{"id":274101,"date":"2011-01-15T01:10:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T01:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47673"},"modified":"2011-01-15T01:10:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T01:10:32","slug":"ramsey-nouah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/15\/ramsey-nouah\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramsey Nouah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_47674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47674\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-47674\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/15\/ramsey-nouah\/ramseynouah1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47674\" title=\"RamseyNouah1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/RamseyNouah1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramsey Nouah<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nRamsey Nouah\u2019s face is better known around the black and African  world than the face of the president of Nigeria. Born in July 1973, his  face has sold many Nigerian home movies at home and abroad. Ladies melt  with love for him, especially for his numerous \u201clover boy\u201d roles in  romantic movies.<br \/>\nThis writer has chased him across three continents just to have this  conversation. Ramsey was in the US at the inauguration of the Filmmakers  Association of Nigeria, USA, and that gave Naijarules.com editor Sola  Osofisan an opportunity to sit him down. Now, let\u2019s unwrap the Ramsey  Nouah you have never seen.<br \/>\nSola Osofisan: Mr. Nouah, I see you here in the gym. Do you work out regularly?<br \/>\nRamsey Nouah: I try to.<br \/>\nS.O.: And what does it do for you? Is it to keep the belly in (laughing)?<br \/>\nR.N.: Oh yes. Absolutely. You have to like stay fit to be an actor  actually. You must. In our profession, you can\u2019t have (a) port belly or a  paunch. It\u2019s not good for the profession at all.<br \/>\nS.O.: The staying fit aspect of it\u2026 Do you need energy to be an  actor? Why is staying fit important aside of the looks and the physical  fitness part of it? Why is it important?<br \/>\nR.N.: As an actor, there are so many things you can be called to do.  In Nigeria, we\u2019re not big; the industry is not big enough to have a body  double in doing some of your stunts and all that and some very  dangerous parts. But if you\u2019re fit, then you will be able to go through  it. And then if you have the heart too of course.<br \/>\nS.O.: What\u2019s the wildest stunt you\u2019ve done?<br \/>\nR.N.: Oh, I can\u2019t remember\u2026<br \/>\nS.O.: Just tell me one or two that you\u2019ve done.<br \/>\nR.N.: I\u2019ve done quite a few. I actually tried\u2026 Zach Orji directed  that one. It was in Ghana. I jumped from a story building down. Then I  tried to like save a woman from an oncoming car and it was pretty risky.  It was pretty close. And then in \u201cMy Lover\u201d, I was thrown in a 15ft  deep well, artificially dug well. What else? Can\u2019t remember\u2026 I\u2019ve done  so many stunts: jump, fall, break, bruises and stuff like that.<br \/>\nS.O.: Its all so risky. Do you think actors should be doing their own stunts?<br \/>\nR.N.: I like to do my own stunts.<br \/>\nS.O.: You love taking risks apparently.<br \/>\nR.N.: Yes.<br \/>\nS.O.: Is taking risk an outlook of yours to life? Do you take risks in things that you do?<br \/>\nR.N.: Well, life is all about risks. In business, physically, however  you wanna put it, it\u2019s all about risks. You take risks sometimes you  don\u2019t even know. Sometimes you do know. The ones you know, you fear. And  if you don\u2019t fear, you go ahead and do it.<br \/>\nS.O.: And do you fear anything?<br \/>\nR.N.: Yes, God.<br \/>\nS.O.: What role is God playing in your life?<br \/>\nR.N.: The role that he made me what I am today and who I am and whom I will ever be till I die.<br \/>\nS.O.: Your name, Ramsey\u2026 You\u2019re Ramsey Tokunbo Nouah, Jr. Where is the Tokunbo there from? In addition, explain your name.<br \/>\nR.N.: Yeah, Ramsey is my father\u2019s name. He\u2019s the senior. I\u2019m the junior. That\u2019s why you have Ramsey Nouah, Jr.<br \/>\nThe Tokunbo was\u2026 Of course my grandmother gave it to me. That\u2019s my  mother\u2019s mother. I adopted the name when I was having problems with  Nigerian government because they needed \u2013 for me to get a passport,  certain business registered and all that \u2013 they needed to know if I was a  true Nigerian or a foreigner because of the name. So I had to adopt  Tokunbo.<br \/>\nS.O.: But you know you look more foreigner than Nigerian.<br \/>\nR.N.: Yes.<br \/>\nS.O.: Has that worked in your favor?<br \/>\nR.N.: Em\u2026 I wouldn\u2019t know. A lot of people believe that colored guys  are highly highly endowed as in God\u2026 It\u2019s a mixture of two races and it  shows that they\u2019re always very very healthy and strong. Even scientists  said so. Now, it\u2019s helped me, yes, in that aspect of life. I hardly ever  fall sick. I don\u2019t know, but I hardly ever fall ill.<br \/>\nS.O.: Has it helped you in your movie career? I mean the mixed race now\u2026<br \/>\nR.N.: Em, would I say \u201chelp\u201d?<br \/>\nS.O.: I really mean has it been useful. I don\u2019t mean help in the actual sense of the word.<br \/>\nR.N.: (HESITANTLY). Maybe. Just maybe. As a light skinned fella, you  sort of like cut across somehow very quickly amongst the black race, you  know, in Nigeria. Because I\u2019m light skinned, in everything people  quickly get to notice me. I mean if I walked alongside most of my  colleagues, I\u2019d be picked out by fans from a distance (before) they will  ever pick my other colleagues like Emeka Ike, Jim Iyke\u2026 Because they  are dark you know. Because I\u2019m light skinned, I\u2019m walking along \u2013 ah,  that\u2019s Ramsey Nouah. They quickly know me. So, sometimes, it\u2019s good.  Sometimes it\u2019s not.<br \/>\nS.O.: Have you ever felt like you\u2019re in competition with some of the other big name actors in any way?<br \/>\nR.N.: Competition, yes, possibly. Rivalry, no.<br \/>\nS.O.: Okay, maybe competition is for the heart of the ladies? (Laughter).<br \/>\nR.N.: (Laughing) I really do not know.<br \/>\nS.O.: They call you \u201cLover boy\u201d. What does it feel like? Even right  here, there are ladies hanging around looking at you, waiting for a  chance to talk to you\u2026 What does it feel like?<br \/>\nR.N.: Its just the same way they would like to have a chance to talk  to Jim Iyke, Emeka Ike, RMD and the rest of them. We\u2019re TV  personalities. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything special to it particularly  (smiling as the ladies around freak out) that they\u2019re really interested  in or something.<br \/>\nS.O.: But it\u2019s very flattering?<br \/>\nR.N.: (Playfully modest) Maybe (Laughter).<br \/>\nS.O.: He\u2019s being very modest. (laughter). Ramsey, back to your name  briefly, there are different spellings of it. Give us the real spelling  of your last name.<br \/>\nR.N.: Nouah.<br \/>\nS.O.: So there is a \u201cU\u201d there.<br \/>\nR.N.: There\u2019s \u201cU\u201d.<br \/>\nS.O.: Good. Let\u2019s wrap up this issue of the mixed race before moving on. Your mom is from where and your dad is from where?<br \/>\nR.N.: My mom is from Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria \u2013 and my father is Isreali.<br \/>\nS.O.: And you grew up in Nigeria or where?<br \/>\nR.N.: I grew up in Nigeria, on the streets of Nigeria.<br \/>\nS.O.: What streets specifically? Maybe we can go to that area to pick up the talents that you have\u2026<br \/>\nR.N.: Ebute Meta for a start. That\u2019s where I started. Then I moved on to Surulere.<br \/>\nS.O.: Surulere\u2026 I grew up in Surulere too. I never met you.<br \/>\nR.N.: I was inconspicuous at the time. (Laughter).<br \/>\nS.O.: You walked into this Ralph Nwadike soap opera and you just  walked into the lap of stardom. And over the years you have grown as an  actor as you got more experience. Tell us the story of your evolution  from that soap opera \u2013 was it \u201cPalace\u201d?<br \/>\nR.N.: No, it was \u201cFortunes\u201d.<br \/>\nS.O.: I saw that episode when you came in. I saw the beginning and I  see you here today as a different person. Tell us the story of that  evolution please.<br \/>\nR.N.: Alright. Em\u2026 I had this fan\u2026 I still have the fan. She looked  at me and said\u2026 We get to talk and laugh a lot and Jill can crack all  kinds of jokes. And then she looked at me and said \u201cRamsey, you\u2019re just  an actor\u201d. She\u2019s always saying that you know. Sometimes I go ahead and I  tease her and I look at her and I laugh. She said I could act in one of  these soaps in Nigeria. And I said \u201cme, Ramsey? Why would I want to act  in Nigeria? Abeg. If I was going to act at all, let me be in Hollywood,  let me look at my idols at the time you know: Stallone, Schwarzennegger  and the rest of them\u201d.<br \/>\nShe now said something that really motivated me, something that  actually changed my point of view, which was \u201cRamsey, charity begins at  home\u201d. Now, that\u2019s a very normal phrase and line. Apparently, it worked  perfectly well for the scenario at the time and I looked at it and I  said to myself, \u201cthat\u2019s true. If you\u2019re going to do something at all,  you have to start from somewhere. You have to build it from somewhere\u201d.  Like Johnnie Walker says, \u201ca journey of a thousand miles begins with a  single step\u201d.<br \/>\nI went over to see her again and said \u201cthis soap opera thing, let\u2019s  go\u201d. Alright. We went and we did some few things and all that and that  was in 19990. In 1991, she took me to Ralph Nwadike\u2019s \u2013 then, it was Zeb  Ejiro\u2019s office somewhere in Oyekan Street, in Aguda. And then we walked  in and there was this soap going on for \u201cFortunes\u201d at the time. It  wasn\u2019t running. We we\u2019re about shooting the pilot. And they said okay  they wanted this role and I performed and Ralph Nwadike just screamed  like \u201cthis is the guy I\u2019m looking for. This is the guy I\u2019ve been waiting  for\u201d. Well, I laughed.<br \/>\nS.O.: I can picture him saying that.<br \/>\nR.N.: And so that started my fame, my stardom, what I am and what  I\u2019ve become today. So we got into the soap. The soap\u2026 We shot a pilot in  \u201991 but the soap didn\u2019t get to go on air until like \u201993. It ran for  just a year due to logistic problems and all that, and then it became  defunct. And then, about two years thereafter came the advent of home  video. And then I was in (some) home videos.<br \/>\nS.O.: Which was the very first one you did?<br \/>\nR.N.: Well, I did a few which were not like major roles (before) I  now hit my major, which was \u201cSilent Night\u201d. After \u201cSilent Night\u201d, I now  shot another major which was \u201cBlind Trust\u201d.<br \/>\nS.O.: A lot of people remember \u201cSilent Night\u201d.<br \/>\nR.N.: Yeah. It was a fantastic story and movie.<br \/>\nS.O.: Over the years, you have exploded in terms of your acting  capabilities, range and depth. How did this come to be? Is it that you  have had more experience or you were able to dig deeper to become  characters? What happened?<br \/>\nR.N.: Fortunately for us, we shoot movies like no man in the world,  you know (laughing). We churn out movies and that gives you very quick  adaptation to professionalism. I shot quite a number of movies and with  each movie, I grew, became matured and got professional. Now, within all  these times, I learnt along the way mannerisms, gestures, eye contact,  lines, modulation and several other things that makes you a good actor  and makes you deliver properly. That is how I have come to become what I  am.<br \/>\nS.O.: I look at you and I feel envy. I mean you have everything:  fame, you\u2019re well paid so you have some fortune, you have a family  you\u2019re happy with, and you have all the girls. (General laughter). What  does it feel like to have everything?<br \/>\nR.N.: (Laughing). It feels good to have everything. But sometimes,  it\u2019s usually not always good to have everything. Trust me. If you walk a  mile in my shoes, then you would probably hand me back my shoes.  (Laughing).<br \/>\nS.O.: Is there anything else you\u2019d like to have that you don\u2019t have  right now? Something you would like to be able to do that you\u2019re not  doing right now?<br \/>\nR.N.: Well, I wish that I could have my privacy, my life back without the fame. Yeah, I wish so.<br \/>\nS.O.: Why would you want that back?<br \/>\nR.N.: Well, because\u2026 I don\u2019t know. Somehow, I\u2019m not enjoying the life  of stardom. You have no life. You live for the people. You live for  everybody. You live for everybody. Nobody thinks about you. Nobody cares  about you. They just want from you. Particularly where I come from  where we do not have enough money and fortunes to take care of certain  needs and stuffs, it\u2019s a bit difficult. Some people might enjoy it. Some  of my other colleagues might like it, but for me, it\u2019s not really rosy.  I just wish I was an ordinary\u2026 Maybe a businessman, a pilot, engineer,  whatever\u2026 Who gets his salary, does his work, has his family, and lives a  normal life without the fame.<br \/>\nS.O.: Ramsey, there\u2019s a whole load of people out there who would like to be what you are today.<br \/>\nR.N.: Oh yeah, like I said, I would like them to walk a mile in my shoes.<br \/>\nS.O.: Is this like what\u2026 The price we pay for fame?<br \/>\nR.N.: You could say that. You could say that.<br \/>\nS.O.: Are you happy?<br \/>\nR.N.: Yeah, I am. I am. I try to be. (Laughing). I mean I have no  choice. If I think about\u2026 It\u2019s not as if its that bad. No, its not as if  the fame is so terrible and all that, its weighing me down, no. Its  just that I wish, I just only wish I could have my normal life back  without the fame. There\u2019s something about we humans, alright? I long for  my life without fame, but at the same time, if I go out and I\u2019m not  being recognized at certain times, I feel bad sometimes. It\u2019s just the  human nature, but deep down in me, I wish I wasn\u2019t recognized sometimes  in places.<br \/>\nS.O.: So fame is a lot of hard work?<br \/>\nR.N.: Yes. I mean in Nigeria, yes. From where were starting from, the  recognition we have supercedes what we have as a financial base. It  supercedes it absolutely, so the fame is a lot much more than what we  have.<br \/>\nS.O.: An initiative like this, the Filmmakers\u2019 Association of  Nigeria, USA, event that brought you to the US hopefully will help  repatriate some of the money spent on Nigerian movies here to the  producers in Nigeria who will now be able to pay actors better. Is that  how you also see the FAN event?<br \/>\nR.N.: Oh yes, I see the FAN event without a doubt creating a new  avenue, you know\u2026 I mean this is a new horizon to the Nigerian home  video. I wanna thank them most profusely for the event, for taking this  step, the Nigerians who got together in America to try and make our  community and our industry and culture grow. It\u2019s a big thing. It\u2019s very  very big. We\u2019re hoping. We\u2019re not looking right now at what we will get  from it like financially. We\u2019re not looking at that. We\u2019re just looking  at expanding our horizon away from the African continent and beyond.  That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing. If it does increase the artistes\u2019 fee, to God  be the glory.<br \/>\nS.O.: Talking about expanding your horizon now, how far do you want your acting to take you?<br \/>\nR.N.: Oh, take me? (Laughing).<br \/>\nS.O.: I think you\u2019ve already conquered Nigeria and Africa. So what else would you like to do as an actor?<br \/>\nR.N.: Okay, as an actor, I think I\u2019ve gotten to a point where I\u2019m  satisfied and sufficed with what I am and what I\u2019ve become. As a  director, no. I want to direct movies. I want to make impressions, you  know, pictures and do stuffs like Mel Gibson did with \u201cPassions of The  Christ\u201d. He\u2019s an actor and now he\u2019s directing and he\u2019s a great director.  And he directed \u201cBraveheart\u201d too. It was a fantastic movie. Tremendous  movie.<br \/>\nS.O.: Is this always a natural progression \u2013 for the actor when he gets to a particular point \u2013 to want to become a director?<br \/>\nR.N.: (Laughing) I do not know. I really can\u2019t speak as regards that.  Now, like you (know), Denzel Washington too has directed too, you know.  Its just that as an actor, if for you, you\u2019re lucky to have a bit of  directorial ability in you, as an actor you see certain shots from  particular points of view that some times, whoever is directing you will  not see and you wished you could ask for that shot, and you wished you  could make that shot possible. Do you understand me? So, given all these  indices, you now look at it and say ah, alright, let me do it. Let me  see if I can do it myself. With my contribution to the industry in all  these years, I\u2019ve been able to learn things and tricks along the line. I  can very well say when I do go into directing, I\u2019ll probably become a  success.<br \/>\nS.O.: So when will you go into directing?<br \/>\nR.N.: When God calls.<br \/>\nS.O.: And when God calls, what would we be seeing differently from  your directorial perspective? What would you be doing differently from  what they are doing right now?<br \/>\nR.N.: Well, as it were, virtually everything is done. What would  probably be different would be your story\u2026your storyline. Technically, I  mean God! What else? Except I want to go sci-fi. (Laughing). And we  don\u2019t have that yet in Nigeria.<br \/>\nS.O.: Ramsey, you speak Yoruba?<br \/>\nR.N.: Absolutely.<br \/>\nS.O.: Say something to us in Yoruba.<br \/>\nR.N.: Ba\u2019wo le se wa? Ki lo n happen? (General laughter)<br \/>\nS.O.: Your new movie, Tade Ogidan\u2019s \u201cDangerous Twins\u201d, is hyped all  over the place. I hear there are huge billboards all over the place. I  hear they\u2019ve already spent 4 million Naira at least on publicity alone.  Tell us about it.<br \/>\nR.N.: Tade is one hell of a risky businessman and director, but I  like him. He\u2019s a fantastic director. In fact, I could say categorically,  that he\u2019s the best director in Nigeria \u2013 technically and artistically.  It\u2019s very rare for you to get a mixture of both in a director in  Nigeria. They only have good technical director or a good artistic  director. But having a mixture of both is rare and Tade is one of those  directors that are like that.<br \/>\nAnd he\u2019s also a very risky businessman. Tade is putting so much and  everything he has in that movie. We\u2019ve always known him to be like that  because even when he did \u201cHostages\u201d, he sold his father\u2019s cars and he  almost sold his father\u2019s house under him too to publicize the film. But  one thing I know about him is that he believes so much in himself, which  of course is a stepping stone, which of course is a great way of  putting yourself in confidence that \u201cyes, I know what I\u2019ve done. I know  if I even take everything I\u2019ve got, I will get it back because I\u2019ve done  something good\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cDangerous Twins\u201d is an awesome movie. It\u2019s off the hook. Its beyond  the Nigerian imagination, beyond the Nigerian movies that you\u2019ve already  seen and all that. I\u2019m not boosting this movie out of its proportion in  any way. I\u2019m saying it categorically that even when some of maybe  Hollywood\u2019s very good, technically strong director sit down and watch  \u201cDangerous Twins\u201d and they hear its from Nigeria, Africa, they will  probably stand up and give it an applause because its quite a good  movie. It\u2019s the first movie of its kind in Nigeria where you see two  characters \u2013 I mean two guys, the same guys, standing one in one \u2013<br \/>\nS.O.: Yes, the promotional CD was brought to me by some of our guys  who came in from Nigeria. How did you guys achieve the effect of Ramsey  talking to Ramsey?<br \/>\nR.N.: Well, I don\u2019t know. (Laughing) It\u2019s Tade\u2019s trick.<br \/>\nS.O.: Okay, acting-wise, how did you achieve it? I mean you had to  play the other twin, the mannerism had to be different, the acting and  expressions, not just the costumes\u2026 What was that like for you playing  two people in the same scenes simultaneously?<br \/>\nR.N.: That is the most demanding job I have ever done in my 14years  in this industry. It was so tasking. It was so so exhausting. You know I  was \u2013 I don\u2019t know if I can explain it to you and you will probably  understand. We\u2019re talking about you standing on this side and talking to  an empty space, right? You have a different costume here and a  different make-up. And then you have different gestures and different  mannerisms.<br \/>\nNow, you come back \u2013 on the same shot! You do not change the shot \u2013  you go change to the other guy, come back here and answer to everything  this guy has said. And then you change back to that one\u2026 That scene  probably takes you a whole day. The scene where the two characters are  involved, it takes you like a whole day. So sometimes you have to take a  break because it\u2019s so so demanding. I doubt if I will ever play a twin  again.<br \/>\nS.O.: Someone said to me that you said in passing \u2013 and you just  confirmed it now \u2013 that the role in \u201cDangerous Twins\u201d is the most  challenging thing you\u2019ve ever done. Is it just because you had to  transit from one character to another that makes it so challenging, or  the range of the characters now?<br \/>\nR.N.: The range of the characters themselves. Yeah, physically, it  was quite exerting, but now I\u2019m talking about the range of the  characters because that way of course you show your ability, your  versatility as an actor.<br \/>\nS.O.: And you shot scenes in the UK for several weeks?<br \/>\nR.N.: Yeah, we shot in different parts of the UK.<br \/>\nS.O.: Then you shot in Nigeria too.<br \/>\nR.N.: Yes.<br \/>\nS.O.: This is the first time you\u2019re working with Tade Ogidan. What  are you taking away from the experience that\u2019s different from what  you\u2019ve done with all the other people you have worked with?<br \/>\nR.N.: I\u2019m taking away another side of professionalism. Tade taught me  a lot on set. He is a very very patient director. He is not in a hurry  to achieve and get the best. That also goes to say that possibly, you  can also say that he has the money to take his time. But even if he  doesn\u2019t have, he will still take his time. And that\u2019s one attribute I\u2019ve  learnt. It\u2019s better to be calm, take things easy and get the best than  rush and then bring out some rubbish.<br \/>\nS.O.: Wrapping up now Ramsey. There\u2019s a lot of crossover work going  on. People are doing Yoruba movies, doing this and that. I don\u2019t know if  you\u2019ve done any. I\u2019ve never seen you in any.<br \/>\nR.N.: I\u2019ve done a Yoruba movie. I was the first crossover actor from  English to the Yoruba sector. And it was a tremendous success. I\u2019ve been  called several times after that, but because I saw that it was very  successful, I now said to myself, its better for me to shoot my own  Yoruba film and make the money instead of me making the money for all  these producers. And so I refuse to do other Yoruba movies. That\u2019s why.<br \/>\nS.O.: This is your first time in the US?<br \/>\nR.N.: Oh yes. My first time.<br \/>\nS.O.: Have we treated you right? Have you had fun here so far?<br \/>\nR.N.: (Laughing). Well, you could say I\u2019ve had fun. I\u2019m still trying  to adapt to (US time) jet lag and all the rest of it, but I know I will  adapt to it. It\u2019s fun. America is not like Heaven like most people think  in Nigeria. Its everywhere, you know. I\u2019ve been around\u2026 I\u2019ve been to  some parts of the world and this is my first time in America and I could  say America is just like one of those other countries I\u2019ve been to.  Nothing spectacular.<br \/>\nS.O.: And the fans here\u2026 Are they any different from the fans in Nigeria? Are we crazier?<br \/>\nR.N.: Well, yes. The fans in Nigeria are already used to me, so they  don\u2019t go \u201cAggghhhhh!\u201d over me like that, you know (Laughing). The ones  here are not used to me and they just see me in the movies and now they  see me in life so I expect a reaction. It\u2019s okay, yeah.<br \/>\nS.O.: You have a wife?<br \/>\nR.N.: I do.<br \/>\nS.O.: What\u2019s your wife\u2019s name?<br \/>\nR.N.: Emelia Philips-Nouah.<br \/>\nS.O.: And you have a son? Daughter?<br \/>\nR.N.: A son.<br \/>\nS.O.: What\u2019s his name?<br \/>\nR.N.: Quincy Camil Nouah.<br \/>\nS.O.: I know that information is going to break some hearts out there\u2026<br \/>\nR.N.: (Laughing). No, if I had the chance and if I had the money, I would actually marry all my fans. (More laughter).<br \/>\nS.O.: Ramsey, just say anything you like to your fans out there in  the international community. Remember that they are all over the world.<br \/>\nR.N.: Oh yes. To all my fans, to all my loved ones out there, I wanna  thank you. Like I\u2019ve always said, without you, there is no Ramsey Nouah  and that\u2019s a fact, for real. I wanna tell you that you have to believe  in something. When you believe in that thing, never give up on it, and  that way, you will have a breakthrough. We all need a breakthrough in  our lives. Everybody needs a breakthrough. Thank God for me, I have my  breakthrough already. I know you will get yours if you just believe in  it. Thanks and Shalom!<br \/>\nS.O.: Thank you Ramsey.<br \/>\nR.N.: You\u2019re welcome Sola.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramsey Nouah\u2019s face is better known around the black and African world than the face of the president of Nigeria. Born in July 1973, his face has sold many Nigerian home movies at home and abroad. Ladies melt with love for him, especially for his numerous \u201clover boy\u201d roles in romantic movies. 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