{"id":273505,"date":"2011-01-11T12:52:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46315"},"modified":"2011-01-11T12:52:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:52:31","slug":"femi-branch-turns-a-wordsmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/11\/femi-branch-turns-a-wordsmith\/","title":{"rendered":"Femi Branch turns a wordsmith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_46316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46316\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-46316\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/11\/femi-branch-turns-a-wordsmith\/femi-branch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46316\" title=\"Femi-Branch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Femi-Branch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Femi Branch<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nWhile many Nollywood A-list actors are diversifying in their crafts  to make ends meet; actor Femi Branch has chosen to go into writing.<br \/>\nHe has complete work on his maiden collection of poems and short  plays titled, \u201cFrom Senbora\u201d and he is ready to present the same to the  public.<br \/>\nThe book, the author disclosed is\u00a0 a collection of his\u00a0 thoughts of\u00a0  several years. The presentation is due for next month, in Abuja.<br \/>\nIn the words of the actor-turned-poet, \u201cthe plays you have in the book are stage plays, they are scripts for plays.<br \/>\nThey have been performed by different people and it will still be  performed.\u00a0 So, any stage director can pick up the book, go through any  of the plays and produce them for the stage. A movie director can also  pick any of the plays and adapt it for screen so also a radio drama  producer can adapt it for radio. As it is, it is a ready script, a  compendium of different scripts that can be used in whatever form.\u201d<br \/>\nRecall that the actor\u00a0 introduced the collection first at his 40th  birthday anniversary , last December at Western Hotel, Ikeja.\u00a0\u00a0 He  reveals that plans are in top gear to\u00a0 launch the book across the world,  including\u00a0 in Ghana, South Africa, London, Dublin and New York and  Canada amongst other countries.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are planning the Abuja launch which is the main launch of the  book and my\u00a0 Foundation.\u00a0 We are hoping to partner with the British  Council and some other corporate organisations.<br \/>\nWe are also planning state launches, we are already discussing with  some state governments. I intend to have launches in Ghana, South  Africa, London, Dublin and New York and Canada. I will try to give as  much mileage as possible,\u201d the songwriter and poet said.<br \/>\nFemi Branch\u00a0 is one of Nollywood\u2019s leading-men and never fails to set  hearts racing with his stellar-performances on TV, stage and movie  screens all over the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many Nollywood A-list actors are diversifying in their crafts to make ends meet; actor Femi Branch has chosen to go into writing. He has complete work on his maiden collection of poems and short plays titled, \u201cFrom Senbora\u201d and he is ready to present the same to the public. 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