“Actor’s Guild Of Ghana Is Not Doing Enough To Support Actors In Ghana” Veteran Ghanaian Actress Rama Brew Says…

Veteran Ghanaian actress Rama Brew has lamented that the Actors’ Guild of Ghana has not being doing enough to support actors in Ghana. She said the actors’ association needed to do more to support actors especially those who have given their hearts out to the industry in their career for several decades but today have nothing to show for it.

Artistes are not really given their fair due in Ghana because the Actors’ Guild of Ghana is not doing enough for them. In certain cases too, the actors themselves are unfamiliar with the workings of the industry because they either do not have managers or are improperly managed. This results in cases like poorly negotiated contracts between producers and actors.

Younger and inexperienced artistes end up falling victims to the industry and are sometimes cheated on or exploited as a result. A recent example of this being the case of 8-year-old child rapper Kosmos Boako aka Tutulapato; winner of ‘TV3 Talented Kids’ show who’s winning prize package is allegedly being withheld by management of TV3 till he turns 18 making people wonder why something like this could be entertained. The actors’ guild must be more involved with their members to prevent instances like this. ‘I am worried about the youths of Africa’, Rama says. ‘Today have so much exposure and information at their finger tips by way of media and the Internet.

That mixed with the influence of foreign culture has fueled a strong desire to enter show business for some of them’. Most of these young people, especially children, are poorly or totally unprepared and have the least idea of what they’re exposing themselves to. ‘When I was growing up over four decades ago, we didn’t have things like Google or Wikipedia, we were so naive and pure in our thoughts. Our parents kept an eagle eye on us’ Rama says.

She goes on: ‘today, parents are so absorbed with following self interests which make them spend little time with their children, who are left exposed to dangers of the modern world. ‘These younger talents must be very prepared and guided through the industry’ Rama advised.