He may be coming to the US, Florida, by the end of the year or early next year. He appears to be a very nice guy with an easygoing personality.
she is my girl crush right now. *teehee*
i am jamaican girl and honestly you africans really need to stop fighting about ghana or nigeria. you all should enjoy the fact that other nations are paying attention to african movies. these movies are showing a part of africa i have never seen. the beautiful houses, nice cars, hot hairstyles, hot clothes, i swear its just like jamaica to me. i love it.
yes everyone should have pride in their region but guys please embrace ALL of africa, please.
Americans embrace america. we Jamaicans embrace jamaica. we don't say oh bob marley was from this section or bennie man that section. we love all. if we don't how can we expect to be taking seriously?
as far as the movies go. i have watched a few nigerian movies but honestly the actors/actresses are a little above my age group. thats why i prefer the van vickers and nadias etc.....
bless up and love to you all my ancestoral people
your sister in jamaica/usa
ANYWAYZ,
This was ment 2 b about TALENT not skin colour! KMT! N just because d ARTICLE u ppl r pretending to answer 2 talks about Vicker, Buari and Appiah, I will talk about dem.
Jackie is the most talented, the other 2 r ok. Princess Tyra was live. The film industry, Nollywood, Bollywood, Hollywood n d rest ALL PLAGARISE, don't b putting dat just on Ghanaians! KMT! Vicker is forever playing d same person, he plays him well but PLEASE some variety!! The scriptwriters in Ghana and Nigeria have many sins to answer for which we can't blame the actors for.
But seriously Ghana have improved because we have separated our English and Home language films instead of mixing which is a good thing. They r NOT the only actors actresses. Nana Ama McBrown, Nana Hayford and MANY OTHERS having been repping in Twi n Fante for years. DO SOME RESEARCH!!!!!!!! Back in the days Bob Santo and now Agya Ko
N oh yeah, Nollywood do have sum over used actors/actresses too. Y all d hate on here. Ghana is improving and it will encourage Nigeria to also improve and we the VIEWERS all benefit. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for the variation of people complexion, Ghana or Nigeria, what does it matter? Let's look at the talents. Jackie and Nadia are beautiful sisters and wonderful actresses.
I am a Jamaican and to tell you the truth I get tired of all this color comparisons. Most Jamaicans (African descendants) comes in all shades of black and it is beautiful. Some of us are mixed, I think it is called halfco's in Ghana. Let me apologize here if I am politically incorrect. Being bi-racial or tri-racial or extremely multi-racial does not make one better or more beautiful than someone who is uni-racial. What the heck, we are all mixed at some level. It is so annoying when we can only see beauty on the surface. Let's find beauty in the depth of our beings and GDI just CELEBRATE don't hate.
Peace and blessings. Above all ONE LOVE!!! Irie.
nd van vicker has no south african in him honestly yhu need to get yhur factsz straight b4 u cum typin yhur jibberish !
Gal i love you, You so hot, i love the way you act you are my model.i can watch your movies in my whole and never get bored.
I love you
Aggie
Zambia
Anita is looking very beautiful.
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